Hourly Meteorological Observations, February 9 — 12, 1844. 



187 



Gott. 

 Mean 



Baro- 

 meter 



Thermometers. 



Wind. 



Clouds, 







Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 









Maximum 





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



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded. 



Time. 



at 32°. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



fore 

 l h . 



e in 



10">. 



From 







d. h. 



in. 



o 



o 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



P t. 



pt. pt. pt. 



0—10. 





9 



28-842 



36-9 



35-7 



1-2 



0-9 



0-5 



31 



2 



— 



— 



9 







Scud. 



1 



878 



37-2 



36-8 



0-4 



0-9 



0-2 



1 



2 



— 



— 



9 



5 



Id. ; smart shower since h . 



2 



915 



36-4 



35-9 



0-5 



1-0 



0-8 



2 



3 



— 



— 



4 







Patches of thin scud ; scud and loose cum. ; showers. 



3 



956 



38-2 



36-2 



20 



1-1 



0-8 



2 





2 



5 



Loose scud and cum. ; snow disappearing rapidly. 



4 



28-993 



38-2 



36-3 



1-9 



0-9 



0-4 



31 



2 



— 



— 



8 







Scud ; scud and loose cumuli ; dense clouds to N. 



5 



29030 



37-1 



35-7 



1-4 



0-8 



1-1 



31 



2 



— 



— 



10 







Id. ; cumuli, cumulo-strati ; shower of sleet. 



6 



055 



36-2 



35-2 



10 



1-7 



0-5 



1 



1 



— 



— 



10 







Id. ; cumulo-strati on E. horizon. 



7 



107 



35-7 



35-1 



0-6 



2-5 



1-6 



2 



1 



— 



— 



10 







Id. ; heavy shower of sleet. 



8 



147 



35-0 



34-5 



0-5 



3-6 



2-9 



2 





10 







Id. ; id. 



9 



180 



361 



34-2 



1-9 



4-2 



1-7 



2 





2 



5 



Stars rather dim. 



10 



206 



35-9 



33-9 



2-0 



2-7 



2-2 









1 



5 



Scud, &c. to N. 



11 



238 



34-9 



330 



1-9 



2-8 



2-5 



31 





1 







Thin clouds to E. and S. 



12 



266 



34-1 



32-6 



1-5 



1-8 



1-2 



31 









5 



Id. 



13 



29-292 



331 



31-2 



1-9 



11 



0-9 



31 









2 



Stars dim near horizon. 



14 



300 



31-7 



29-7 



2-0 



1-2 



00 











2 



Scud and cumuli. 



15 



308 



310 



29-2 



1-8 



0-4 



0-1 



29 









7 



Scud and cirro-strati to SE. ; stars very clear. 



16 



310 



29-6 



28-2 



1-4 



0-4 



0-2 



28 









2 



Id. ; id. 



17 



300 



311 



29-6 



1-5 



0-5 



0-6 



30 



2 : : 







2 



Scud to S. 



18 



302 



31-6 



29- 1 



2-5 



1-1 



1-7 



31 









2 



Scud and cir.-str. on E . and S. hor. ; stars very clear. 



19 



323 



31-2 



29-0 



2-2 



1-9 



0-3 



30 









5 



Scud to E. ; cirro-strati to S. 



20 



340 



30-6 



28-2 



2-4 



0-9 



0-4 



29 



2: — : — 



1 







Id. 



21 



370 



29-0 



27-0 



20 



0-9 



0-3 



28 





1 







Cumulo-strati, cirro-strati ; scud. 



22 



383 



29-3 



27-4 



1-9 



0-3 



0-3 



28 



— 



— 



2 



1 







Diffuse cirri ; cumulo-strati, cirro-strati. 



23 



403 



31-4 



29-2 



2-2 



0-1 



01 



28 



— 



— 



1 



2 



5 



Woolly cirri ; id., id. 







414 



34-5 



32-8 



1-7 



0-8 



1-3 



30 







1 



— 



3 







Cirro-cumulo-strati ; cumuli and cum.-str. to E. 



