Hourly Meteorological Observations, March 18 — 20, 1844. 



201 



Gott. Baro- 

 \Iean METER 

 Time. at 32°. 



Thermometers. 



Wind. 



Clouds, 







Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 



fore 



1". 



mum 

 e in 

 10'". 



From 



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



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



ll. in. 















lb?. 



11.5. 



P t. 



pt. pt, pt. 



0—10. 





8 2 29-966 



43-7 



39-3 



4-4 



0-0 



00 



26 



0: 0: — 



9-9 



Thin scud and cirro-cumuli ; sky to NW. 



3 950 



45-3 



410 



4-3 



00 



00 



28 





10-0 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; scud. 



4 942 



45-2 



41-3 



3-9 



00 



00 





: — : — 



100 



Scud ; cirrous clouds. 



5 936 



43-2 



40-0 



3-2 



00 



00 







100 



Id. ; id. 



6 944 



40-1 



38-3 



1-8 



01 



0-0 





30 : — : — 



9-7 



Id. ; id. 



7 955 



38-6 



37-5 



1-1 



0-0 



00 





31 : 31 : — 



9-7 



Loose smoky scud ; cirro-cumulous scud ; sky milky. 



8 952 



37-4 



36-7 



0-7 



00 



0-0 







10-0 



Scud and cirro-cumulous scud. 



9 955 



36-5 



35-8 



0-8 



00 



0-0 







100 



Dark. 



10 952 



360 



35-3 



0-7 



0-0 



00 







9-5 



A few stars faintly visible in zenith. 



1 11 943 



35-8 



35-1 



0-7 



00 



00 







100 



Dark. 



12 942 



| 360 



35-4 



0-6 



00 



00 







10-0 



Id. 



13 29-936 



35-9 



35-3 



0-6 



00 



00 







10-0 



Dark. 



14 915 



35-8 



35-2 



0-6 



00 



00 







100 



Id. ; clouds a little broken. 



, 15 909 



35-8 



351 



0-7 



00 



00 







100 



Scud aud cirrous haze ; occasional breaks in clouds. 



! 16 884 



35-8 



350 



0-8 



00 



00 







30 



Cirrous clouds and scud ; stars faint near horizon. 



17 867 



34-9 



34-1 



0-8 



00 



0-0 







0-7 



Cirrous clouds to E. 



18 862 



33-7 



330 



0-7 



00 



00 



20 



28 



— 



: — 



0-7 



Patches of scud ; cirro-cumuli, cirri. 



19 861 



350 



34-0 



10 



00 



0-0 





— 



30 



: — 



1-5 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirro-strati on horizon. 



'< 20 852 



37-2 



35-9 



1-3 



00 



00 



24 



— 



30 



30 



1-0 



Cirro-strati and cirri. 



21 844 



38-5 



37-2 



1-3 



00 



00 



25 





40 



Cirri, cirro-strati, cirro-cumuli, and cirrous haze. 



22 835 



42-3 



39-9 



2-4 



00 



00 







7-0 



Thin cirri and cirrous haze ; loose scud on SE. hor. 



23 817 



42-8 



40-2 



2-6 



0-4 



0-3 



25 





7-0 



Id. ; faint solar halo. 



1 794 



44-2 



41-3 



2-9 



0-2 



0-1 



24 





100 



Cumuli ; cirri and cirrous haze ; solar halo. 



1 1 758 



45-8 



42-0 



3-8 



0-4 



0-6 



26 





100 



Patches of scud ; cumuli, cirri, cirrous haze ; solar halo. 



' 2 744 



48-0 



43-3 



4-7 



0-7 



0-1 



25 



28 



— 



— 



10-0 



Scud and cumuli ; cirri and haze become thicker. 



3 720 



46-7 



42-7 



4-0 



0-3 



0-1 



24 



27 



— 



: — 



10-0 



Scud ; homogeneous mass of cirri and haze. 



4 689 



45-6 



41-7 



3-9 



01 



0-3 



25 



26 



— 



■ — 



100 



Scud and loose cumuli ; thick cirro-strati. 



5 672 



45-1 



41-7 



3-4 



0-2 



0-1 



24 



28 



— 



— 



10-0 



Scud ; thick cirro-strati and cirrous haze. [pearance. 



