Hourly Meteorological Observations, March 6 — 9, 1844. 



197 



Gott. 

 Mean 



Baro- 

 meter 



Thermometers. 



Wind. 



Clouds, 













Maximum 





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

 moving 



Sky 

 clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Time. 



at 32°. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



fore 

 1". 



e in 

 10". 



From 



from 







(l. h. 



in. 







o 



o 



n>s. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. pt. 



0—10. 





6 21 



29-971 



33-8 



320 



1-8 



0-1 



0-0 





2: — : — 



10-0 



Scud. 



22 



29-990 



35-1 



320 



3-1 



0-1 



0-1 



28 



2: — : — 



10-0 



Id. 



23 



29-999 



36-3 



34-2 



21 



0-1 



0-1 



30 





10-0 



Id. 



7 



30013 



37-7 



33-3 



4-4 



0-1 



0-0 



29 



1 



— 



■ — 



9-9 



Id. 



1 



012 



38-4 



34-0 



4-4 



0-1 



00 



30 



2 



— 



— 



9-5 



Thin scud ; linear cirri. 



2 



011 



38-4 



33-7 



4-7 



00 



00 



31 



2 



— 



— 



6-0 



Masses of scud and loose cumuli ; cirri. 



3 



006 



390 



34-4 



4-6 



0-0 



0-0 







8-0 



Id. 



4 



000 



38-3 



34-0 



4-3 



00 



00 







8-0 



Id. 



5 



004 



38-8 



34-3 



4-5 



0-0 



00 







50 



Id. 



6 



014 



34-5 



31-5 



30 



0-0 



00 





22: — : — 



4-0 



Cirro-cumulous scud ; thick scud to E. ; cirri. 



7 



027 



31-0 



29-2 



1-8 



0-0 



00 







30 



Scud, cirri, cirro-cumuli, and haze. 



8 



025 



28-9 



27-8 



1-1 



00 



0-0 







1-0 



Id., id., id. 



9 



029 



27-3 



27-0 



0-3 



00 



00 







0-5 



Cirro-strati to NNE . ; aurora. 



10 



028 



26-9 



26-8 



01 



0-0 



0-0 







1-5 



Cirro-strati, radiating from N. ; aurora. 



11 



023 



28-4 



28-0 



0-4 



00 



0-0 







60 



Cirrous clouds and haze over the sky. 



12 



023 



30-2 



28-9 



1-3 



00 



0-0 







10-0 



Cirrous clouds. 



13 



30-011 



31-1 



29-6 



1-5 



0-0 



0-0 







10-0 



Densely covered with clouds. 



14 



30-002 



31-6 



29-8 



1-8 



00 



00 







9-8 



Cirro-strati and cirrous haze ; lunar halo. 



15 



29-991 



31-5 



29-8 



1-7 



0-0 



00 



18 





10-0 



Id. 



16 



969 



320 



30- 1 



1-9 



0-0 



00 







10-0 



Id. 



17 



945 



33-2 



310 



2-2 



00 



00 



17 





10-0 



Dense clouds. 



18 



946 



33-7 



31-6 



21 



00 



00 



18 





10-0 



Id. ; slight shower of snow at 18£ h . 



19 



928 



32-9 



30-4 



2-5 



0-4 



0-1 



18 





100 



Slight shower of snow. 



20 



929 



32-2 



31-8 



0-4 



0-2 



01 



18 





100 



Id. 



21 



906 



32-8 



32-0 



0-8 



0-1 



0-1 



17 





100 



Id. 



22 



S87 



34-2 



32-6 



1-6 



01 



0-1 



18 





10-0 



Id. 



23 



807 



35-8 



34-6 



1-2 



0-3 



0-2 



18 





100 



Sleet. 



8 



828 



36-3 



34-1 



2-2 



0-6 



0-5 



18 



20 



: — 



: — 



100 



Scud ; cir.-str., nearly homogeneous ; shower of hail. 