1 



427 



35-9 



32-7 



3-2 



1-1 



0-3 



28 



— 



2 







7 







Id. ; id. id. N. and E. 



2 



439 



37-0 



34-3 



2-7 



0-6 



11 



31 



1 



— 



— 



2 



5 



Loose cumuli ; cumuli, cumulo-strati, nimbi. 



3 



453 



37-9 



34-9 



3-0 



1-6 



1-1 



31 











— 



9 



5 



Cirro-cumulous-scud ; snow showers a*round. 



4 



466 



36-7 



34-2 



2-5 



0-6 



0-3 



30 



— 



1 



— 



8 







As before ; heavy shower of snow at 4 h 20 m . 



5 



477 



33-7 



32-3 



1-4 



1-6 



0-5 



31 



1 



— 



— 



1 







Patches of loose cumuli and scud. 



6 



505 



33-6 



32-3 



1-3 



0-8 



0-6 



30 



1 



— 



— 



10 







Scud ; passing showers of snow ; cumuli to E. 



7 



516 



35-1 



32-2 



2-9 



0-9 



1-9 



31 















8 







Id. 



8 



533 



34-7 



31-9 



2-8 



1-5 



0-9 



30 





8 







Id. 



9 



546 



33-7 



320 



1-7 



1-6 



1-2 



31 





1 







Clouds to E. 



10 



569 



340 



310 



3-0 



1-6 



1-9 









4 







Scud. 



11 



589 



32-9 



31-4 



1-5 



1-5 



1-6 



31 





10 







Snow falling. 



12 



600 



31-9 



31-3 



0-6 



21 



1-2 



30 





10 







Heavy snow. 



1 











1-9 













13 



29-785 



22-0 







1-1 



0-0 







50 



Thin haze over the sky ; faint auroral light ? 



14 



778 



240 



24-0 





00 



00 







6 







Haze rather thicker. 



15 



763 



25-8 



25-3 



0-5 



0-0 



00 







9 







Haze much thicker ; stars scarcely visible. 



16 



747 



26-8 



26-1 



0-7 



00 



0-0 







10 







Thick and dark ; 16£ h snowing. 



17 



734 



27-8 



27-2 



0-6 



0-0 



00 







10 







Id. ; snowing. 



18 



720 



29-3 



28-9 



0-4 



0-0 



0-0 







10 







Id. ; id. 



19 



704 



29-2 



28-8 



0-4 



00 



0-0 







10 







Id. ; id. 



20 



694 



29-4 



28-9 



0-5 



0-0 



0-0 







10 







Snow ceased. 



21 



703 



310 



300 



10 



0-0 



0-0 







10 







Scud and dense homogeneous clouds. 



22 



696 



32-7 



31-7 



10 



0-0 



00 





12: — : — 



10 







Loose scud to E. ; dense cirro-strati. 



23 



687 



35-3 



32-4 



1-9 



0-0 



00 



17 





10 







Cirro-strati ; patches of scud ; clearing to S. and SW. 







702 



37-6 



35-6 



20 



00 



0-0 



20 



22 : — : — 



10 







Thin loose scud ; cirrous clouds. 



1 



703 



36-3 



35-9 



0-4 



0-0 



00 







10 







Shower of snow since h 30 m . 



2 



696 



38-7 



36-3 



2-4 | 



0-0 



00 



20 



28 







— 



9 



5 



Scud ; fine cirri ; occasional flakes of snow. 



3 



704 



38-2 



36-0 



2-2 



0-0 



0-0 



19 



26 







— 



10 







Id. ; cirrous clouds to E. 



4 



704 



38-1 



360 



2-1 



0-0 



00 





28 



— 







10 







Id. 



5 



717 



37-0 



35-4 



1-6 



00 



00 







10 







Id. ; a few drops of rain. 



The 



direction < 



)f the wind is indicat 



ed by 



the n 



umber 



of the point of the co 



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



lotioi 



s of the th 



vee strata of clouds, 5 



>C. (sci 



id), C. 



-s. (ci 



'ro-stratus), and Cir. (ci 



rrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 































