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Hourly Meteorological Observations, March 25 — 28, 1844. 



Gbtt. 



Baro- 



Mean 



meter 



Time. 



at 32°. 



d. h. 



in. 



25 23 



29-404 



26 



410 



1 



422 



2 



433 



3 



431 



4 



429 



5 



431 



6 



438 



7 



452 



8 



458 



9 



451 



10 



449 



11 



431 



12 



436 



13 



29416 



14 



419 



15 



409 



16 



402 



17 



394 



18 



408 



19 



417 



20 



425 



21 



448 



22 



458 



23 



484 



27 



501 



1 



518 



2 



537 



3 



554 



4 



527 



5 



612 



6 



635 



7 



684 



8 



726 



9 



773 



10 



818 



11 



850 



12 



883 



13 



29-919 



14 



947 



15 



971 



16 



29-977 



17 



30-000 



18 



019 



19 



037 



20 



052 



21 



066 



22 



067 



23 



095 



28 



113 



1 



124 



2 



119 



3 



109 



4 



100 



5 



111 



6 



144 



Thermometers. 



Dry. 



48-7 

 49-3 

 53-5 

 53-9 

 55-2 

 53-9 

 520 

 49-0 



Wet. 



43-9 

 43-7 

 47-5 

 47-9 

 49-0 

 47-8 

 47-2 

 45-3 



46-4 



43-9 



46-7 



44-6 



46-9 



44-7 



46-9 



44-9 



46-7 



44-7 



45-9 



45-0 



47-1 



46-2 



47-4 



46-4 



47-7 



46-3 



47-5 



46-3 



47-9 



46-7 



48-1 



46-6 



48-0 



47-0 



48-0 



47-0 



49-1 



47-8 



51-1 



49-0 



54-1 



511 



54-3 



511 



58-7 



53-7 



56-2 



501 



57-2 



49-7 



57-1 



490 



51-0 



480 



51-9 



46-7 



490 



46-1 



47-0 



44-2 



45-9 



425 



44-6 



41-8 



41-6 



39-9 



40-8 



390 



38-3 



37-1 



36-6 



35-3 



38. 1 



36-2 



36-0 



34-8 



35-5 



34-6 



340 



330 



31-8 



31-5 



36-2 



34-9 



400 



37-7 



44-6 



41-5 



48-1 



43-9 



49-9 



44-5 



52-3 



47-0 



52-9 



480 



52-7 



46-6 



52-9 



47-2 



52-3 



46-0 



49-6 



44-4 



Diff. 



4-8 

 5-6 

 6-0 

 6-0 

 6-2 

 6-1 

 4-8 

 3-7 

 2-5 

 21 

 2-2 

 2-0 

 2-0 

 0-9 



0-9 

 10 

 1-4 

 1-2 

 1-2 

 1-5 

 10 

 1-0 

 1-3 

 21 

 3-0 

 3-2 

 50 

 61 

 7-5 

 8-1 

 30 

 5-2 

 2-9 

 2-8 

 3-4 

 2-8 

 1-7 

 1-8 



1-2 

 1-3 

 1-9 

 1-2 

 0-9 

 1-0 

 0-3 

 1-3 

 2-3 

 31 

 4-2 

 5-4 

 5-3 

 4-9 

 6-1 

 5-7 

 6-3 

 5-2 



Wind. 



Maximum 

 force in 



1''. 10™. 



lbs. 



0-0 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 0-1 

 0-4 

 0-5 

 0-3 

 0-1 

 01 

 0-6 

 0-2 

 0-2 



0-3 

 0-3 

 0-4 

 0-4 

 0-7 

 0-2 

 0-4 

 0-6 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 02 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 0-5 

 0-5 

 1-4 

 1-9 

 0-5 

 1-3 

 0-2 

 0-5 

 0-8 

 0-2 

 01 



00 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-5 

 1-0 

 1-7 

 0-7 

 0-8 

 0-5 

 0-4 

 0-7 



lbs. 



0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 01 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-3 

 0-1 

 0-2 



0-2 

 01 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 00 

 0-2 

 0-6 

 0-4 

 00 

 0-2 

 0-4 

 0-1 

 0-3 

 00 

 0-2 

 0-5 

 0-2 

 0-8 

 0-1 

 01 

 0-3 

 01 

 0-1 

 0-0 



00 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 0-4 

 0-7 

 0-8 

 0-5 

 0-2 

 0-5 

 0-2 

 0-6 



From 



pt. 

