184 



Hourly Meteorological Observations, February 1 — 3, 1844. 



Gott. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



Thermometers. 



Wind. 



loudi 

 C.-s. 

 lovin 

 from 



•'Ci., Sky 

 g clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maximum 

 force in 



Sc: 



„ n 

 Prom 













1\ 



10"". 











d. h. 



in. 



o 



o 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 



pt. 0—10. 





1 3 



29-788 



36-4 



33-2 



3-2 



00 



00 



18 — 



— 



30 50 



Thin linear cirri. [ent sizes. 



4 



773 



34-1 



31-9 



2-2 



00 



00 



18 — 



30 



_ 50 



Smoky scud on Cheviot ; fine cirri ; cir.- cum. of differ- 



5 



752 



32-9 



31-2 



1-7 



0-1 



00 



18 — 



30 



— 8-5 



Cir.-cum.-str. rad. from N by W. to S by E. ; fine cirri, cir.-haze. 



6 



732 



29-0 







0-0 



00 







80 



As before ; orange and purple-edged lunar corona. 



7 



683 



27-0 



27-1 





0-0 



0-0 







1-0 



Thin cirrous clouds ; coloured lunar corona. 



8 



675 



28-0 



27-6 



0-4 



0-0 



00 



— 



28 



— 9-5 



Cir.-cum.-str., lately small cir.-cum. ; lunar corona. 



9 



626 



27-3 



26-8 



0-5 



00 



00 



— 



26 



— 90 



Id. ; coloured lunar corona. 



10 



586 



25-7 



25-1 



0-6 



00 



00 







90 



Thin cirrous clouds and haze ; lunar halo. 



11 



549 



26-6 



26-1 



0-5 



00 



0-0 







100 



Id. ; id. 



12 



521 



28-2 



27-5 



0-7 



0-0 



00 



20 





100 



Id. ; id. 



13 



29-486 



28-9 



27-9 



1-0 



00 



00 



15 





100 



Thin cirrous clouds and haze ; halo gone. 



14 



443 



29-7 



28-3 



1-4 



00 



00 



16 





100 



Moon quite obscured. 



15 



398 



29-9 



29-2 



0-7 



00 



00 



22 





100 



Snowing. 



16 



357 



30-3 



29-8 



0-5 



0-0 



00 







10-0 



Heavy snow. 



17 



326 



30-2 



29-9 



0-3 



0-0 



00 







100 



Id. 



18 



305 



30-2 



30-0 



0-2 



00 



00 







100 



Id. 



19 



287 



29-0 



29-0 





0-0 



00 







100 



Id. 



20 



281 



29-0 



29-0 





0-0 



00 







100 



Id. 



21 



287 



30-1 



30-0 



01 



00 



0-0 







10-0 



Moderate snow. 



22 



297 



30-0 



29-8 



0-2 



0-2 



0-2 



4 





10-0 



Id. 



23 



315 



31-7 



31-0 



0-7 



0-2 



00 



4 





100 



Id. 



2 



325 



330 



31-8 



1-2 



00 



00 







10-0 



Light Snow. 



1 



336 



33-6 



32-6 



1-0 



00 



00 







100 



Id. 



2 



346 



34-8 



340 



0-8 



0-0 



00 







100 



Snow ceased ; snow 2^ inches deep. 



3 



363 



35-8 



34-6 



1-2 



00 



0-0 



3 3 



— 



— 100 



Patches of scud ; dense uniform cirro-strati. 



4 



390 



34-1 



33-8 



0-3 



0-2 



01 







10-0 



Snowing a little. 



5 



429 



34-0 



33-5 



0-5 



0-3 



0-2 



3 





100 



Id. 



6 



475 



33-2 



32-9 



0-3 



0-6 



0-4 



2 





100 



Id. 



7 



533 



33-4 



331 



0-3 



01 



0-4 



3 





I 10-0 



Id. 



8 



587 



33-2 



32-9 



0-3 



0-0 



0-0 



2 





i 100 



Id. 



9 



629 



33-2 



32-9 



0-3 



0-0 



0-0 



2 





100 



Fair. 



10 



664 



32-8 



32-4 



0-4 



0-0 



00 







100 



Scud. 



