Hourly Meteorological Observations, March 12 — 14, 1844. 



199 





Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



Thermometers. 



"Wind. 



Cloud 



s, 







Gott. 



Mean 



■ Time. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Jlaxi 

 fore 

 1\ 



mum 

 e in 



10". 



From 



Sc. : C.-s. 



movin 



from 



:Ci., Sky 

 t clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



.1. h. 



in. 



= 



o 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 0—10. 







12 11 



29-577 



32-7 



31-0 



1-7 



0-0 



0-0 







0-1 



Thin clouds ; faint auroral light. 





12 



593 



29-2 



28-0 



1-2 



00 



00 







0-1 



Patches of cirrous clouds to E. 





13 



29-602 



30-3 



28-4 



1-9 



0-0 



0-0 







0-5 



Patches of cirrous clouds to N. and W. 





14 



607 



30-3 



29-0 



1-3 



00 



0-0 







1-5 



Id., chieflv to NE. 





15 



611 



31-3 



29-9 



1-4 



0-0 



0-0 



23 





1-7 



Id. 





16 



617 



30-4 



29-2 



1-2 



0-2 



00 



21 





0-5 



Id. 





17 



622 



29-3 



28-5 



0-8 



00 



0-0 







0-2 



Id. 





18 



633 



29-2 



28-0 



1-2 



0-0 



00 







0-2 



Cirro-strati on E. horizon. 





19 



663 



28-5 



27-9 



0-6 



0-0 



0-0 







1-0 



Cumuli, cirro-strati and patches of scud. 





20 



648 



31-0 



29-9 



11 



00 



0-0 







0-5 



Cirro-strati ; scud on Cheviot; haze on E. horizon. 



21 



667 



34-9 



32-2 



2-7 



00 



0-0 



17 





0-2 



Cirro-strati to E. 





22 



673 



37-7 



33-6 



4-1 



0-6 



0-4 



28 





0-2 



Id. 





23 



686 



39-3 



34-5 



4-8 



1-3 



1-1 



28 



29: — 



— 4-0 



Scud ; loose cumuli, cirro-strati, and cirri. 





3 



687 



39-8 



350 



4-8 



1-3 



1-5 



29 





2-0 



Masses of cumuli on horizon ; patches of scud. 





1 



706 



40-1 



34-9 



5-2 



1-7 



0-9 



29 



30 : — 



— 20 



Scud ; masses of cumuli on horizon. 





2 



708 



39-2 



34-2 



5-0 



1-3 



0-4 



30 



30: — 



— 6-0 



Scud and cumuli. 





3 



710 



40-2 



35-3 



4-9 



0-5 



0-2 



30 





6-5 



Id. 





4 



708 



41-3 



36-7 



4-6 



0-4 



0-1 



29 



29: — 



— 6-5 



Id. 





5 



709 



37-8 



33-9 



3-9 



0-1 



00 



30 





4-0 



Id. ; cirro-strati to E. 





6 



710 



38-2 



34-0 



4-2 



00 



0-0 





28: — 



— 30 



Loose cumuli and cumulo-strati ; cirro-strati ; 



scud. 



7 



712 



35-9 



31-9 



4-0 



0-0 



00 



30 



28:28 



— 2-5 



Scud and cirro-strati ; sky hazy ; red to E. 





8 



712 



37-0 



32-3 



4-7 



0-0 



0-0 







8-5 



Scud. 





9 



710 



36-2 



32-2 



4-0 



0-0 



00 







9-7 



Id. 





10 



705 



35-0 



32-2 



2-8 



0-0 



0-0 







9-7 



Id. 





H 



695 



34-4 



32-4 



2-0 



0-0 



0-0 







9-5 



Id. 





12 



691 



341 



32-3 



1-8 



0-0 



0-0 







9-5 



Id. 





13 



29-678 



33-8 



32-3 



1-5 



00 



00 







9-7 



Scud. 





14 



670 



33-6 



32-0 



1-6 



0-0 



00 







10-0 



Id. 