6 644 



42-7 



39-8 



2-9 



0-3 



01 



25 



28 



— 



— 



100 



Id. ; dense cir.-str., with dripping and mottled ap- 



7 623 



41-9 



38-9 



30 



0-7 



0-4 



22 



26 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. ; cirrous clouds much thinner. 



8 588 



40-9 



38-3 



2-6 



0-6 



0-3 



23 





10-0 



Scud and cirri. 



9 555 



40-9 



38-7 



2-2 



0-4 



0-3 



21 





10-0 



Id. 



10 508 



41-4 



39-3 



21 



1-3 



0-8 



20 





100 



Id. 



11 449 



42-6 



40-2 



2-4 



1-4 



0-4 



20 





100 



Id. 



12 418 



420 



40-0 



20 



0-6 



0-2 



20 





100 



Very dark. 



13 29-370 



440 



41-9 



2-1 



10 



0-3 



20 





10-0 



Very dark ; light rain. 



1 1 333 



44-5 



42-5 



2-0 



0-9 



0-5 



26 





10-0 



Id. ; rain. 



15 301 



44-4 



421 



2-3 



1-3 



0-9 



24 





100 



Id. ; light rain. 



16 278 



43-3 



410 



2-3 



0-8 



0-2 



25 





100 





17 261 



42-6 



400 



2-6 



0-3 



0-2 



26 





100 



Light rain. 



18 231 



41-5 



39-7 



1-8 



01 



00 



26 





100 



Scud ; cirro-strati to E. 



19 243 



41-3 



39-6 



1-7 



0-3 



0-1 



29 





100 



Nearly homogeneous ; light rain commenced. 



20 253 



40-7 



39-4 



1-3 



0-2 



01 



29 



29: — : — 



10-0 



Thick scud ; heavy shower. 



?1 300 



38-3 



37-4 



0-9 



1-7 



0-8 



2 



2 : — : — 



100 



Thick mass of scud ; drops of rain. 



!2 363 



35-9 



35-3 



06 



1-7 



1-1 



2 





100 



Scud ; showers of rain, snow, and sleet. 



!3 414 



37-3 



35-9 



1-4 



2-4 



1-2 



3 



3 



— 



— 



100 



Id. ; showers of sleet. 



) 466 



38-2 



34-2 



4-0 



3-7 



21 



2 



3 











8-5 



Scud and loose cumuli. 



,1 506 



37-9 



34-0 



3-9 



2-7 



1-8 



3 



3 



— 



— 



9-5 



Id. ; a few flakes of snow. 



2 537 



39-0 



33-4 



5-6 



2-3 



1-6 



2 



2 







— 



3.5 



Detached loose cumuli. 



3 557 



38-7 



33-3 



5-4 



2-4 



1-5 



2 



3 



— 



— 



3.5 



Id. 



4 589 



39-0 



34-3 



4-7 



.21 



1-2 



2 



3 



— 



— 



1-5 



Id. 



5 617 



380 



32-9 



51 



14 



0-6 



2 



3 



— 



— 



3-5 



Id. 



6 639 



37-2 



32-1 



5-1 



0-6 



0-2 



2 



3 







— 



10 



Id. 



7 652 



34-3 



31-5 



2-8 



0-2 



00 







2-0 



Loose cumuli ; linear cirri. 



1 669 



340 



310 



30 



00 



00 





4 : — : — 



60 



Thick scud. 



; p 687 



32-2 



30-6 



1-6 



0-0 



00 







0-5 



Clouds to SE. 



ie direction of the w 



ind is indicated by the nu 



mber 



of the point of the comj 



>ass, reckoning iN. = 0, E. = 8, S. = 16, W. = 24. The 



moons of the three stra 



;a of clouds, Sc. (scud), C. 



-9. (cii 



ro-stratus), and Cir. (cii 



rus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



'arch 19 d 7 h . The ci 



rri have an appearance of 



radia 



ing from NW., with arc 



s of circles from NW. as a centre crossing the radiations ; 



id cirri in some pla< 



:es ; cirri quite red ; blue 



to B. 







^jirch 19* 191. Obse 



rvation made at 19 h 25 m . 









MAG. AND MET. OBS. 1844. 



3 £ 



