Hourly Meteorological Observations, March 22 — 25, 1844. 



203 



Gbtt. 

 Mean 



Baro- 

 meter 



Thermometers. 



Wind. 



Cloud 



S; 











Maxi 



mum 





Sc. : C.-s. 

 niovin 



:Ci., Sky 

 g clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Time. 



at 32°. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



force in 



From 



from 















1\ 



10™. 











d. h. 



in. 



o 



o 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 0—10. 





22 17 



29-306 



38-1 



37-1 



1-0 



0-2 



01 



29 





10-0 



Scud. 



18 



330 



38-0 



37-0 



1-0 



0-2 



0-2 



30 





100 



Light rain ; heavy showers since last observation. 



19 



346 



380 



37-0 



10 



0-3 



0-2 



30 



3: — 



— 10-0 



Scud ; light rain. 



20 



357 



38-0 



37-1 



0-9 



0-5 



0-4 



29 



3: — 



— 100 



Id. ; rather heavy rain. 



21 



367 



39-7 



38-5 



1-2 



0-3 



0-3 



28 





100 



Uniform cirrous mass ; light rain. 



22 



374 



42-6 



40-8 



1-8 



0-3 



0-3 



31 



1 







— 9-5 



Loose scud moving quickly ; cir.-str. scud, slowly. 



23 



376 



43-3 



41-0 



2-3 



0-5 



03 







1 







— 90 



Id. cirro-cumulo-strati. 



23 



384 



45-3 



42-3 



3-0 



03 



0-3 







1 



— 



— 9-9 



Scud ; cirrous clouds. 



1 



384 



45-9 



42-6 



3-3 



0-5 



0-5 



31 



1 



— 



31 80 



Id. ; woolly cirri. 



2 



380 



47-0 



42-0 



5-0 



0-5 



0-3 



31 





9-0 



Id. ; id. 



3 



373 



47-0 



42-7 



4-3 



0-3 



0-2 









9-5 



Id. 



4 



358 



47-2 



42-9 



4-3 



0-2 



0-1 



5 



— 



28 



— 7-0 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; scud and cumuli on horizon. 



5 



342 



45-6 



42-1 



3-5 



00 



00 



6 



26 



— 



— 8-0 



Scud ; cirro-cumulo-strati. 



6 



336 



44-2 



41-5 



2-7 



00 



00 



7 



24 



— 



— 9-0 



Id. ; id. 



7 



327 



42-0 



40-0 



2-0 



0-0 



0-0 



14 



23 



— 



— 8-5 



Id. ; cirro-strati and cirrous haze to E. 



8 



317 



41-0 



39-4 



1-6 



00 



00 





22 



— 



— 90 



Id. 



9 



286 



40-5 



39-2 



1-3 



00 



00 







1-5 



Clouds to E. 



10 



267 



36-0 



35-2 



0-8 



0-0 



0-0 





20: — 



— 25 



Cirro-cumulous scud. 



11 



258 



37-2 



36-6 



0-6 



0-0 



0-0 







3-5 



Scud. 



12 



250 



38-3 



37-3 



1-0 



0-1 



0-1 



18 





8-0 



Id. 



24 



28-955 





... 





3-3 





25 







Barometer rising. [WNW ^ gh 



13 



29-218 



370 



36-7 



0-3 



2-8 



0-2 



20 





3-0 



Cirrous clouds, radiating from WNW ; moving from 



14 



222 



38-0 



36-3 



1-7 



0-6 



0-2 



20 





100 



Dark. 



15 



223 



38-9 



37-0 



1-9 



0-2 



0-3 



20 





9-7 



Cirrous clouds ; stars very faint. 



16 



225 



390 



37-3 



1-7 



0-3 



0-1 



20 





10-0 



Id. ; id. 



17 



214 



39-1 



37-7 



1-4 



0-3 



0-2 



20 





10-0 



Id. ; id. 



18 



233 



39-8 



38-3 



1-5 



0-2 



01 



20 



24 



: — 



— 100 



Scud ; clouds tinged with red to E. 



19 



228 



40-2 



38-7 



1-5 



0-1 



0-0 





21 



— 



— 100 



Id. 



