Hourly Meteorological Observations, February 25 — 27, 1844. 



193 



Jott. 

 lean 

 I'ime. 



h. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



Thermometers. 



Wind. 



Clouds, 







Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 fore 



li". 



mum 

 e in 



10". 



Prom 



pt. 



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



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



in. 



o 



o 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. pt. pt. 



0— 10. 





5 14 



28-612 



26-5 



26-3 



0-2 



0-0 



0-0 







100 





15 



603 



27-9 



27-5 



0-4 



0-0 



0-0 







10-0 



A few flakes of snow. 



16 



583 



28-5 



28-3 



0-2 



0-0 



00 







10-0 



Id. 



17 



571 



29-4 



29-1 



0-3 



0-0 



0-0 







10-0 



Heavy fall of snow. 



18 



559 



34-0 



34-0 





0-9 



0-5 



4 





10-0 



Sleet. 



19 



561 



34-6 



33-4 



1-2 



2-7 



1-7 



2 





100 



A few drops of sleet. 



20 



575 



33-8 



330 



0-8 



30 



2-2 



3 





10-0 



Shower of snow. 



21 



603 



33-2 



32-7 



0-5 



30 



2-2 



2 





10-0 



Light shower of snow. 



22 



627 



330 



32-7 



0-3 



3-9 



1-5 



3 





100 



Snowing rather heavily. 



23 



662 



33-5 



32-4 



11 



2-9 



2-1 



4 





10-0 



Slight snow. 



: o 



686 



34-4 



31-8 



2-6 



3-4 



1-9 



4 





10-0 



A few flakes of snow ; breaking to NE. 



l 



716 



33-2 



31-7 



1-5 



3-4 



2-7 



4 





9-9 



Passing shower of snow ; scud, cirro-strati. 



2 



746 



34-3 



30-7 



3-6 



4-0 



3-3 



3 



4 : — : — 



9-8 



Scud. 



3 



777 



32-6 



29-0 



3-6 



4-1 



2-7 



3 



3 : — : — 



9-0 



Id. ; snow showers ; cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirro-strati. 



4 



826 



28-6 



28-0 



0-6 



5-2 



3-6 



3 



3 : 2: — 



9-5 



Id. ; cirro-stratous-scud ; very heavy snow and drift. 



5 



866 



29-3 



270 



2-3 



4-6 



2-4 



4 



3 : — : 26 



8-5 



Scud and cumuli ; cirri ; showers of snow. 



6 



914 



27-3 



26-0 



1-3 



4-0 



1-5 



2 





8-5 



Cumuli ; woolly cirri ; snowing and drifting. 



7 



949 



27-0 



25-0 



2-0 



1-8 



10 



2 



4: — : — 



8-0 



Scud ; cumuli and woolly cirri. 



8 



28-991 



27-4 



250 



2-4 



2-2 



2-7 



2 



2: — : — 



7-0 



Id. ; passing showers of snow. 



9 



29026 



26-7 



24-8 



1-9 



2-3 



2-3 



2 





7-0 



Id. 



10 



059 



25-5 



24-4 



1-1 



2-1 



1-5 









100 





11 



085 



24-7 



23-5 



1-2 



10 



0-0 





1 : — : — 



3-0 



Scud. 



12 



105 



26-9 



26-3 



0-6 



11 



0-5 







1 : — : — 



10-0 



Id. ; flakes of snow falling. 



13 



29-137 



23-9 



23-0 



0-9 



01 



00 





1 : — : — 



7-0 



Scud. 



1-1 



144 



19-5 



18-9 



0-6 



0-2 



0-1 



28 





0-5 



Id. on E. horizon. 



15 



157 



181 



17-6 



0-5 



0-1 



0-0 



27 





0-0 



Clear. 



16 



157 



17-5 



17-2 



0-3 



00 



00 







00 



Id. 



17 



160 



18-5 



17-8 



0-7 



0-0 



0-0 







0-2 



Cirri to N. ; no appearance of twilight. 



18 



165 



14-0 



13-9 



01 



0-0 



0-0 







0-5 



Scud to N. and E. 



19 



146 



18-2 



17-8 



0-4 



0-0 



00 



22 



1 : — : — 



7-0 



Scud ; woolly cirri ; cumuli on horizon. 



20 



142 



23-2 



21-3 



1-9 



0-0 



00 



22 





9-0 



Id., cumuli, cir-cum-str., cirro-strati ; clouds red. 



