Hourly Meteorological Observations, January 29 — February 1, 1844. 



183 



Gbtt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



•1. h. 



19 19 



20 



21 



22 



23 



10 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



23 







1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 

 11 

 12 



13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



I ° 

 1 



2 



in. 



29-299 

 314 

 328 

 350 

 357 

 363 

 362 

 357 

 325 

 319 

 308 

 277 

 272 

 293 

 285 

 286 

 314 

 302 



29-328 

 336 

 334 

 346 

 364 

 363 

 359 

 377 

 405 

 423 

 461 

 473 

 483 

 499 

 518 

 528 

 549 

 557 

 574 

 601 

 613 

 623 

 636 

 651 



29-669 

 678 

 690 

 710 

 732 

 745 

 756 

 787 

 813 

 834 

 841 

 833 

 826 

 813 



Thermometers. 



Dry. 



38-3 

 36-4 

 38-9 

 360 

 38-8 

 40-3 

 42-6 

 40-8 

 40-0 

 38-9 

 370 

 35-8 

 36-2 

 38-2 

 35-2 

 34-8 

 33-7 

 34-2 



33-8 

 33-0 

 33-3 

 32-8 

 320 

 320 

 320 

 31-2 

 31-9 

 31-5 

 32-3 

 33-3 

 34-4 

 33-5 

 32-4 

 31-8 

 30-7 

 28-6 

 28-5 

 28-2 

 28-9 

 29-2 

 28-6 

 27-2 



27-7 

 31-0 

 30-6 

 29-9 

 30- 1 

 28-0 

 28-3 

 28-0 

 26-3 

 290 

 310 

 34-2 

 36-3 

 37-3 



Wet. 



Diff. 



361 

 35-2 

 36-5 

 35-4 

 36-6 

 37-2 

 380 

 37-0 

 37- 1 

 35-7 

 35 

 34-3 

 340 

 34-9 

 331 

 33-6 

 321 

 321 



31-7 



31-4 



32-3 



321 



31-5 



31-6 



31-7 



30-7 



31-5? 



31-4? 



32- 1? 



31-4 



30-3 



31-3 



29-9 



30-2 



28-0 



26-2 



25-9 



25-9 



26-3 



27- 1 



26-0 



25-6 



251 



27-4 

 27-9 

 270 

 27-3 

 260 

 26-3 

 25-9 

 25-2 

 270 

 29-3 

 310 

 32-0 

 331 



2-2 

 1-2 

 2-4 

 0.6 

 2-2 

 31 

 4-6 

 3-8 

 2-9 

 3-2 

 2-0 

 1-5 

 2-2 

 3-3 

 21 

 1-2 

 1-6 

 2-1 



2-1 

 1-6 

 1-0 

 0-7 

 0-5 

 0-4 

 0-3 

 0-5 

 0-4 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 1-9 

 4-1 

 2-2 

 2-5 

 1-6 

 2-7 

 2-4 

 2-6 

 2-3 

 2-6 

 2-1 

 2-6 

 1-6 



2-6 

 3-6 

 2-7 

 2-9 

 2-8 

 20 

 20 

 21 

 11 

 20 

 1-7 

 3-2 

 4-3 

 4-2 



Wind. 



Maximum 

 force in 

 l h . 10' 



From 



lbs, 



1-5 



31 

 1-6 

 1-9 

 2-3 

 2-4 

 1-7 

 4-5 

 3-7 

 1-8 

 0-9 

 0-9 

 00 

 0-5 

 0-9 

 2-1 

 1-6 

 1-7 



3-3 

 1.6 

 11 

 1-4 

 1-5 

 1-6 

 1-2 

 0-7 

 1-6 

 4-1 

 2-3 

 1-2 

 1-9 

 2-2 

 1-6 

 1-4 

 1-6 

 0-7 

 0-4 

 0-4 

 0-5 

 0-6 

 0-4 

 0-4 



lbs. 



2-1 

 0-5 

 10 

 0-6 

 2-0 

 2-0 

 2-3 

 3-6 

 21 

 0-4 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-6 

 01 

 0-4 

 0-2 

 1-0 



11 



0-6 



1-6 



1-2 



0-9 



0-3 



0-6 



0-4 



1-2 



1-6 



0-7 



1-2 



11 



1-9 



1-3 



1-9 



0-5 



0-4 



0-3 



0-3 



0-5 



0-6 



0-4 



0-2 



01 

 0-5 

 00 

 0-3 

 00 

 0-0 

 01 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 10-0 



pt. 



24 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 24 

 25 

 24 

 24 

 25 

 24 

 16 



Clouds, 



Sc.:C.-s.:Ci. 



moving 



from 



pt. pt. pt. 



