Hourly Meteorological Observations, February 3 — 6, 1844. 



185 



Gott. 

 Mean 



Baro- 

 meter 



Thermometers. 



Wind. 



Clouds, 













Maximum 





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



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Time. 



at 32°. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



fore 

 1\ 



e in 

 10«\ 



From 







■ l. b.| 



in. 







o 



o 







lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. pt. 



0—10. 





3 11 



29-709 



23-6 



23-3 



0-3 



00 



00 







10-0 



Cir .-cum. at 10 h 30 m , nowhomogen. ; cir.-haze; faint 



12 



670 



24-9 



23-9 



1-0 



00 



0-0 







10-0 



Thick cir.-str. and haze ; Moon nearly obscured, [halo. 



4 0£ 



29-334 



















Nearly 4 inches of snow has fallen during the night ; 



3' 



316 



















the total depth now is 5f- inches. 



13 



29-267 



28-2 



28-0 



0-2 



0-0 



0-0 







2-0 



Cirro-cumulo-strati. 



14 



255 



240 



23-3 



0-7 



0-0 



00 





— :31 : — 



3-5 



Thin cirro-cumulous-scud ; woolly cirro-cumuli to S. 



15 



240 



22-6 



21-9 



0-7 



0-0 



00 





— : — : 



40 



Woolly cirri ; cirro-cumulo-strati to W. ; lunar corona. 



16 



232 



24-6 



24-3 



03 



00 



00 





— : — : 1 



100 



Id.; cir.-cum.-str., cir.-haze; lunar corona. 



17 



223 



25-0 



24-7 



0-3 



00 



00 







100 



Scud. 



18 



216 



24-4 



24-2 



0-2 



00 



0-0 







80 



Cirri lying NW. to SE.; cirro-cumuli; cirrous-haze. 



19 



205 



23-2 



23-4 





00 



00 







100 



Scud, heavy clouds to E. ; cirrous-haze to E. 



20 



204 



22-4 



22-6 





00 



00 





— : 2: — 



70 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; masses of scud about horizon. 



21 



220 



25-9 



25-7 



0-2 



00 



0-0 





— :30: — 



8-0 



Cirro-cumulous-scud. 



22 



221 



27-7 



27-6 



01 



0-0 



0-0 





— : 30 : 30 



9-0 



Cirri and cir.-cum.-str. ; cirro-strati ; cirrous-haze. 



23 



225 



28-0 



270 



10 



00 



0-0 







9-5 



Id. ; id. ; id. 



5 



229 



31-4 



300 



14 



0-0 



00 





— : — : 28 



9-5 



Linear cirri and cirrous-haze ; cirro-cumuli. 



1 



231 



32-9 



31-8 



11 



0-0 



0-0 





— :24: 



4-0 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; woolly cirri; haze on horizon. 



2 



231 



340 



31-3 



2-7 



00 



0-0 







0-5 



Patches of cirri ; cirro-strati and cirrous-haze on hor. 



3 



233 



35-8 



32-5 



3-3 



0-0 



0-0 





— : — : 30 



1-5 



Linear, reticulated, and mottled cirri ; cir.-str. on hor. 



4 



238 



34-9 



32-2 



2-7 



0-0 



00 





— : 26 : — 



2-0 



Patches of cirri ; cir.-cum.-str. ; cirro-strati on hor. 



5 



241 



30-5 



... 





0-0 



00 



17 



— : 30 : — 



60 



Cir.-cum.-str. radiating from NNW. ; cir.-haze. 



6 



234 



29-3 



28-3 



1-0 



00 



00 



26 





10-0 



Id. id. N by W. ; id. ; cirri. 



7 



240 



26-3 



26-0 



0-3 



00 



00 







100 





8 



238 



25-5 



250 



0-5 



0-0 



0-0 







7-0 



Linear cirri and cirrous-haze. 



9 



243 



23-6 







00 



00 







70 



Linear cirri radiating from NNW. 



