182 



Hourly Meteorological Observations, January 26 — 29, 1844. 







Thermometers. 



Wind. 











Gott. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 













Clouds, 



Sc. :C.-s. :Ci.,t 



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 fore 

 l h . 



mum 



e in 



10 m . 



Prom 



d. h. 



in. 



o 



o 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. pt. 



0—10. 





| 26 13 



29-977 



46-1 



43- 1 



30 



0-5 



0-2 



23 





100 



Scud. 



14 



921 



46-0 



42-8 



3-2 



0-5 



0-3 



20 





9-7 



Id. ; sky to NW. 



1 15 



923 



45-1 



42-3 



2-8 



0-5 



0-8 



22 





9-0 



Id. ; id. 



16 



922 



46-1 



42-7 



3-4 



0-9 



0-5 



24 





9-7 



Id. 



17 



893 



45-4 



42-5 



2-9 



0-2 



01 



20 





8-0 



Id. 



18 



889 



46-8 



44-3 



2-5 



0-3 



0-1 



21 





100 



Light rain. 



19 



878 



48-0 



45-5 



2-5 



0-7 



0-3 



22 





9-7 



Thick scud. 



20 



881 



48-9 



460 



2-9 



0-5 



0-2 



22 



24 



— 



— 



9-0 



Scud ; cirrous clouds, slightly tinged with red. 



21 



893 



490 



46-6 



2-4 



0-5 



0-4 



23 



24: 







— 



100 



Id. ; a few drops of rain. 



22 



882 



49-2 



46-9 



2-3 



0-5 



0-2 



23 



25 



— 



— 



10-0 



Thin loose scud very low ; thick cirrous clouds on hor. 



23 



884 



49-9 



46-5 



3-4 



0-4 



0-4 



22 



26 



28 



— 



10-0 



Loose scud to W. ; thick cirro-stratus. 



27 



868 



49-9 



47-0 



2-9 



0-7 



0-4 



22 





100 



Dense mass of cirro-strati ; scud on SW. horizon. 



1 



869 



501 



46-9 



3-2 



0-6 



0-3 



24 





100 



Id. ; patches of scud to W. 



2 



870 



49-9 



46-5 



3-4 



0-4 



01 



24 



26 



— 



— 



100 



Id. ; scud. [SSE ; scud. 



3 



856 



50-0 



46- 1 



3-9 



0-3 



0-4 



24 



26 



— 



— 



100 



Dense cirro-strati, having a radiated appearance from 



4 



851 



48-9 



45-5 



3-4 



0-5 



0-3 



22 



26 



— 



— 



100 



Patches of ragged scud ; dense homogeneous cir.-str. 



5 



856 



48-1 



44-9 



3-2 



0-5 



00 







100 



Dense mass of cirro-strati and cirro-stratous-scud. 



6 



847 



47-4 



44-8 



2-6 



0-2 



00 



20 





100 



Thick semifluid cir.-str.-scud ; drops of rain; breaking. 



7 



821 



47-3 



44-9 



2-4 



00 



00 





26 : — : — 



9-7 



Scud, causing a slightly coloured lunar corona. 



8 



816 



47-7 



46-2 



1-5 



01 



00 



18 





100 



Id. 



9 



782 



48-8 



46-7 



21 



0-2 



0-1 



21 





100 



Id. 



10 



760 



48-8 



46-7 



21 



0-3 



0-0 



20 



— : 24 : — 



9-7 



Woolly cirro-cumuli ; scud on horizon. 



11 



754 



48-0 



46-5 



1-5 



0-2 



00 



20 





100 



Cirrous clouds. 



12 



714 



47-9 



46-4 



1-5 



0-5 



01 



18 





10-0 



Id. 



28 



29-456 









4-8 





23 









13 



29-575 



37-9 



35-6 



2-3 



3-7 



0-3 



25 





20 



Thin woolly cirri ; lunar corona. 



14 



595 



38-3 



360 



2-3 



0-6 



0-3 



24 





3-0 



Id. 



15 



601 



37-5 



35-2 



2-3 



0-2 



00 







00 



Quite clear. 