11 



697 



32-8 



32-4 



0-4 



00 



0-0 







0-0? 



Very thin haze ; lunar halo, inner radius 21^-°. 



12 



730 



31-0 



320 





00 



00 







30 



Scud to N. ; fine cirri ; lunar halo. 



13 



29-752 



30-8 



310 





00 



00 



2 







— 5-0 



Scud. 



14 



770 



31-0 



30-9 



0-1 



o-6 



0-0 



2 



— 



— 9-8 



Id. 



15 



782 



33-0 



321 



0-9 



01 



0-0 



30 2 



— 



_ 3-0 



Id. 



16 



792 



31-3 



31-0 



0-3 



0-2 



0-1 



30 — 



31 



— 1-2 



Cirro-cumulous-scud ; scud to S. 



17 



804 



31-7 



311 



0-6 



0-3 



0-1 



29 





1-5 



Cirri to S. ; cirrous-haze on N. horizon. 



18 



820 



31-0 



30-4 



0-6 



0-1 



01 



28 — 







_ 8-0 



Cirro-cumulous-scud. 



19 



821 



34-1 



32-3 



1-8 



0-3 



0-1 



28 





9-9 



Scud. 



20 



824 



33-5 



32-1 



1-4 



0-3 



0-4 



28 — 







— 50 



Cirrous clouds. 



21 



837 



32-8 



32-5 



0-3 



0-3 



0-4 



28 31 



. — 



— 9-5 



Tbin scud ; cir.-cum.-str. ; thick scud on horizon. 



22 



837 



36-3 



34-8 



1-5 



0-4 



0-2 



30 — 



30 



— 9-9 



Loose cir.-cum.-str. ; ragged scud and cumuli on hor. 



23 



859 



36-5 



34-4 



21 



0-2 



0-3 



29 1 



. — 



30 6-5 



Scud ; cir.-cum.-str. to E. ; woolly and curled cirri. 



3 



869 



35-7 



33-8 



1-9 



0-2 



0-2 



30 





2-5 



Cirri-cumulous-scud ; cirri ; cirro-stratus. 



1 



862 



36-4 



33-8 



2-6 



0-3 



0-2 



30 - 



1 



:— 5-0 



Woolly cirri, and loose cirro-cumuli ; cum.-str. to E. 



2 



858 



36-2 



33-5 



2-7 



0-2 



0-2 



28 — 



— 



70 



Lin. and wo. ciy. lying NW. to SE. ; cum.-str. to E. ; cir.-str. to S. 



3 



851 



34-9 



32-6 



2-3 



0-3 



0-0 



28 





1-5 



Linear cirri ; cumulo-strati to E. 



4 



837 



33-8 



32-2 



1-6 



00 



00 



28 





1-0 



A line of undul., retic, and woolly cirri lying N by E. to S by W. 



5 



841 



32-7 



30-9 



1-8 



00 



00 



29 





10 



As before ; cumulo-strati to NE. ; cirro-strati to S. 



6 



817 



28-8 



28-0 



0-8 



0-0 



0-0 



24 





0-2 



Fine cirri and cirrous-haze near horizon. 



7 



806 



25-0 



26-0 





0-0 



0-0 







0-2 



Id. 



8 



877 



231 



23-2 





00 



00 







1-5 



Very thin cirri over the sky ; lunar corona and halo. 



9 



760 



23-1 



23-0 



01 



00 



00 







70 



Id. ; id. 



10 



739 



24-8 



23-7 



1-1 



loo 



0-0 







8-0 



As before ; rad. of halo 22^° ; coloured corona at 15 m . 



The 



direction 



of the v 



rind is indicated by 



the m 



amber of t! 



ie po 



int of the com 



pass, reckoning N. = 0, E. = 8, S. = 16, W. = 24. The 



motioi 



is of the tt 



ree stra 



ta of clouds, Sc. (sc 



ad), C 



-s. (cirro-s 



ratui 



), and Cir. (ci 



rrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



Fet 



. l d 22 h . 



The va 



ne of th 



e aner 



lomet! 



>r was 



found to b 



e fro 



sen up ; the ic 



e was removed. 