21 



145 



27-2 



25-2 



2-0 



0-0 



00 



21 





10-0 



Thick cirrous mass ; beginning to snow. 



22 



099 



320 



28-0 



4-0 



0-0 



0-0 







100 



Id. 



23 



080 



35-0 



32-3 



2-7 



0-0 



0-0 



22 



26 : — : 28 



9-9 



Loose scud ; woolly cirri, cirrous-haze ; cirro-strati. 



2 



059 



36-9 



34-9 



2-0 



0-2 



0-2 



28 



— :31 : — 



9-0 



Woolly cirri and cirro-cumuli ; scud. 



1 



053 



37-3 



34-2 



3-1 



0-4 



0-4 



28 





90 



Id. 



2 



046 



39-2 



35-7 



3-5 



0-3 



0-3 



26 



— : — :28 



8-0 



Woolly cirri ; cum. and cum.-str. to E. and S. ; cirri. 



3 



051 



38-3 



35-2 



3-1 



1-2 



1-3 



27 





90 



Id. ; id. 



4 



051 



38-4 



351 



3-3 



2-3 



0-9 



25 



— : — : 28 



8-0 



Id. ; cum.-str., and cir.-str. ; cirri ; scud. 



5 



060 



37-3 



34-4 



2-9 



1-2 



1-2 



27 



— : — : 31 



8-0 



Woolly cirri ; linear cirri ; scud, cum.-str., cir.-str. 



6 



079 



36-2 



33-5 



2-7 



1-4 



11 



28 



27 : — : — 



10-0 



Scud ; diffuse cirri over the sky. 



7 



088 



35-8 



33-0 



2-8 



1-2 



0-8 



28 





9-0 



As before ; wind blowing in gusts. 



8 



108 



35-5 



33-3 



2-2 



1-0 



0-6 



28 





70 



Id. ; stars dim ; lunar corona. 



9 



103 



34-8 



32-9 



1-9 



0-6 



0-1 



28 



28 : — : — 



4-0 



Scud ; lunar corona. 



10 



130 



35-7 



33-7 



20 



0-4 



0-2 



28 





100 



Cirrous clouds ; flakes of snow. 



11 



127 



340 



32-3 



1-7 



0-2 



0-2 



26 





7-0 



Cirro-strati and linear cirri over most of the sky. 



12 



130 



34-2 



32-4 



1-8 



0-8 



0-3 



26 





3-0 



Id. 



J 



29144 



34-9 



32-7 



2-2 



0-7 



0-2 



27 





8-0 



The same, radiating from NNW. ; lunar corona and 



14 



147 



35-6 



32-8 



2-8 



1-2 



0-3 



27 





8-0 



Woolly and linear cirri. [halo. 



15 



165 



33-2 



32-2 



1-0 



0-2 



00 







0-5 



Detatched patches of cirro-strati. 



16 



172 



32-5 



31-4 



1-1 



0-2 



0-0 







01 



Cirri on NW. horizon. 



17 



174 



31-6 



30-5 



11 



00 



00 







0-0 



Stars not very distinct. 



18 



186 



32-0 



301 



1-9 



00 



00 







0-1 



Id. ; cirro-strati on E. horizon. 



19 



188 



32-7 



30-7 



2-0 



00 



0-1 



22 



26 : — : — 



7-0 



Scud ; cumuli, cirri, strati on Cheviot ; hazy. 



20 



206 



33-4 



31-6 



1-8 



0-1 



01 



21 





90 



As before. 



21 



208 



35-5 



330 



2-5 



0-0 



00 



22 



28 : — : — 



9-0 



Scud, cum. ; strati on Cheviot ; cirri and cir.-haze. 



The 



direction c 



>f the wind is indicated by 



the ni 



mber 



of the point oi 



the com] 



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



i I ioi 



s of the th 



pee strata of clouds, Sc. (scu 



d), C. 



s. (cir 



ro-stratus), anc 



I Cir. (cii 



rus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



•eb 



26 d 4 h . 



The vane of the anemomete 



r was 



found 



to be frozen u 



i ; the ic 



3 removed. 



'eb 



27 4 2 h . 



The water in the cistern of 



the ar 



temom 



eter having be 



;ome froz 



en, it was melted by pouring in hot water. 



J 



IAG. AND 



MET. O 



BS. 18 



44. 













3c 



