194 



Hourly Meteorological Observations, February 27 — March 1, 1844. 







Thermometers. 



Wind 











Gott. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 











Clouds, 







Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 fore 



1". 



mum 

 e in 



10™. 



Prom 



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



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



d. h. 



in. 



o 



o 



° 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. pt. 



0—10. 





27 22 



29-206 



37-8 



35-7 



2-1 



0-1 



01 



21 





10-0 



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



23 



194 



38-8 



36-9 



1-9 



0-3 



0-1 



22 





10-0 



The same. 



28 



204 



38-9 



36-9 



20 



0-2 



0-2 



20 





9-9 



Homogeneous clouds. 



1 



192 



37-7 



36-6 



11 



0-2 



0-1 



19 





10-0 



Snow. 



2 



156 



400 



37-6 



2-4 



0-0 



0-2 



20 



21 : — : — 



9-8 



Scud ; cirrous clouds. 



3 



129 



41-9 



39-2 



2-7 



0-0 



0-0 



20 





100 



Id. ; id. 



4 



113 



37-7 



36-0 



1-7 



0-3 



0-1 



18 



20 



— 



— 



100 



Loose scud ; cirrous clouds. 



5 



101 



37-7 



36-2 



1-5 



0-4 



0-2 



18 



21 



— 



— 



9-9 



' Id. ; id. 



6 



096 



37-0 



35-6 



1-4 



0-2 



00 



17 



23 



— 



— 



9-7 



Scud. 



7 



097 



36-0 



34-8 



1-2 



0-3 



0-0 



18 



24 



— 



— 



30 



Id. 



8 



104 



36-2 



351 



11 



0-1 



0-0 





23 



— 



— 



100 



Id. 



9 



111 



35-4 



34-6 



0-8 



00 



00 







10-0 



Id. 



10 



115 



35-6 



34-7 



0-9 



0-0 



0-0 



18 





100 



Id. 



11 



121 



35-1 



34-3 



0-8 



00 



0-0 





25 : — : — 



9-5 



Id. ; faint lunar halo. 



12 



130 



35-3 



34-8 



0-5 



0-0 



0-0 





25 : — : — 



10-0 



Thick scud. 



13 



29-152 



35-0 



34-3 



0-7 



0-0 



0-0 







100 



Thick scud. 



14 



164 



35-1 



34-4 



0-7 



0-0 



0-0 







100 



Id. 



15 



185 



36-0 



34-4 



1-6 



00 



0-0 







10-0 



Dark. 



16 



203 



36-0 



34-3 



1-7 



0-0 



0-0 







100 



Id. 



17 



215 



35-4 



34-0 



1-4 



0-0 



00 







10-0 



Id. 



18 



227 



35-2 



33-7 



1-5 



00 



00 







10-0 



Id. 



19 



252 



34-7 



33-1 



1-6 



0-0 



00 



20 





10-0 



Nearly uniform mass of scud. 



20 



271 



35-0 



33-2 



1-8 



00 



00 







100 



Id. 



21 



283 



35-7 



34-0 



1-7 



00 



00 







100 



Id. ; cirro-strati. 



22 



293 



38-1 



36-1 



20 



0-0 



0-0 





28 : — : — 



100 



Id. 



23 



285 



40-9 



37-9 



3-0 



0-0 



0-0 





30: — : — 



9-9 



Id. 



29 



287 



41-6 



37-9 



3-7 



0-0 



0-0 







9-9 



Scud, moving very slowly ; probably two currents. 



1 



287 



41-9 



38-8 



3-1 



00 



0-0 





20 : — : — 



9-8 



Id., id. 



2 



283 



41-0 



37-6 



3-4 



00 



0-0 







10-0 



Id., nearly homogeneous ; hazy. 



3 



256 



41-2 



38-2 



3-0 



00 



0-0 







100 



Id., id. 



4 



229 



391 



36-6 



2-5 



00 



0-0 





20 : — : — 



10-0 



Id. ; cirrous clouds ; solar halo at 4 h 20™. 



5 



196 



37-2 



35-0 



2-2 



0-0 



0-0 





18: — : — 



100 



Id. ; cirrous-haze. 



6 



166 



35-2 



33-7 



1-5 



0-0 



00 







100 



Id. 



7 



130 



35-5 



34-0 



1-5 



0-1 



0-0 



15 





10-0 



Id. 



8 



107 



35-4 



34-2 



1-2 



0-0 



0-0 







10-0 



Moon's disc faintly visible. 



9 



29-044 



36-0 



34-7 



1-3 



0-0 



0-0 







10-0 



Id. 



10 



28-981 



36-9 



35-3 



1-6 



0-1 



0-3 



13 





10-0 



Scud. 



11 



908 



37-0 



35-8 



1-2 



0-8 



0-3 



14 





10-0 



Light rain. 



12 



838 



37-0 



35-8 



1-2 



0-9 



0-3 



13 





100 



Id. 



13 



28-769 



37-2 



36-2 



1-0 



0-8 



0-6 



15 





100 



Smart rain. 



14 



719 



38-2 



36-7 



1-5 



2-2 



1-0 



16 





10-0 



Scud. 

 Id. more broken than before. 



15 



716 



38-0 



36-9 



1-1 



1-5 



0-0 



22 





100 



16 



722 



37-7 



370 



0-7 



0-0 



0-0 



20 



24 



— 



— 



9-0 



Id. 



17 



741 



39-4 



37-7 



1-7 



0-3 



0-2 



19 



24 



— 



— 



10 



Id. 



18 



757 



37-7 



36-4 



1-3 



0-3 



0-3 



19 



24 



. — 



— 



2-0 



Id. 



19 



782 



38-2 



36-8 



1-4 



0-3 



0-1 



18 



24 



— 



— 



90 



Id. 



20 



803 



38-2 



36-9 



1-3 



0-4 



0-2 



18 



24 



— 



— 



9-5 



Thick scud. 



21 



826 



39-6 



37-2 



2-4 



0-9 



0-5 



20 



24 



— 



— 



7-0 



Loose watery scud ; patches of woolly cirri. 



22 



850 



39-4 



37-2 



2-2 



0-4 



0-1 



21 



23 



- — 



— 



3-0 



Id.; id.; haze on hor. 



23 



859 



400 



37-3 



2-7 



1-5 



1-4 



20 





10 



Loose patches of scud ; haze on E. horizon. 



1 



879 



40-3 



37-0 



3-3 



1-6 



1-2 



20 





0-5 



Scud ; linear cirri. 



1 



889 



41-0 



37-8 



3-2 



2-8 



1-7 



19 





1-0 



Patches of scud ; cirro-cumulo-strati, cirro-strati, cirri. 



2 



909 



41-7 



38-0 



3-7 



2-0 



1-7 



20 



— 



23 



— 



8-0 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirri ; cumuli. 



3 



895 



42-9 



39-2 



3-7 



2-7 



2-7 



20 



23 



— 



— 



5-0 



Thin scud ; loose cumuli to S. 



4 



908 



42-3 



38-8 



3-5 



2-9 



0-8 



19 



— 



— 



24 



0-7 



Thin woolly cirri ; ranges of cumuli on S. horizon. 



5 



916 



40-7 



37-9 



2-8 



3-8 



1-7 



20 



21 



— 



— 



7-5 



Scud ; varieties of cirri over most of the sky. 



The 



direction 



af the wind is indical 



ed by 



the m 



imber 



of the point of the com 



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



motior 



is of the th 



ree strata of clouds, i 



5c. (sci 



id), C 



-s. (cii 



-ro-stratus), and Cir. (cii 



•rus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