26 



2.3 



26 



26 

 25 

 21 

 24 



26 



Sky 

 clouded. 



24 

 22 

 24 

 24 

 25 



26 



26 

 25 

 24 

 25 

 25 

 24 

 23 

 28 

 28 

 27 

 28 

 28 

 28 

 28 

 28 



28 

 28 

 28 

 28 

 29 

 28 

 28 



28 

 28 



28 



28 



16 

 26 

 20 

 30 

 25 

 18 



25 : 25 : 25 

 — : — : 25 



— : 27 : — 

 28 : — : — 



28 : 28 : — 

 28 : — : — 



28 

 30 



30 

 



30 

 .30 



2 

 2 

 2 

 2: — : 30 



30 



o—io. 

 1-5 

 2-0 

 2-0 

 30 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 3-0 

 2-5 

 8-0 

 7-5 

 8-0 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 2-5 

 9-7 

 4-0 

 6-5 



6-5 

 6-0 

 60 

 6-0 

 3-0 

 2-0 

 6-0 

 5-0 

 7-0 

 2-0 

 1-5 

 0-2 

 4-0 

 6-0 

 3-0 

 20 

 1-5 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 1-0 

 6-5 

 6-5 

 1-0 

 01 



9-0 

 10-0 

 9-5 

 2-5 

 01 

 01 

 10 

 2-0 

 0-5 

 1-7 

 1-0 

 20 

 2-5 

 7-0 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Heavy clouds on horizon, shower after this. 



Mass of scud on Cheviot, scud in W., S., and E. 



Loose scud ; mass of scud with cirrous top. 



Thin watery scud ; denser scud to S. and SE. ; rainbow. 



Scud. 



Loose scud. 



Id. 



Id. ; passing showers. [N. and S. 



Woolly and linear cirri ; thin scud ; loose cumuli to 

 Woolly cirri ; thick to SW. 

 Scud ; woolly and diffuse cirri. 

 Diffuse cirri ; scud. 

 Thin scud. 

 Scud. 



Patches of thin scud ; haze on horizon. 

 Scud ; sky to N. 



Patches of scud ; cirro-cumulous-scud ; cirri. 

 Woolly cirri. 



Woolly cirri ; lunar halo. 

 Id. 



Scud ; 

 Id.; 

 Id.; 

 Id.; 

 Id.; 



cirri : 

 id. 

 id. 

 id. 

 id. 



a few flakes of snow. 



Cir.-cum.-scud ; cum.-str., nimbi, cumuli on E. hor. 



Scud ; cirro-cumuli ; snow after this. 



Thick scud to SE. ; cirro-cumuli to NE. 



Cumulo-strati to E. and NE. 



Cumulo-strati on NE. and E. horizon ; scud to SW. 



Scud and loose cumuli ; cumuli to E. 



Id. ; cir.-cum.-str. ; cum.-st. to E. ; snow lately. 

 Masses of scud ; cumuli on E. horizon. 

 Patches of scud ; loose cumuli to S. ; cum.-str. to E. 



Id. ; cumulo-strati on E. horizon. 



Cum. on E. hor. ; tinge of red to SW. ; sky very clear. 

 Patch of clouds to E. 



Cirro-cumulous-scud ; cirrous-haze on horizon. 

 The same ; lunar corona. 

 Cirro-cumulous-scud . 



Id. and cirro-strati to S. 



Cirro-strati on E. horizon. 



Cirro-cumulous-scud . 

 Scud. 

 Id. 



Id., loose cumuli. 

 Cirro-strati to SE. 



Id. 

 Scud, &c. to S. 

 Loose scud to SE. 



Scud ; tops of cumuli seen above scud to E. 

 Cirro-cumulous-scud to E. 



Id. ; streaks of cirri. 



Id. to NE. ; thin cirri. 



Id. to S. and E. ; lin. cir. and cir.-haze. 



Thin linear cirri ; cir.-cum.-scud ; part of sol. halo. 



The direction of the wind is indicated 

 >tions of the three strata of clouds, Sc. 

 Jan. 30 d 14 h 59™ 20 s . A meteor shot 

 Jan. 30i 18 h gm. a flash of lightning 

 rather thick cirrous clouds, which are 



24. 



The 



hy the nnmber of the point of the compass, reckoning N. = 0, E. = 8, S. = 16, W. = 



(scud), C.-s. (cirro-stratus), and Cir. (cirrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



from between Castor and Pollux. 



seen above S by E. point of horizon ; it seemed to be in a space between the horizon and a stratum 



about 8° above the horizon ; a brichteT flash seen in a few minutes ; no thunder heard. 



