188 



Hourly Meteorological Observations, February 12 — 14, 1844. 







Thermometers. 





Wind 











Gott. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 















Clouds, 







Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 fore 

 IK 



mum 

 e in 



10 m . 



From 



Sc. : C.-s. : Ci. ; 



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



d. h. 



in. 



o 



o 



° 



lbs. 



lbs. 



P t. 



pt. pt. pt. 



0—10. 





12 6 



29-729 



35-7 



34-7 



1-0 



00 



0-0 







100 



Scud : a few drops of rain. 



7 



743 



350 



34-3 



0-7 



00 



0-0 







100 



Id. 



8 



750 



34-9 



34-2 



0-7 



00 



00 







100 



Id. ; cirrous clouds ; a few stars visible. 



9 



757 



31-5 







0-0 



0-0 







1-0? 



Stars rather dim. 



10 



766 



30-9 



310 





0-0 



00 







00 



Id. 



11 



773 



31-6 



31-7 





00 



0-0 







00 



Id. 



12 



783 



28-6 



28-8 





0-0 



0-0 







0-2 



Id. ; haze on horizon. 



13 



29-789 



300 



29-9 



01 



0-0 



00 







20 



Clouds or thick haze to X. 



14 



790 



30-7 



30-7 





00 



0-0 







30 



Hazy all round. 



15 



797 



32-0 



31-9 



01 



0-1 



00 



20 





100 



Overcast. 



16 



788 



31-6 



31-8 





0-0 



0-0 







0-5? 



Hazy. 



17 



780 



29-7 



29-4 



0-3 



00 



00 







0-2 



Id. 



18 



783 



29-4 



29-4 





00 



00 







0-5 



Scud ; streaks of cirri. 



19 



789 



30-9 



30-8 



0-1 



00 



00 







3-5 



Id. and cirri. 



20 



784 



340 



32-8 



1-2 



0-0 



00 



21 



21 : — : — 



10-0 



Thick scud. 



21 



792 



35-7 



35-2 



0-5 



0-1 



00 



17 





100 



Id. 



22 



789 



36-2 



35-9 



0-3 



0-2 



0-0 



18 



20 : — : — 



100 



Scud ; dense nearly hornogen. cir.-str. ; very fine rain 



23 



779 



39-1 



39-2 





0-2 



0-2 



19 





100 



As at 22 u ; clearing a little to S. 



13 



786 



38-3 



37-5 



0-8 



0-4 



01 



20 





10-0 



Scud and dense cirro-stratus. 



1 



785 



38-7 



38-0 



0-7 



0-2 



01 



20 





10-0 



Light rain. 



2 



772 



38-6 



37-9 



0-7 



0-3 



0-3 



20 





10-0 



Scud. 



3 



761 



38-3 



37-2 



11 



1-3 



0-7 



20 



21 



— 



— 



9-7 



Thin smoky scud ; cirri to S. 



4 



759 



38-2 



370 



1-2 



10 



0-2 



22 



21 



— 



— 



100 



Scud. 



5 



750 



37-8 



36-7 



1-1 



1-0 



0-7 



20 



21 



— 



31 



8-0 



Id. ; woolly cirri in lines from N by W. to S by E. 



6 



747 



37-6 



36-5 



11 



0-4 



0-3 



22 



21 



• — 



31 



7-5 



Id. ; id. 



7 



751 



37-0 



36-0 



10 



0-3 



0-2 



21 





80 



Thin loose scud ; cirri. 



8 



750 



37-5 



36-3 



1-2 



0-3 



0-2 



21 





2-0? 



Stars very dim. 



9 



730* 



38-1 



37-0 



1-1 



0-5 



0-2 



20 





2-0 



Id. 



10 



731 



37-6 



36-6 



1-0 



0-2 



0-2 



20 





1-0 



Loose scud to E. 



11 



725 



380 



36-9 



1-1 



0-3 



0-2 



20 





00 



Hazy. 



12 



745 



38-5 



37-5 



1-0 



0-3 



0-2 



19 





10-0 



Very dark. 



13 



29-725 



38-4 



37-5 



0-9 



0-1 



0-2 



19 





10-0 



Very dark. 



14 



708 



38-8 



38-0 



0-8 



01 



0-1 



22 





10-0 



Id. 



15 



689 



39-2 



38-3 



0-9 



0-7 



0-6 



22 





100 



A few stars faintly visible in zenith. 



16 



683 



39-2 



38.4 



0-8 



0-3 



01 



21 





10-0 



Dark. 



17 



667 



39-4 



38-8 



0-6 



0-3 



01 







10-0 



Light rain. 



18 



667 



39-7 



39-2 



0-5 



0-2 



0-1 



21 





10-0 



Id. ; smart shower since 17 h . 



19 



659 



40-0 



39-3 



0-7 



0-3 



0-5 



22 



22 : — : — 



10-0 



Loose scud ; cirrous clouds. 



20 



660 



40-5 



39-7 



0-8 



0-6 



0-4 



23 



21 : — : — 



100 



Scud ; thick cirro-strati. 



21 



654 



40-8 



400 



0-8 



0-4 



0-3 



21 





10-0 



Id. ; id. ; very fine rain. 



22 



654 



41-2 



40-8 



0-4 



0-4 



00 







100 



Nearly homogeneous loose scud. 



23 



649 



42-7 



42-1 



0-6 



0-0 



00 







100 



Scotch mist. 



14 



645 



42-4 



42-0 



0-4 



0-4 



0-2 



21 





100 



Id. 



1 



632 



42-8 



42-2 



0-6 



0-2 



00 







10-0 



Id. 



2 



622 



44-1 



43-7 



0-4 



0-3 



00 



20 





100 



Id. 



3 



607 



45-1 



44-1 



10 



0-7 



0-3 



21 



20 



— 



— 



100 



Scud. 



4 



595 



44-9 



44-0 



0-9 



0-8 



0-4 



20 



20 



— 



— 



100 



Id. 



5 



594 



44-7 



43-7 



10 



0-8 



0-0 





20 



— 



— 



100 



Id. ; cirrous clouds ; snow almost gone. 



6 



597 



43-6 



42-5 



11 



0-6 



0-2 



20 



22 



— 



— 



100 



Thin smoky scud ; cirrous clouds. 



7 



588 



43-1 



42-2 



0-9 



0-2 



00 







100 



Scud ; streaks of light to SW. 



8 



574 



440 



42-9 



11 



0-2 



0-1 



18 





10-0 



Very dark. 



9 



557 



44-5 



43-4 



11 



20 



0-6 



22 





10-0 



Id. 



10 



546 



44-3 



43-3 



1-0 



0-5 



0-5 



19 





100 



Id. 



11 



518 



45-0 



43-3 



1-7 



0-4 



11 



20 





100 



Clouds broken ; scud, and cirrous clouds. 



12 



512 



44-9 



43-4 



1-5 



0-8 



02 



20 





100 



Dark. 



The 



direction < 



)f the v 



rind is 



indica 



ted b; 



f the i 



lumber of the point of the coi 



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



motior 



s of the th 



ree stra 



ta of cl< 



>uds, S 



>c. (sci 



id), C. 



-s. (cirro-stratus), and Cir. (cii 



•rus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