15 



660 



33-4 



31-8 



1-6 



0-0 



00 







9-5 



Id. 





16 



653 



32-6 



31-0 



1-6 



0-0 



00 







4-0 



Id., clearing off. 





17 



648 



30-3 



29-1 



1-2 



0-0 



0-0 







30 



Id. 





18 



638 



27-7 







0-0 



0-0 







2-0 



Id. ; cirro-strati to E. 





19 



637 



28-7 



27-4 



1-3 



0-0 



0-0 





— :26 



— 8-5 



Cirro-cumulous scud ; streaks of cirri. 





20 



632 



30-2 



29-9 



0-3 



0-0 



00 



30 



27:28 



— 7-0 



Id., two currents. 





21 



632 



32-3 



31-4 



0-9 



0-0 



0-0 



25 





6-0 



Scud, cumuli, cirri, cirro-cumuli. 





22 



627 



35-5 



32-7 



2-8 



00 



0-0 





— 



28 



28 3-0 



Woolly cirri and cir.-cum.-str. ; cirrous haze ; 



scud. 



23 



614 



37-2 



34-3 



2-9 



0-0 



0-0 



12 



— 



— 



28 2-5 



Woolly cirri ; cirri radiating from NW by N. 



; scud. 



. 



602 



39-7 



35-0 



4-7 



0-0 



0-0 





20 



— 



28 4-0 



Pat. of scud ; var. of cirri radiating from NW. ; cir.-cum. 



1 



580 



42-1 



37-0 



5-1 



0-0 



0-0 



12 



15 



30 



28 6-0 



Scud ; cir.-str. scud ; cirri ; solar halo. 





2 



565 



44-4 



38-8 



5-6 



0-2 



00 



14 



16,14,17: 



-:28 9-0 



Scud in various currents ; cirri and cir. haze ; 



halo. 



3 



548 



45-0 



39-8 



5-2 



0-6 



0-2 



15 



— : 



24 9-5 



Cir.-str. ; woolly cirri ; patches of scud. 





4 



524 



450 



39-3 



5-7 



0-2 



0-1 



15 





9-9 



Id. ; id. ; thick haze to E. 





5 



505 



43-7 



39-0 



4-7 



0-3 



0-1 



14 



— 



16 



— 10-0 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirrous haze. 





6 



496 



40-6 



36-3 



4-3 



0-3 



0-2 



12 



— 



16 



— 100 



Id. ; id. 





7 



485 



38-3 



35-1 



3-2 



0-2 



0-0 



14 



— 



14 



— 10-0 



Id. ; id. 





8 



470 



38-0 



34-8 



3-2 



0-2 



0-1 



13 





10-0 



Cirrous haze. 





9 



452 



37-9 



34-6 



3-3 



0-3 



0-3 



13 





10-0 



Dark ; a few drops of rain. 





10 



435 



37-5 



34-5 



30 



0-5 



0-5 



15 





10-0 



Id. 





11 



418 



36-5 



34-2 



2-3 



1-0 



0-5 



14 





10-0 



Light rain. 





12 



409 



36-5 



33-9 



2-6 



0-5 



0-1 



9 





100 



A few flakes of snow. 





13 



29-391 



36-4 



32-7 



3-7' 



0-0 



0-2 



6 





100 



Snow falling pretty heavily. 





14 



370 



34-5 



32-9 



1-6 



0-2 



01 



7 





100 



Light snow. 





15 



353 



33-8 



33-3 



0-5 



0-2 



00 







10-0 



Id. 





16 



314 



33-2 



330 



0-2 



0-0 



01 



4 





100 



Snowing more heavily. 





17 



293 



33-2 



32-9 



0-3 



01 



0-0 







100 



Id. 





The 



direction ( 



)f the v 



and is indicated by 



the n 



umber 



of the pc 



int of the coi 



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



The 



ntiun 



s of the th 



ree stra 



ta of clouds, Sc. (sci 



id), C. 



-s. (cii 



•ro-stratus 



), and Cir. (ci 



*rus), are indicated in a similar manner. 





