Hourly Meteorological Observations, January 24 — 26, 1844. 



181 



Gbtt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



24 



BARO- 

 METER 



at 32°. 



h. 



5 



6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 



11 



12 



13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 55 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 

 11 

 12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



23 



6 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



29-912 

 905 

 925 

 913 

 903 

 909 

 916 

 931 



29-923 

 921 

 908 

 911 

 899 

 891 

 873 

 848 

 838 

 807 

 817 

 768 

 727 

 671 

 642 

 653 

 697 

 770 

 824 

 857 

 892 

 925 



Thermometers. 



Dry. 



939 



29-950 

 950 

 950 

 944 

 950 

 953 

 956 

 944 

 954 

 960 

 960 

 950 

 971 

 29-979 

 30-002 

 29-998 

 30-009 

 026 

 024 

 024 

 016 

 012 

 001 

 013 



Wet. 



38-2 

 36-4 

 34-2 

 391 

 39-9 

 41-3 

 41-9 

 42-9 



41-8 

 42-7 

 41-3 

 38-9 

 40-7 

 42-2 

 41-3 

 41-9 

 43-5 

 44-3 

 44-9 

 46- 1 

 46-3 

 44-8 

 46-1 

 48-0 

 47-3 

 46-8 

 44-3 

 42-9 

 41-5 

 38-6 



36-5 



361 

 371 

 38-7 

 38-1 

 38-7 

 37-7 

 35-9 

 40-0 

 39-6 

 41-2 

 43-6 

 44-9 

 45-9 

 46-3 

 46-5 

 46-3 

 44-6 

 41-1 

 42-4 

 43-8 

 42-1 

 42-3 

 41-8 

 45-9 



Diff. 



37-5 

 360 

 34- 1 

 37-9 

 38-3 

 39-4 

 400 

 410 



40-8 

 41-6 

 410 

 38-6 

 40-0 

 41-3 

 40-4 

 41-0 

 42-4 

 43-3 

 43-9 

 44-0 

 44-2 

 44-4 

 450 

 45-7 

 44-4 

 430 

 41-0 

 40-4 

 39-4 

 371 



34-7 



33-9 

 34-7 

 35-9 

 36-0 

 36-3 

 361 

 34-9 

 37-5 

 37-3 

 38-2 

 39-6 

 40-7 

 41-2 

 42-0 

 42-4 

 42-1 

 411 

 39-9 

 40-7 

 41-7 

 40-9 

 41-2 

 40-9 

 43-7 



0-7 

 0-4 

 01 

 1-2 

 1-6 

 1-9 

 1-9 

 1-9 



1-0 

 11 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-7 

 0-9 

 0-9 

 0-9 

 11 

 1-0 

 1-0 

 2-1 

 21 

 0-4 

 1-1 

 2-3 

 2-9 

 3-8 

 3-3 

 2-5 

 2-1 

 1-5 



1-8 



2-2 



2-4 

 2-8 

 2-1 

 2-4 

 1-6 

 1-0 

 2-5 

 2-3 

 30 

 4-0 

 4-2 

 4-7 

 4-3 

 41 

 4-2 

 3-5 

 1-2 

 1-7 

 21 

 1-2 

 1-1 

 0-9 

 2-2 



Wind. 



Maximum 

 force in 

 l h . 10™. 



From 



lbs. 



0-2 

 01 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 0-2 

 0-5 

 1-2 



0-6 

 0-3 

 0-5 

 01 

 1-0 

 0-9 

 0-9 

 0-6 

 1-1 

 1-3 

 0-6 

 1-5 

 1-6 

 2-5 

 20 

 27 

 1-8 

 31 

 1-1 

 00 

 00 

 00 



0-2 



00 

 01 



0-2 

 0-2 

 0-4 

 00 

 0-2 

 0-4 

 0-8 

 0-8 

 1-3 

 1-8 

 1-8 

 2-8 

 0-4 

 1-6 

 0-6 

 00 

 00 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 00 

 00 

 0-3 



lbs. 



00 

 0-1 

 00 

 00 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 0-4 

 0-9 



00 

 00 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 0-6 

 0-3 

 0-5 

 11 

 0-3 

 0-5 

 0-3 

 1-1 

 1-3 

 21 

 1-6 

 2-3 

 1-2 

 3-5 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 



0*0 



0-0 

 0-0 

 01 

 01 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 0-4 

 04 

 0-3 

 0-9 

 2-3 

 1-8 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-8 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 01 

 01 

 0-0 

 00 

 01 



pt. 



