186 



Hourly Meteorological Observations, February 6 — 8, 1844. 







Thermometers. 





Wind 











Gott. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 











Clouds, 







meter 

 at 32°. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Max 

 fore 

 l b . 



mum 

 e in 



10™. 



From 



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



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



d. h. 



in. 



° 



■ 



° 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. pt. 



0—10. 





6 16 



28-974 



26-4 



26-0 



0-4 



0-0 



0-0 







10-0 



Densely overcast ; a few flakes of snow. 



17 



918 



27-4 



27-3 



0-1 



0-0 



0-0 







10-0 



Id. ; id. 



18 



855 



32-9 



32-3 



0-6 



0-2 



0-2 



19 





100 



Id. ; slight fall of snow. 



19 



815 



33-9 



32-9 



10 



0-5 



0-1 



16 





100 



Id. ; id. sleet. 



20 



785 



34-4 



33-8 



0-6 



0-8 



00 



16 



20 



: — 



: — 



10-0 



Loose scud, nearly homogeneous. 



21 



785 



36-2 



34-5 



1-7 



0-4 



0-6 



20 



— 



22 



: — 



8-0 



Cirro-cumulous-scud ; nimbus to N. ; very black to S. 



22 



794 



38-0 



36-7 



1-3 



0-9 



0-1 



20 



23 



— 



: — 



8-0 



Scud and loose cumuli ; nimbus ; slight shower. 



23 



790 



38-9 



34-9 



4-0 



2-0 



1-6 



20 



24 



— 



• — 



20 



Loose cumuli ; cirro-cumulous-scud. 



7 



810 



37-0 



34-8 



2-2 



2-6 



1-5 



20 



23 



— 



: — 



4-0 



Scud ; id. 



1 



805 



38-1 



35-0 



31 



0-8 



0-3 



20 





1-5 



Id. ; id. 



2 



796 



37-2 



34-3 



2-9 



0-9 



0-7 



20 



— : — : 23 



60 



Woolly cirri ; cumuli on Cheviot ; shower to SSE. 



3 



789 



38-2 



35-0 



3-2 



1-4 



1-7 



20 



— : — : 24 



50 



Id. ; passing showers of snow. 



4 



784 



33-2 



32-7 



0-5 



1-4 



0-8 



20 





5-5 



Heavy shower of snow passed. 



5 



776 



330 



32-7 



0-3 



0-8 



0-4 



20 





90 





6 



772 



30-7 



30-5 



0-2 



0-8 



0-2 



21 



24 : — : — 



20 



Loose scud. 



7 



771 



32-3 



31-4 



0-9 



1-5 



0-6 



20 





60 



Id. 



8 



767 



30-9 



30-0 



0-9 



0-4 



01 



20 





30 



Id. 



9 



763 



30-9 



300 



0-9 



0-8 



0-5 



20 





0-5 



Id. ; faint auroral light to NNW. 



10 



755 



29-7 



29-1 



0-6 



0-6 



0-2 



20 





0-7 



Clouds to N. ; stars bright. 



11 



770 



30-7 



29-8 



0-9 



0-3 



0-2 



20 





7-0 



Thin scud ; dense clouds to E. ; a few flakes of snow. 



12 



749 



30-1 



28-7 



1-4 



0-5 



0-4 



20 





1-5 



Id. id. 



13 



28-747 



29-9 



29-3 



0-6 



0-3 



0-1 



19 





6-0 



Woolly cirri ; dense clouds to SE. 



14 



747 



30-7 



29-2 



1-5 



0-5 



0-2 



20 





3-0 



Patches of woolly cirri ; scud to W. 



15 



742 



27-8 



27-1 



0-7 



0-3 



0-1 



20 



— : — : 24 



4-0 



Woolly cirri. 



16 



751 



30-3 



29-0 



1-3 



0-3 



0-5 



20 





90 



Loose woolly cirri. 



17 



740 



29-9 



29-2 



0-7 



0-4 



0-2 



20 





2-0 



Patches of loose woolly cirri ; haze on horizon. 



18 



732 



31-4 



30-9 



0-5 



0-3 



0-2 



22 





30 



Id. 



19 



728 



31-9 



30-7 



1-2 



0-8 



0-5 



20 





30 



Woolly cirri to S. ; dense clouds to SW. and SE. 



