Hourly Meteorological Observations, March 1 — 4, 1844. 



195 





Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



Thermometers. 



Wind. 



Clouds, 







xbtt. 

 lean 

 'ime. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maximum 

 force in 



From 



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



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 













l h . 



10 m . 











h. 



in. 



o 



o 



o 



lbs, 



lbs. 



P t. 



pt. pt. pt. 



0—10. 





I 6 



28-909 



40-3 



38-0 



2-3 



1-8 



0-5 



20 



21 : — : — 



9-7 



Scud ; cirri and cirrous-haze. 



7 



894 



39-3 



37-6 



1-7 



0-6 



0-1 



19 



20 : — : — 



10-0 



Id. ; cirrous-haze, &c. 



8 



874 



36-8 



36-0 



0-8 



1-1 



0-3 



19 





10-0 



Rain. 



9 



834 



34-1 



33-9 



0-2 



0-2 



0-0 







10-0 



Id. 



10 



797 



34-9 



34-6 



0-3 



0-2 



0-1 



18 





100 



Id. 



11 



810 



35-6 



35-0 



0-6 



0-4 



0-2 



20 



23: — : — 



6-0 



Loose scud, causing coloured lunar corona ; sky milky. 



12 



821 



34-7 



34-1 



0-6 



0-5 



0-2 



20 





7-0 



Cirro-cumulous-scud. 



13 



28-830 



34-7 



34-0 



0-7 



0-6 



0-5 



20 





4-0 



Loose scud to E. 



14 



845 



34-6 



33-7 



0-9 



1-5 



0-6 



20 





0-5 



Cirrous clouds. 



15 



808 



34-9 



33-8 



1-1 



20 



1-2 



19 





0-1 



Cirro-strati on E. horizon. 



16 



815 



34-8 



33-4 



1-4 



1-9 



0-7 



20 





0-2 



Woolly cirri and cirro-strati to W. 



17 



835 



34-7 



32-7 



2-0 



0-8 



0-5 



22 





0-2 



Cirro-strati to W. ; masses of scud. 



IS 



828 



350 



33-2 



1-8 



0-6 



0-4 



20 





0-2 



Id. ; id. 



19 



828 



34-7 



330 



1-7 



0-8 



1-0 



20 



21 : — : — 



1-0 



Scud. 



20 



826 



35-3 



33-6 



1-7 



1-8 



0-9 



19 



21 : — : — 



1-5 



Id. ; loose cumuli near Cheviot ; patches of cirri. 



21 



835 



36-7 



34-4 



2-3 



20 



1-7 



19 





1-5 



Id. 



22 



839 



38-2 



35-3 



2-9 



4-0 



1-7 



20 





5-0 



Id. 



23 



842 



38-5 



36-3 



2-2 



2-3 



2-1 



19 





50 



Id. 







846 



40-2 



37-5 



2-7 



3-0 



1-7 



20 



21 : — : — 



1-5 



Id. ; woolly cirri and cirrous-haze on horizon. 



1 



858 



40-7 



38-6 



2-1 



2-2 



0-7 



20 



21 : — : — 



5-0 



Id. ; linear and mottled cirri. 



2 



849 



42-2 



38-7 



3-5 



1-3 



2-2 



20 





5-0 





3 



835 



43-3 



39-3 



4-0 



2-1 



1-2 



20 



— : — : 24 



8-0 



Woolly cirri, moving slowly ; patches of scud. 



1 



827 



39-5 



37-8 



1-7 



1-8 



0-4 



20 





7-0 



A shower of rain since last observation. 



5 



805 



40-3 



37-3 



3-0 



1-5 



1-3 



20 





5-0 



Scud, cumuli ; woolly cirri, stationary. 



6 



805 



36-8 



35-7 



11 



1-4 



1-5 



20 





1-2 



Loose scud, cumuli, woolly cir.-str. ; shower lately. 



7 



808 



35-0 



33-6 



1-4 



0-8 



1-0 



20 



21 : — : — 



0-5 



Id., id. to S. and E. ; passing showers. 



8 



799 



34-7 



33-4 



1-3 



0-5 



0-2 



20 





0-5 



Id. 



9 



781 



35-6 



33-9 



1-7 



1-3 



0-7 



20 





10 



Id. ; thin woolly cirri. 