18 

 21 



20 



20 

 20 



20 

 18 

 18 

 20 

 20 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 19 



20 

 20 

 24 

 25 

 30 



Clouds, 



Sc. :C.-s. :Ci. 



moving 



from 



21 

 23 

 22 

 22 



22 

 22 

 23 

 26 

 26 

 26 

 25 

 26 

 25 

 25 

 20 



23 



24 



22 



pt. pt. pt. 



— :28 



28: — : 



Sky 

 clouded. 



21 



24 



29 



27 : 29 : — 

 27 : 29 : — 



27 : 29 : — 



29 : — : — 



- : 30 : — 



0— 10. 



20 

 20 

 1-5 

 7-0 

 9-5 



100 

 7-0 



100 



9-0 



9-5 



40 



1-2 



10 



100 



100 



100 



100 



100 



10-0 



100 



100 



10-0 



9-9 



90 



30 



20 



9-0 



2-5 



50 



1-0 



10 



0-5 

 0-5 

 0-2 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-2 

 0-5 

 50 

 7-0 

 40 

 40 

 0-7 

 10 

 3-5 

 60 

 8-0 

 7-0 

 0-5 

 50 

 10 

 3-0 

 4-0 

 100 



Species of Clouds and^ Meteorological Remarks. 



Cirro-cumuli, cirro-strati; cirrous-haze to E. 

 Cir.-cum. and cir.-str. to S. and SW. ; woolly cirri. 

 Cirro-strati to S. and W. ; cirrous-haze on horizon. 

 Cirro-cumulo-strati, woolly cirri ; dark clouds to W. 

 Woolly cirri ; cirro-cumuli, cirrous-haze to E. 

 Scud and cirro-strati. 

 Chiefly loose scud. 

 Scud. 



Thin scud. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Cirrous-haze ; stars dim. 

 Cirro-strati on horizon ; stars dim. 

 Scud, &c. 



Id. ; cirrous clouds. 

 Thin scud ; homogeneous sheet of thin cirri. 

 Scud. 



Id. 



Id. ; drops of rain. 



Id. 



Id. 

 Loose scud ; denser scud above ; heavy shower since l h . 

 Loose ragged scud. 

 Loose scud. 



Id. ; cirro-strati. 

 Scud ; cirri to W., tinged with red. 

 Woolly cirri ; cirro-strati and cirrous-haze to E. 

 Thin cirro-cumulous-scud round horizon. 



Id. ; cirro-strati to S. and E. 



Cirrous-haze. 



Cirro-strati and cirrous-haze on horizon. 



Cirro-strati and cirrous-haze on horizon. 



Id. 

 Cirrous haze on horizon. 

 Hazy near horizon. 



Id. 



Id. 

 Cirro-strati ? 



Thin cirri ; cirro-strati to E. 

 Woolly and mixed cirri, cir.- 

 Cirri, cirro-cumuli, cirro-strati. 

 Cirri, cirro-strati. 



Reticulated cirri, cir.-str. near hor., scud on Cheviot. 

 Cirri and cirro-strati on horizon. 

 Varying patches of scud ; cirri, cirro-strati to S. 

 Scud ; woolly cirro-strati ; fine cirri. 



Id. ; id ; id. 



Occasional patches of scud ; woolly cirro-strati ; cirri. 

 Scud, causing a lunar corona ; cirri, tinged with red. 

 Patches of scud and cirri. 



Cirro-cumulo-strati and cirro-cumuli ; lunar corona. 

 Cirro-strati to SW. 

 Light cirri ; cirro-strati near horizon. 

 Cirro-strati near horizon ; linear cirri in zenith. 

 Scud. 



and SE. 

 -cum. ; scud on Cheviot. 



The direction of the wind is indicated by the number of the point of the compass, reckoning N. = 0, E. = 8, S. = 16, W. = 24. The 

 notions of the three strata of clouds, Sc. (scud), C.-s. (cirro-stratus), and Cir. (cirrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



Jan. 25 d 21 h . Woolly and mixed cirri and cirro-cumuli radiating from SSE. ; fine cirri above in long hairs radiating from SW by S. ; 

 hese hairs form portions of ellipses which have their centre about the SSE. point of the horizon. 



MAG. AND MET. OBS. 1844. 



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