20 



746 



32-7 



32-2 



0-5 



10 



3-5 



21 





10-0 



Heavy snow storm, ceased snowing at 20 h 10 m . 



21 



762 



32-6 



31-6 



1-0 



1-0 



0-5 



21 



24 : 26 : 26 



3-0 



Loose scud ; cirro-strati ; curled cirri. 



22 



763 



33-1 



32-0 



11 



0-8 



0-5 



19 



20 : 24 : 30 



5-5 



Scud, very low on Cheviot ; cir.-cum.-scud ; woolly cir. 



23 



771 



36-1 



33-1 



3-0 



1-1 



0-9 







100 



Commenced to snow heavily. [Cheviot. 



8 



779 



37-1 



34-4 



27 



1-4 



1-4 



20 



— : 24 : — 



6-5 



Cir.-cum.-scud; woolly cirri, stationary; scud low on 



1 



778 



36-4 



34-9 



1-5 



2-0 



1-2 



20 





10-0 



Heavy shower of snow. 



2 



781 



38-0 



35-1 



2-9 



2-0 



0-8 



20 





100 



Passing showers of snow from thin scud ; cirri. 



3 



775 



37-0 



34-7 



2-3 



2-3 



1-5 



20 



24: — 



— 



8-0 



Loose scud ; cirrous clouds ; loose cumuli to S. 



4 



779 



34-7 



33-6 



11 



1-7 



1-6 



20 



23 : 24 



— 



4-0 



Id. ; cir.-cum.-scud ; cumuli on Cheviot. 



5 



777 



33-7 



33-3 



0-4 



2-6 



1-3 



19 



23 : — 



— 



5-5 



Id. ; woolly cirri ; cir.-str. ; showers of snow. 



6 



761 



33-3 



32-9 



0-4 



1-3 



1-2 



19 





2-0 



Woolly cirri ; thick scud to S. and W. 



7 



768 



33-9 



32-9 



1-0 



1-4 



1-2 



20 





30 



Patches of scud to W. ; dense clouds to NE. 



S 



774 



34-5 



33-3 



1-2 



1-8 



1-5 



20 





50 



Scud on horizon. 



9 



780 



34-9 



33-3 



1-6 



21 



21 



20 





7-0 



Id. 



10 



770 



35-4 



34-0 



1-4 



2-7 



2-6 



19 





10-0 



Scud. 



11 



757 



350 



330 



2-0 



31 



1-8 



20 





10-0 



Dark ; a few stars occasionally visible. 



12 



765 



34-5 



32-6 



1-9 



2-8 



1-2 



20 





8-5 



Scud and cirrous clouds. 



13 



28-742 



33-9 



32-7 



1-2 



2-4 



1-3 



20 



22 : — : — 



6-5 



Scud ; cirrous clouds. 



14 



724 



33-3 



33-2 



01 



1-8 



1-4 



20 





10-0 



Snow. 



15 



719 



33-9 



33-5 



0-4 



2-5 



1-4 



20 





100 



Snow and sleet. 



16 



716 



34-0 



33-8 



0-2 



1-8 



0-9 



20 





10-0 



Id. 



17 



711 



350 



34-3 



0-7 



0-4 



0-0 





24 



— 



— 



9-0 



Scud ; cirrous clouds. 



18 



720 



35-3 



34-1 



1-2 



0-0 



00 





24 







— 



100 



Id. ; id. 



19 



737 



34-9 



34-0 



0-9 



0-1 



00 





24 



— 



— 



100 



Id. ; id. [of rain. 



20 



759 



34-8 



33-9 



0-9 



0-0 



00 



28 



30 



— 



— 



100 



Id. ; blue cir.-str. to W. ; very dark to SE. ; drops 



21 



775 



34-7 



34-2 



0-5 



00 



0-0 



30 



31* 



— 



— 



100 



Id. ; slight snow since last observation. 



22 



796 



34-4 



34-4 





0-2 



0-2 







100 



Snow 15 m ago, now sleet. 



23 



820 



36-7 



35-7 



1-0 



0-3 



0-4 



31 



2: — : — 



90 



Scud ; shower of sleet. 



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

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



W. = 24. The 