1 



806 



35-3 



34-3 



10 



0-9 



1-1 



18 



20 



: — 



: 



10-0 



Id. ; sleet. 



2 



768 



35-9 



34-7 



1-2 



2-3 



1-4 



19 



19 



: 



: — 



100 



Id. ; rain. 



3 



752 



36-1 



35-7 



0-4 



1-3 



0-3 



20 



19 



: 



: 



10-0 



Id. ; cirrous clouds ; rain. 



4 



722 



36-3 



36-0 



0-3 



2-1 



0-6 



19 





10-0 



Id. 



5 



701 



37-1 



36-2 



0-9 



1-6 



0-6 



20 





100 



Id. 



6 



674 



38-0 



37-0 



1-0 



1-2 



1-2 



19 





10-0 



Id. 



7 



660 



38-4 



37-3 



1-1 



31 



1-3 



20 





100 





8 



650 



38-8 



37-9 



0-9 



2-7 



01 



20 





9-9 



Scud ; a few stars visible. 



9 



617 



40-7 



39-9 



0-8 



0-5 



0-1 



20 





9-9 



Id. ; id. 



10 



580 



40-0 



39-1 



0-9 



0-8 



20 



20 





9-8 



Light rain. 



11 



552 



39-5 



38-9 



0-6 



1-9 



1-2 



20 





100 



Id. 



12 



513 



41-3 



40-4 



0-9 



1-3 



0-5 



22 





100 



Id. ; very dark. 



13 



29-496 



43-9 



42-3 



1-6 



0-2 



0-1 



21 





10-0 



Dark. 



14 



480 



44-8 



440 



0-8 



1-3 



00 







100 



Rather light to E. and NE. 



15 



422 



46-2 



45-3 



0-9 



0-7 



0-9 



20 





100 



Light rain. 



16 



396 



46-2 



45-3 



0-9 



2-1 



1-5 



19 





10-0 



Dark. 



17 



386 



47-0 



46-1 



0-9 



2-2 



0-6 



19 





100 





18 



382 



47-8 



45-9 



1-9 



1-5 



0-7 



20 



23 : — : — 



100 



Thick scud. 



19 



374 



46-7 



44-9 



1-8 



1-6 



0-6 



21 



22 : — : — 



10-0 



Patches of loose scud ; cirro-strati and cirri. 



20 



328 



45-9 



44-3 



1-6 



2-3 



3-9 



19 





100 



Patches of scud ; cirro-strati. 



21 



275 



47-9 



45-4 



2-5 



4-3 



5-0 



19 



21 



— 



23 



100 



Scud ; fibrous woolly cirri moving slowly. 



22 



270 



48-1 



451 



3-0 



5-4 



4-9 



20 



22 



— 







10-0 



Id. ; woolly cirri and cirrous haze. 



, 23 



245 



46-3 



43-6 



2-7 



6-9 



3-7 



20 



22 



— 



— 



100 



Id. ; light rain. 



9 



200 



47-3 



44-6 



2-7 



5-4 



6-2 



20 



23 



— 



— 



100 



Scud. 



1 



157 



47-1 



44-2 



2-9 



7-6 



6-3 



21 



23 



— 



25 



9-9 



Id. ; woolly cirri, moving rapidly. 



2 



168 



48-4 



44-9 



3-5 



8-0 



90 



24 



25 







— 



9-9 



Id. 



3 



248 



48-1 



43-7 



4-4 



9-3 



7-8 



27 



27 



— 



27 



8-5 



Id. ; woolly cirri ; cirro-strati. 



4 



361 



48-5 



44-0 



4-5 



7-7 



50 



27 



. 



28 



— 



5-0 1 



Cirro-cumulo-strati. 



The 



direction c 



f the w 



ind is indicated by 



the n 



umber of the point of the coi 



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



motioc 



s of the th 



ree stra 



-a of clouds, Sc. (set 



id), C. 



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



•rus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



MAG. AND MET. OBS. 1844. 



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