10 



251 



21-8 



220 





00 



00 







4-0 



Woolly cirri and cirrous-haze. 



1 11 



254 



200 



20-3 





0-0 



0-0 







50 



Cirri ; very faint lunar halo. [the Moon. 



12 



265 



220 



22-8 





00 



0-0 





— : 24 : — 



4-0 



Cir.-cum.-scud ; coloured corona when clouds pass over 



1 13 



29-269 



211 



21-2 





00 



00 







70 



Cirro-cumulous-scud. 



14 



265 



220 



21-9 



0-1 



00 



0-0 





— : 30 : — 



2-0 



Id. 



1 15 



277 



19-8 



20-0 





00 



00 





— : 30 : — 



20 



Id. 



16 



273 



18-7 



19-8 





0-0 



00 







0-7 



Id. 



17 



275 



16-5 



17-0 





0-0 



00 







00 



Clear. 



18 



279 



18-9 



19-9 





00 



0-0 







00 



Id. 



19 



276 



15-2 



16-0 





00 



00 







0-2 



Sheet of cirri on E. horizon. 



20 



277 



16-3 



17-0 





00 



00 







0-2 



Cirri and cumuli on E. horizon. 



21 



281 



16-6 



16-7 





00 



00 







10 



Cirro-strati ; cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirrous-haze. 



22 



287 



18-9 



18-9 





0-0 



0-0 







0-5 



Woolly cirro-cumuli to W. ; hazy on horizon. 



23 



286 



21-7 



21-2 



0-5 



00 



0-0 







0-2 



Loose cumuli to E. 







281 



25-1 



24-3 



0-8 



00 



0-0 







0-3 



Id. to S. and SE. 



1 



259 



30-4 



29-1 



1-3 



00 



0-0 



20 





0-2 



Id. 



2 



244 



35-1 



330 



2-1 



00 



00 



22 





0-2 



Id. 



3 



240 



35-3 



33-2 



2-1 



00 



00 



22 





0-2 



Cirro-strati to SW. and SE. 



4 



222 



351 



32-8 



2-3 



00 



00 







0-3 



Cumulo- strati, cirro-strati, patches of scud. 



5 



215 



30-3 







0-0 



0-0 



15 





0-5 



Woolly cirri to W. ; scud on Cheviot. 



6 



203 



26-4 



27-8 





00 



00 





— : 29 : — 



8-0 



Woolly cirri and cir.-cum.-str. ; bluish-black haze to E. 



7 



194 



25-2 



25-1 



01 



00 



0-0 





— : 29 : — 



9-0 



Id. 



8 



190 



25-8 



25-1 



0-7 



0-0 



0-0 







90 



Id. ; stars dim. 



9 



182 



25-7 



25-6 



01 



00 



00 







10-0 



Dark ; a few stars dimly visible. 



10 



161 



24-1 



24-2 





0-0 



0-0 





— : 28 : — 



9-0 



Cirro-cumulo-strati. 



11 



141 



24-2 



23-9 



0-3 



00 



00 



18 





10-0 



Cirro-cumuli ; cirrous clouds and haze. 



12 



126 



25-7 



25-5 



0-2 



0-0 



00 





— : 24 : — 



9-8 



Cirro-cumulous-scud, loose cirro-cumuli. 



13 



29-098 



23-9 







0-0 



0-0 





— : 22 : — 



9-7 



Cirro-cumulous-scud, loose cirro-cumuli. 



14 



061 



24-7 



24-3 



0-4 



0-0 



0-0 







100 



Id. id., getting thicker. 



15 



020 



250 



24-9 



0-1 



00 



00 







10-0 



Densely overcast. 



The 



direction 



rf the v 



and is indicated by the number of the point ( 



)f the co 



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



potior 



s of the th 



ree stra 



ta of clouds, Sc. (scud), C.-s. (cirro-stratus), an 



d Cir. (ci 



rrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



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MAG. AND MET. OBS. 1844. 



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