196 



Hourly Meteorological Observations, March 4 — 6, 1844. 



Gbtt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



Thermometers. 



Wind. 



Clouds 



Sc. : C.-s. 



movin 



from 



>> 



: Ci., Sky 



g clouded. 





Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 fore 



1\ 



mum 

 e in 



From 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



d. h. 

 4 13 



in. 



29-518 



28-5 



27-0 



1-5 



lbs. 



0-2 



lbs. 



00 



pt. 



pt. 



pt. 



pt. 0—10. 

 00 



Clear. 



14 



523 



27-9 



26-8 



11 



00 



00 









0-0 



Id. 



15 



530 



27-2 



25-9 



1-3 



0-0 



0-0 









0-1 



Patches of cirro-strati on horizon. 



16 



533 



27-7 



25-5 



2-2 



02 



0-1 



28 







— 



— 0-2 



Masses of scud ; cirro-strati on horizon. 



17 



541 



27-0 



25-0 



2-0 



0-2 



00 









0-1 



Scud and cirro-strati. 



18 



554 



25-8 



24-2 



1-6 



00 



0-0 









01 



Clear ; patches of cumuli on E. horizon.* 



19 



559 



24-8 



23-9 



0-9 



00 



0-0 



20 







0-2 



Cumuli on E. horizon. 



20 



566 



25-4 



24-7 



0-7 



0-0 



00 









0-2 



Id. ; hazy to E. 



21 



567 



28-3 



26-7 



1-6 



00 



0-0 



20 







0-2 



Id. ; id. 



22 



570 



31-9 



29-0 



2-9 



00 



0-0 









— 



— 0-2 



Cirro-stratous-scud ; cirro-strati and haze to E. 



23 



566 



34-2 



31-1 



3-1 



0-5 



0-5 



27 



— 



— 



30 0-5 



Woolly cirri ; cumuli to E. 



5 



565 



35-8 



32-4 



3-4 



0-5 



0-6 



27 



24 



— 



— 0-7 



Patches of scud ; woolly cirri. 



1 



561 



36-2 



32-3 



3-9 



0-6 



0-6 



28 



28 



— 



— 2-0 



Loose cumuli ; cum., cir.-str., and haze to E. and N. 



2 



552 



35-2 



32-3 



2-9 



0-6 



0-4 



28 







20 



Cumuli and cumulo-strati on horizon. 



3 



545 



37-3 



32-4 



4-9 



0-6 



0-2 



28 



28 



— 



— 3-5 



Id. 



4 



533 



38-9 



33-5 



5-4 



0-6 



0-3 



28 



28 



29 



— 8-7 



Scud ; cumuli. 



5 



529 



37-5 



32-4 



5-1 



0-5 



0-2 



28 



28 



29 



— 9-5 



Id. ; id. ; cirro-cumulous clouds. 



6 



524 



35-7 



320 



3-7 



0-3 



00 









7-5 



Id. ; id. 



7 



523 



34-0 



31-0 



30 



0-0 



0-0 









8-0 



Id. ; id. 



8 



525 



33-7 



31-4 



2-3 



0-0 



00 









90 



Id. 



9 



529 



31-0 



29-9 



1-0 



0-0 



00 









2-5 



Cirro-cumulous-scud . 



10 



530 



31-4 



29-6 



1-8 



00 



00 









6-0 



Id. 



11 



531 



32-0 



30-0 



2-0 



00 



00 









8-0 



Id. 



12 



531 



32-3 



30-0 



2-3 



00 



0-1 



29 



28 



— 



_ 10-0 



Scud ; cirro-cumulo-strati. 



13 



29-526 



32-0 



300 



2-0 



00 



00 









30 



— 50 



Thin cirro-strati ; cirro-cumulo-strati. 



14 



523 



30-8 



28-2 



2-6 



00 



0-0 





— 



1 



_ 6-0 



Thick cir.-str.-scud ; cir.-cum.-str. ; lunar corona. 