16 



607 



360 



34-4 



1-6 



0-2 



01 



25 





0-2 



Cirro-strati to NW. ; haze on E. horizon. 



17 



610 



35-6 



34-5 



1-1 



0-1 



00 







60 



Thin scud or cirrous clouds. 



18 



611 



33-6 



32-9 



0-7 



01 



00 







1-0 



Thin clouds. 



19 



621 



35-4 



34-3 



11 



0-0 



00 







6-0 



Id. 



20 



607 



38-6 



36-6 



20 



0-1 



0-1 



17 



26 : — : — 



100 



Thin scud ; cirro-strati to E., tinged with red. 



21 



601 



38-8 



37-1 



1-7 



0-3 



0-3 



19 





10-0 



Dense homogeneous mass ; drops of rain. 



22 



574 



39-1 



38-7 



0-4 



0-3 



0-2 



19 



22 



— 



— 



10-0 



Dense cirro-strati : scud ; light showers. 



23 



531 



39-9 



39-2 



0-7 



0-1 



0-2 



19 



22 



— 



— 



10-0 



Scud. 



29 



477 



43-2 



41-9 



1-3 



0-8 



01 



18 



20 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. 



1 



389 



44-2 



43-1 



11 



11 



1-5 



18 



20 







— 



10-0 



Id. 



2 



343 



45-3 



44-3 



10 



4-0 



3-0 



20 



20 



— 



— 



100 



Id. ; occasional patches of sky ; light rain. 



3 



285 



46-1 



45-8 



0-3 



3-6 



3-8 



20 



20 



— 



— 



100 



Id. ; light rain. 



4 



238 



47-0 



46-0 



10 



3-4 



1-2 



19 



20 



23 



— 



9-8 



Two currents of scud ; sky to E. 



5 



208 



520 



48-3 



3-7 



3-4 



50 



22 



23 



26 



.26 



8-5 



Pat. of scud ; cirro-cumulous-scud ; varieties of cirri. 



6 



203 



51-0 



46-7 



4-3 



4-5 



3-4 



22 



24 



— 



26 



20 



Pat. ofsc; pat. of cir. ; cir.-cum. ; at 18 h 7 m hazeand 



7 



193 



50-6 



46-7 



3-9 



3-4 



5-5 



24 



24 



— 



: 



90 



Loose scud ; cir.-haze ; coloured lun. cor. [lun. cor. 



8 



203 



491 



44-0 



5-1 



5-7 



2-6 



23 





01 



Patches of scud. 



9 



203 



47-6 



42-3 



5-3 



4-2 



3-6 



24 





01 



Id. 



10 



197 



48-0 



430 



50 



5-2 



3-9 



24 



24 : — : — 



50 



Scud. 



11 



183 



47-4 



43-0 



4-4 



5-2 



4-4 



23 



25 : — : — 



10-0 



Id. 



12 



183 



46-9 



420 



4-9 



5-5 



4-0 



24 





4-0 



Id. to S. and E. 



13 



29-177 



46-7 



41-6 



51 



5-7 



3-9 



26 



25 : — : — 



20 



Soud ; haze on horizon. 



14 



168 



46-3 



41-7 



4-6 



5-7 



4-0 



22 



24 



— 



— 



2-5 



Id. ; a few drops of rain. 



15 



184 



45-7 



42-0 



3-7 



4-4 



3-9 



24 



24 



: — 



— 



3-5 



Id. 



16 



198 



44-9 



41-4 



3-5 



3-2 



2-2 



25 



26 



— 



— 



6-0 



Id ; shower since last observation. 



17 



240 



42-5 



38-8 



3-7 



4-3 



31 



23 





40 



Thick scud to W. and N. ; clear in zenith. 



18 



291 



39-8 



37-1 1 2-7 



2-3 



2-5 



27 





4-0 



Id. ; light rain. 



The 



direction of the v 



rind is indicated by 



the n 



umber of the point of the com 



pass, reckoning X. = '), K. = 8, S. = 16, W. = 24. The 



motio 



is of the three strs 



ita of clouds, Sc. (sc 



ad), O 



.-s. (cirro-stratus), and Cir. (ci 



rrusj, are indicated in a similar manner. 