 28 



17 

 16 

 20 

 20 

 18 

 19 



18 

 18 

 17 

 18 



20 

 22 

 20 

 19 

 19 

 20 

 20 

 20 



20 

 21 

 20 

 21 

 20 

 21 

 20 

 25 

 25 

 23 

 22 

 23 

 21 



22 



18 

 18 

 20 



20 



17 



20 

 21 

 20 

 20 

 19 

 20 

 19 

 19 



Clouds, 



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



moving 



from 



pt. pt. pt. 



26 



30 



— : 



— 



26: 



24 



— : 



24 



— . 



19 



— : 



19 



21 : 



— 



24: 



20 



26: 



19 



24: 



Sky 

 clouded 



24: — 

 20: — 



22 



22 



20 



50 



24: 



20 



24 



24 

 20 



— :24 



o-io. 



8-0 



9-0 



9-5 



90 



9-5 



7-0 



90 



9-8 



100 



100 



10-0 



100 



10-0 



10-0 



100 



100 



6-0 



8-0 



100 



10-0 



100 



100 



9-5 



100 



9-8 



60 



90 



4-0 



3-5 



2-5 



90 



30 



9-5 



2-5 



3-0 



0-2 



01 



0-5 



0-7 

 3-0 

 7-0 

 1-5 

 2-0 

 10 

 0-5 

 15 

 0-2 

 00 

 1-0 

 7-0 

 80 

 7-0 

 30 

 70 

 7-0 

 2-0 



Sjiecies of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Scud ; loose cumuli ; cirri and cirrous haze ; solar halo. 

 Cirro stratous scud ; linear cirri to E. and W. 

 Scud ; varieties of cirri. 



Masses of scud ; cirro-strati, cirro-cumuli, cirrous haze. 

 Scud ; cirrous haze. 



Id. ; loose cumuli ; cirro-cumuli ; cymoid cirri. 

 Cirro-cumulous scud ; many varieties of clouds. 

 Scud ; viscous cir.-cum.-str. in ridges, lying NNW. to 

 Loose scud ; cir.-cum.-str. ; cirrous haze. [SSE. 



Dense mass of cirro-strati. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 

 Rain. 



Light rain. 



Fair; light on S. horizon. 



Clear in zenith ; scud all round. 



Thick scud. 



Rain ; dark. 



Scud. 



Loose scud ; dense cirro-strati ; light drizzle. 



Thick cirro-strati ; loose stratus on Cheviot. 



Scud ; woolly cirri and cir.-cum. ; drizzle before this. 



Id. ; dense cir.-str. and haze ; halo at 21 h 15 m . 



Id. ; cir.-str. and cir. haze ; slight shower at 23 11 5 m . 

 Loose scud ; woolly cirri and cir. haze ; strips of linear 

 Scud and loose cumuli ; cir.-str. and cirri. [cirri. 



Loose cumuli ; cirro-strati to E. 

 Loose-edged cumuli. 

 Cumuli. 

 Scud ; cirrous scud ; shower 15 m ago. 



Id. and loose cumuli. 



Id. ; cumuli and cirro-strati on E. horizon. 



Id. 



Id. 



Masses of loose scud ; cirro-strati near horizon. 

 A patch of scud to S. ; sky clear. 

 Cirro-strati to E. 



Patches of scud ; cirro-strati to E. 

 Cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirro-strati. 



Id. ; id. 



Cirro-strati. 



Id. 

 Cirro-cumulous scud to E. 

 Cirro-strati on E. horizon. 



Cirro-strati and cirrous haze on E. hor. ; linear cirri. 

 Clear, except a sheet of faint cirro-strati to N. 



Id. 

 Patches of scud to N. and W. ; woolly cirri and cir. haze. 

 Patches of scud ; woolly cirri and cir. haze lying SSW. 

 Id. ; id. [to NNE. 



Id. woolly cirri, cirrous haze ; cirro-strati. J 



Scud ; woolly cirri to E. 

 Woolly cirri and cirrous haze ; patches of scud. 



Id. ; id. 



Woolly and feathered cirri, radiating from N. 



The direction of the wind is indicated by the number of the point of the compass, reckoning N. = 0, E. — 8, S. = 16, W. = 24. The 

 motions of the three strata of clouds, Sc. (scud), C.-s. (cirro-stratus), and Cir. (cirrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 





