Hourly Meteorological Observations, March 28 — 30, 1844. 



205 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



30116 

 155 

 165 

 171 



182 

 186 



30-206 

 216 

 209 

 209 

 211 

 215 

 241 

 241 

 235 

 252 

 267 

 265 

 259 

 261 

 260 

 254 

 251 

 245 

 254 

 258 

 258 

 258 

 257 

 253 



30-258 

 251 

 242 

 235 

 232 

 227 

 234 

 243 

 245 

 248 

 241 

 227 

 219 

 208 

 188 

 174 

 165 

 165 

 175 

 225 

 199 

 199 

 191 

 183 



30-096 



Thermometers. 



Dry. 



45-7 

 43-3 

 41-9 

 41-8 

 39-9 

 40-0 



42-0 

 44-0 

 450 

 44-9 

 44-8 

 45-5 

 45-7 

 46-9 

 47-9 

 50-8 

 51-3 

 54-2 

 56-5 

 560 

 54-0 

 54-1 

 54-6 

 54-0 

 51-4 

 46-3 

 44-4 

 41-4 

 39-3 

 37-5 



34-8 

 331 

 34-3 

 32-2 

 29-9 

 31-2 

 31-7 

 340 

 37-0 

 42-8 

 47-0 

 50-7 

 550 

 58-3 

 600 

 61-9 

 60-1 

 56-9 

 53-0 

 49-2 

 46-6 

 44-0 

 41-0 

 40-8 



Wet. 



40-9 

 39-9 

 39-0 

 390 

 38-4 

 38-7 



40-3 

 42-8 

 43-7 

 43-8 

 43-7 

 44-2 

 44-3 

 451 

 46-0 

 48-2 

 48-4 

 50-5 

 52-3 

 51-3 

 49-8 

 49-8 

 500 

 49-7 

 48-1 

 450 

 43-3 

 40-8 

 38-9 

 37-2 



34-7 

 330 

 34-0 

 32-1 

 29-5 

 31-2 

 31-7 

 340 

 36-8 

 41-4 

 44-8 

 47-6 

 50-4 

 52-4 

 53-3 

 54-0 

 53-2 

 51-9 

 50-0 

 46-0 

 44-4 

 43-0 

 40-0 

 39-8 



Diff. 



4-8 

 3-4 

 2-9 

 2-8 

 1-5 

 1-3 



1-7 

 1-2 

 1-3 

 11 

 1-1 

 1-3 

 1-4 

 1-8 

 1-9 

 2-6 

 2-9 

 3-7 

 4-2 

 4-7 

 4-2 

 4-3 

 4-6 

 4-3 

 3-3 

 1-3 

 1-1 

 0-6 

 0-4 

 0-3 



01 

 01 

 0-3 

 01 

 0-4 



0-2 

 1-4 

 2-2 

 31 

 4-6 

 5-9 

 6-7 

 7-9 

 6-9 

 50 

 30 

 3-2 

 2-2 

 10 

 10 

 1-0 



Wind. 



Maximum 





force in 



From 



1". 



10"'. 





lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



1-9 



0-9 



19 



2-9 



0-6 



19 



1-1 



00 





0-2 



0-0 



20 



00 



00 





00 



0-0 





00 



0-0 





01 



00 



21 



01 



00 



19 



01 



0-0 





00 



00 





0-2 



0-2 



20 



0-2 



00 



20 



0-4 



0-2 



20 



0-5 



00 



23 



0-3 



0-2 





0-2 



0-0 



20 



0-2 



0-2 



20 



0-3 



0-2 





0-6 



0-3 



20 



0-8 



0-4 



20 



0-5 



0-2 



21 



0-2 



0-1 



22 



00 



00 



20 



0-1 



00 





0-0 



0-0 





00 



00 





0-0 



00 





00 



0-0 





0-0 



00 





0-0 



0-0 





00 



00 





0-0 



00 





00 



00 





00 



00 





00 



0-0 





00 



00 





0-0 



0-0 





0-0 



00 





00 



00 





0-0 



00 



20 



00 



00 





0-0 



00 





00 



00 





0-0 



0-0 





00 



0-0 





0-0 



00 





00 



0-0 





00 



0-0 





00 



00 





00 



00 





0-0 



0-0 





0-0 



0-0 





00 



0-0 





0-3 





1 16 



Clouds, 



Sc.:C.-s.:Ci. 



moving 



from 



pt. pt. pt. 

 — : — : 24 



— : — : 24 



— : 24 : — 



21 : — : 



Sky 

 clouded 



0—10. 



2-5 

 1-0 

 3-0 



7-0 

 7-0 

 4-0 



6-5 

 7-0 

 100 

 8-0 

 9-5 

 9-7 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 90 

 8-0 

 5-0 

 8-0 

 3-0 

 4-0 

 4-0 

 0-7 

 0-5 

 0-5 

 10 

 0-5 

 0-0 

 0-2 

 0-2 



00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-5 

 0-8 

 10 

 0-5 

 10 

 0-5 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 0-5 

 10 

 0-2 

 0-5 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Woolly and feathered cirri, radiating from N. ; cir.-str. 

 Woolly cirri, rad. from NNW., having a bend towards 

 Id., causing a coloured lunar corona. [ W. at NNW. 

 As before ; lunar halo. 



Woolly cirri, cirro-strati, and thin cir. haze ; no halo. 

 Cirro-cumuli and cirro-strati. 



Loose scud, moving quickly ; cirro-strati ; small corona. 

 Scud ; a slight breath of wind 15 m ago. 



Id. 

 A few stars dimly visible through thin clouds. 



Id. 

 Scud; cir.-cum. and cir.-str. ; clouds tinged with red to E 



Id., nearly homogeneous ; cirrous haze, &c. to E. 



Id. ; haze to E., more broken than at last hour. 



Id. ; woolly cirro-cumuli to E. 

 Thin scud ; cirro-cumuli ; woolly and mottled cirri. 



Id. ; id. ; id. 



Var. of cirri ; patches of cir.-cum. ; cir. haze on hor. 

 Cir. haze over most of the sky ; cir.-cum. and scud to N. 

 Nearly as before. 



Id. ; very thin cirri. [to E. 



Thin cirri over most of the sky ; cir.-cum. to N. ; foggy 

 Patches of cirro-strati ; thin woolly cirri and cir. haze. 



Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 



id. 

 id. 

 id. 



Patches of cirri ; cirrous haze. 



Cirrous haze. 



Thin haze, causing col. lunar corona ; very faint aurora. 



Thin cirri ; aurora faintly visible, owing to moonlight. 



Clear. 



Id. 



Id. 

 A few streaks of cirri ; aurora very faint. 

 Cirro-strati and haze on E. horizon. 



Linear cirri and cirrous haze ; heavy hoar-frost. 

 Thin cirrous haze over sky ; portion of solar halo. 

 Cirrous haze on hor. ; woolly cirri and cir.-str. to NE. 

 Thin cirri and haze. 



Wisps of cirri ; fog and cirrous haze on horizon. 

 As before. 



Id. 

 Fog and haze on horizon. 

 Id. 



Thick and hazy. 

 Id. 



Haze and fog ; fine cirri ; faint lunar corona. 

 Fine cirri and haze ; coloured lunar corona 3° diam. 

 Haze, chiefly to N. ; corona very faint. 

 Patches of fine cirri ; corona larger ; less hazy to N. 



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

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



24. The 



MAG. AND MET. OBS. 1844. 



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