10 



777 



36-6 



34-4 



2-2 



1-1 



1-1 



20 





6-0 



Scud, producing a coloured lunar corona. 



11 



765 



35-5 



33-9 



1-6 



1-0 



0-5 



20 





3-5 



Patches of loose scud and cirri. 



12 



752 



36-9 



34-5 



2-4 



11 



1-0 



20 





6-0 



Scud. 







28-648 









3-5 



3-0 



20 









13 



29-041 



37-6 



35-3 



2-3 



4-8 



0-0 



28 



— : 30: — 



6-5 



Cirro-cumulous-scud, moving quickly. 



14 



071 



350 



33-3 



1-7 



0-0 



0-0 



28 



— : 30 : — 



1-0 



Id. 



15 



092 



34-0 



32-4 



1-6 



0-0 



00 



28 





1-5 



Id. 



16 



108 



34-7 



32-8 



1-9 



00 



0-0 



28 





0-5 



Id. 



17 



123 



32-1 



31-2 



0-9 



0-0 



00 







2-0 



Id. 



18 



134 



34-3 



32-5 



1-8 



0-0 



0-0 







8-5 



Id. 



19 



140 



33-9 



320 



1-9 



01 



0-0 







3-0 



Scud, cumuli, cum ulo- strati, cirro-cumuli, cirri. 



20 



179 



33-9 



32-3 



1-6 



0-0 



0-0 







5-0 



Cum.-str., cir.-str. ; varieties of cirri lying E. to W. 



21 



195 



36-8 



34-9 



1-9 



01 



0-3 



30 



2 : — : 22 



7-0 



Cumuli ; cirri and thin cir.-str. lying from WSW. to 



22 



210 



38-3 



36-4 



1-9 



0-4 



0-5 







90 



As before ; thick scud to N. and S. [ENE. 



23 



236 



39-7 



38-0 



1-7 



0-7 



0-6 



31 



2 



— 



— 



10-0 



Scud ; shower of rain. 



4 



253 



37-5 



36-3 



1-2 



1-8 



1-8 







2 



— 



— 



100 



Id. ; light rain. 



1 



280 



36-5 



35-2 



1-3 



2-9 



2-5 



31 



2 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. ; a few flakes of snow. 



2 



281 



37-5 



34-0 



3-5 



3-1 



3-0 







2 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. ; woolly cirri. 



3 



309 



37-5 



34-2 



3-3 



3-5 



2-1 



1 





10-0 



Cirro-cumulous-scud ; cirro-strati. 



4 



341 



36-5 



34-4 



21 



2-5 



10 



1 



— : 2 : — 



10-0 



Cirro-strati ; patches of scud. 



5 



361 



36-4 



32-8 



3-6 



1-8 



0-5 









10-0 



Thick uniform mass of cirro-strati ; patches of scud. 



6 



383 



34-9 



31-4 



3-5 



0-5 



0-2 







— : 2 : 20 



9-5 



Cir.-cum.-scud ; diffuse and woolly cirri, moving slowly. 



7 



395 



33-7 



31-1 



2-6 



0-7 



0-2 



1 





9-5 



As before ; less cirro-cumulous-scud. 



8 



400 



34-4 



32-9 



1-5 



0-4 



0-2 



31 





9-9 



Scud and cirro-strati ; shower of hail. 



9 



424 



34-1 



32-2 



1-9 



0-5 



0-7 



31 





8-5 



Id. 



10 



452 



32-9 



31-2 



1-7 



11 



1-2 



30 



3 : — : 20 



6-0 



Scud ; cirri. 



11 



482 



31-9 



29-8 



2-1 



1-5 



0-8 



30 



— : 24 : — 



30 



Cir.-cum.-str. ; cumuli to NE. ; coloured lunar corona. 



2 



501 



309 



29-6 



1-3 



10 



0-5 



30 





01 



Light cirri. 



''he 



D.Lio 



direction 



jf the w 



ind is indicated by 



the ni 



imber of the point of the com 



jass, reckoning N. = 0, E. = 8, S. = 16, \V. = 24. The 



is of the th 



ree stra 



ta of clouds, Sc. (sci 



id), O 



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



•rus), are indicated in a similar manner. 





