20 



220 



40-3 



39-1 



1-2 



00 



0-0 





20 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; cirrous clouds. 



21 



206 



42-9 



41-0 



1-9 



0-2 



01 



18 



20 



22 



— 100 



Loose scud to NW. and E. ; thick semifluid cir.-str. 



22 



187 



43-6 



420 



1-6 



0-4 



0-3 



19 



— 



18 



— 10-0 



Id. to N. and E. ; thick cir.-str. ; drops of rain. 



23 



168 



44-4 



42-7 



1-7 



0-3 



0-4 



17 





100 



Id. id. ; fair. 



25 



136 



45-3 



430 



2-3 



0-6 



0-4 



17 



— 



18 



— 100 



Thick semifluid cirro-strati ; light rain. 



1 



073 



47-0 



440 



3-0 



0-8 



0-9 



19 



— 



17 



— 100 



Id. ; raining lately. 



2 



29025 



47-2 



44-2 



3-0 



1-8 



1-9 



17 



17 



— 



— 100 



Scud. 



3 



i 28-976 



45-8 



45-0 



0-8 



1-5 



1-4 



17 



16 



— 



— 100 



Id. ; raining. 



4 



918 



460 



45-3 



0-7 



18 



0-6 



18 



17 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; rain. 



5 



909 



47-2 



46-2 



10 



1-4 



1-2 



24 



20 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. 



6 



926 



46-3 



44-0 



2-3 



0-5 



0-1 



19 



24 



— 



— 7-0 



Id. ; nimbi to E. 



7 



917 



45-0 



42-3 



2-7 



0-4 



0-3 



20 



24 



— 



— 3-5 



Id. ; id. 



8 



918 



43-0 



40-9 



2-1 



0-5 



0-3 



20 



.24 



— 



— 2-0 



Id., cirro-cumulous scud and nimbi.^ 



9 



918 



42-6 



40-7 



1-9 



0-6 



0-2 



20 





100 



Id. ; light rain. 



10 



921 



430 



41-4 



1-6 



0-2 



0-2 



21 





100 



Id. ; id. 



11 



932 



42-8 



41-9 



0-9 



0-2 



0-2 



24 





4-0 



Loose scud ; cirro-strati. 



12 



982 



46-3 



43-6 



2-7 



1-3 



21 



28 





' 9-0 



Scud. 



13 



29-042 



43-6 



40-4 



3-2 



3-0 



1-1 



29 





20 



Scud on horizon. 



14 



120 



41-7 



39-4 



2-3 



0-9 



0-1 



29 





30 



Scud. 



15 



156 



41-9 



38-9 



30 



1-5 



0-7 



28 





1-5 



Id. 



16 



186 



39-7 



37-5 



2-2 



0-2 



0-6 



31 





00 



Stars rather faint. 



17 



251 



39-2 



37-1 



21 



0-6 



0-1 



28 





20 



Scud. 



18 



275 



37-6 



360 



1-6 



0-2 



00 







10 



Masses of scud on horizon. 



19 



313 



37-0 



35-7 



1-3 



0-1 



00 





— : — • 



30 i 10 



Woolly and diffuse cirri moving slowly ; cir.-str. scud. 



20 



355 



40-0 



38-3 



1-7 



00 



0-0 



16 



— : — : 



29 6-5 



Woolly, mottled, and diffuse cirri ; scud to E. 



21 



370 



42-5 



40-0 



2-5 



00 



00 







60 



Cirri and cirrous haze ; patches of scud. 



22 | 



388 



46-3 



42-3 



4-0 



0-2 



00 



28 



30: — : 



30 3-5 



Scud ; cirri and cirrous haze. 



The 



direction c 



if the \v 



ind is indicate 



id by 



,he number < 



)f the poir 



it of the comp 



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



DOtiOE 



s of the th 



ree stra 



ta of clouds, S 



c. (sci 



d), C.-s. (cii 



ro-stratus 



), and Cir. (cii 



•rus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



Mar 



ch 25<» 20>> 



—21". 



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ions v 



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20 b 5 m a 



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