15 



524 



31-7 



29-0 



2-7 



00 



0-0 









7-0 



Thick clouds to S. ; sky to N. 



16 



527 



31-3 



28-9 



2-4 



0-3 



0-2 



28 







8-0 



Id. 



17 



545 



30-7 



28-4 



2-3 



0-2 



0-3 



28 











— 6-0 



Thick cirro-cumulous-scud. 



IS 



552 



28-9 



27-0 



1-9 



0-3 



0-2 



28 







00 



Clear. 



19 



572 



28-4 



270 



1-4 



0-2 



0-1 



28 







0-2 



Scud and loose cumuli ; linear cirri to E. 



20 



602 



28-7 



27-3 



1-4 



0-2 



0-1 









0-1 



Id. ; id. 



21 



618 



31-1 



28-9 



2-2 



01 



0-1 



28 







0-2 



Id. ; id. 



22 



634 



33-6 



31-2 



2-4 



0-4 



0-4 



28 







0-5 



Id. ; cirro-strati to E. 



23 



665 



350 



32-4 



2-6 



0-6 



0-1 



31 



— 



3 



— 6-5 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; id. 



6 



677 



36-8 



32-9 



3-9 



0-6 



0-6 



31 



1 



1 



— 3-5 



Scud and loose cumuli ; thin woolly cir.-cum. 



1 



701 



37-3 



33-5 



3-8 



0-7 



0-3 



31 











— 7-0 



Id. ; id. 



2 



709 



36-4 



32-9 



3-5 



1-9 



21 















— 3-0 



Id. ; id. 



3 



728 



37-7 



33-3 



4-4 



2-5 



2-3 











3-5 



Id. ; id. 



4 



749 



361 



32-1 



4-0 



1-4 



0-9 











2-0 



Id. ; id. 



5 



766 



35-9 



32-2 



3-7 



1-4 



0-8 











9-7 



Id. ; id. ; shower of hail 



6 



797 



34-3 



31-9 



2-4 



0-8 



01 



30 







9-5 



Thick heavy cirro-stratous-scud. 





' 806 



34-1 



30-9 



3-2 



1-3 



0-2 



30 







9-5 



Id. 



8 



830 



33-9 



31-5 



2-4 



0-5 



0-2 



31 







9-7 



Dark. 



9 



842 



33-2 



31-5 



1-7 



10 



0-0 



29 







3-0 



Masses of scud. 



10 



853 



33-5 



30-5 



3-0 



0-4 



0-2 



30 







9-5 



Scud. 



11 



877 



33-7 



30-9 



2-8 



0-3 



0-1 



30 







100 



Id. 



12 



884 



33-5 



31-2 



2-3 



0-3 



0-1 



30 







9-9 



Id. 



13 



29-890 



32-9 



31-2 



1-7 



0-2 



0-2 



29 











:— 9-7 



Cirro-cumulous-scud . 



14 



902 



32-7 



30-5 



2-2 



0-2 



0-0 



29 







— 



:— 9-9 



Id. 



15 



910 



32-1 



30-5 



1-6 



0-0 



0-0 



28 







— 



.— 9-9 



Id. 



16 



920 



32-3 



30-1 



2-2 



0-0 



0-0 



28 







— 



— 9-9 



Id. 



17 



934 



32-7 



30-7 



20 



0-0 



0-0 



28 







100 



Scud. 



18 



946 



32-3 



30-7 



1-6 



0-0 



0-0 



28 







10-0 



Id. 



19 



950 



32-3 



30-0 



2-3 



0-0 



0-0 





10 



_ 



— 10-0 



Id. 



20 



969 



32-5 



30-7 



1-8 



0-2 



0-0 









100 



Id. 



The 



direction of the wind is indicated by the m 



imber of tl 



ie po 



int of the com 



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



motioi 



is of the three strata of clouds, Sc. (scud), C 



-s. (cirro-si 



ratus 



), and Cir. (ci 



rrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



* S 



ee additional meteorological notes after the 



Hourly Mete 



orolo 



yical Observati 



ins. 



