Hourly Meteorological Observations, April 2 — 5, 1844. 



207 





Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



Thermometers. 



Wind. 



Cloud 



s, 





Gbtt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 fore 



l h . 



mum 

 e in 



10™. 



From 



Sc. : C.-s. 



movin 



from 



:CL, Sky 

 g clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Id. h. 



in. 



o 



o 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 0—10. 





2 21 



29-441 



45-0 



43-8 



1-2 



0-1 



0-1 



22 



22: — 



:— 10-0 



Patches of loose scud ; dense cirro-strati. 



22 



440 



47-3 



44-9 



2-4 



01 



0-2 



20 





100 



Loose scud ; id. 



23 



442 



48-0 



45-3 



2-7 



0-3 



0-2 



21 



21 



— 



— 100 



Scud. 



3 



450 



48-6 



45-1 



3-5 



0-2 



0-2 



20 



22 



— 



— 100 



Id. 



1 



454 



50-4 



46-3 



4-1 



0-3 



0-0 



18 



20 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. 



2 



449 



50- 1 



45-6 



4-5 



0-2 



0-3 



20 



21 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; ranges of cumuli. 



3 



449 



49-6 



45-3 



4-3 



0-7 



0-4 



19 



20 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. 



4 



443 



48-2 



44-2 



40 



0-8 



0-3 



19 



19 



— 



— 100 



Id. ; loose cumuli. 



5 



461 



47-2 



43-9 



3-3 



0-7 



0-4 



19 



20 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. 



6 



458 



45-7 



42-4 



3-3 



0-6 



0-5 



19 



20 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; nearly homogeneous mass of clouds. 



7 



464 



440 



41-2 



2-8 



0-6 



0-3 



20 





10-0 



Patches of scud ; cir.-str. waved and distorted to E. 



8 



476 



430 



40-2 



2-8 



0-5 



0-2 



20 





100 



Cirro-strati radiated from S. 



9 



473 



41-9 



39-9 



20 



0-1 



0-0 



20 





100 



Id. 



10 



472 



41-7 



39-7 



20 



0-0 



00 







100 



Id. 



11 



477 



41-0 



39-2 



1-8 



00 



0-0 







10-0 



Dense cirrous mass. 



12 



475 



40-6 



39-1 



1-5 



00 



0-0 







10-0 



Id. 



13 



29-472 



39-7 



38-7 



10 



0-0 



0-0 







10-0 



Dense cirrous mass ; Moon occasionally visible. 



14 



457 



39-2 



38-2 



10 



0-0 



0-0 







10-0 



Dense mass of clouds. 



15 



453 



39-0 



38-1 



0-9 



00 



0-0 







10-0 



Id. ; slight shower. 



16 



438 



39-1 



38-6 



0-5 



0-0 



0-0 







10-0 



Id. 



17 



452 



37-6 



37-4 



0-2 



00 



0-0 







10-0 



Id. ; light rain since 16 h . 



18 



443 



36-1 



35-9 



0-2 



00 



0-0 







10-0 



Light drizzle. 



, 19 



448 



36-6 



36- 1 



0-5 



0-0 



0-0 







100 



Uniform mass of clouds ; light drizzle. 



20 



436 



37-2 



36-4 



0-8 



00 



00 



8 





10-0 



Id. ; light fall of snow and hail. 



21 



428 



38-2 



37-7 



0-5 



0-0 



00 



11 





100 



Id. ; loose scud to SE. and N. 



1 22 



422 



40-2 



38-8 



1-4 



00 



00 





6: — 



— 10-0 



Scud. 



23 



413 



40-7 



38-8 



1-9 



0-0 



0-0 



7 





10-0 



Id. 



: 



402 



42-4 



40-5 



1-9 



0-0 



0-0 





7: — 



— 10-0 



Scud moving slowly. 



1 



399 



44-1 



41-9 



2-2 



00 



0-0 



4 





10-0 



Scud. 



2 



404 



45-2 



42-9 



23 



0-0 



0-0 



20 





100 





3 



412 



47-0 



44-3 



2-7 



00 



0-0 



16 





10-0 



Dense clouds. 



4 



406 



47-0 



44-2 



2-8 



0-0 



00 







10-0 





5 



411 



46-3 



44-0 



2-3 



0-0 



00 





17 



_ 



— 10-0 



Thick scud ; cirrous clouds seen above. [horizon. 



6 



395 



45-0 



430 



2-0 



0-0 



00 





— 



— 



16 9-9 



Var. of cirri lying in bands from S. to N. ; scud near 



7 



407 



43-6 



42-3 



1-3 



00 



0-0 





— 



16 



— 9-8 



Cir.-str. and cirrous clouds ; patches of scud. 



8 



416 



41-7 



41-0 



0-7 



0-0 



0-0 







10-0 



Cirro-strati ; thin cirrous clouds and haze. 



9 



433 



40-0 



39-8 



0-2 



00 



00 







8-0 



Scud and cirrous clouds. 



10 



430 



37-4 



37-2 



0-2 



0-0 



0-0 







0-5 



Stars indistinct owing to haze. 



11 



433 



37-2 



37-2 





00 



0-0 







1-0 



Very hazy on hor. ; fog on the ground ; lunar halo. 



12 



437 



36-0 



35-9 



0-1 



00 



0-0 







8-0 



Scud and haze. 



13 



29-433 



36-3 



36-2 



01 



0-0 



0-0 







10-0 



Scud and haze. 



14 



424 



36-2 



36-1 



01 



00 



0-0 





24: — 



— 100 



Scud ; thick fog. 



15 



432 



35-8 



35-6 



0-2 



00 



0-0 







100 



Id. ; id. 



16 



433 



35-7 



35-5 



0-2 



0-0 



0-0 







100 



Id. ; id. 



17 



422 



35-7 



35-6 



0-1 



00 



0-0 







100 



Id. ; id. 



18 



419 



34-5 



34-3 



0-2 



00 



0-0 







100 



Id. ; id. 



19 



423 



34-3 



34-3 





00 



0-0 





— : 15 



— 8-5 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; stratus ; heavy dew. 



20 



421 



37-0 



36-7 



0-3 



0-0 



0-0 







100 



Thick and very damp fog. 



21 



426 



37-9 



37-8 



0-1 



0-0 



0-0 





— : 16 



— 10-0 



Fog ; cirrous clouds. 



22 



424 



41-9 



41-1 



0-8 



0-0 



0-0 





— : 16 



— 10-0 



Thick cirro-strati and cirrous haze ; fog almost gone. 



23 



412 



50-0 



47-3 



2-7 



00 



0-0 







10-0 



Dense mass of cirro-strati and haze ; solar halo lately. 



1 



425 



520 



47-3 



4-7 



0-0 



00 



16 



16: — 



— 10-0 



Masses of scud ; dense cirro-strati ; snow on Cheviot. 



1 



418 



51-9 



46-8 



5-1 



0-4 



0-2 



17 



16 



— • 



— 100 



Id. ; id., hanging as if dripping. 



2 



421 



51-6 



47-0 



4-6 



0-3 



0-2 



17 



16 



— 



— 10-0 



Thick heavy scud ; dense cirro-strati ; drops of rain. 





3 



449 



45-3 



42-6 



2-7 



1-3 



1-2 



19 



18 



18: 



— 10-0 



Patches of scud ; dense semifluid cir.-str. ; heavy shower. 





4 



476 



42-3 



40-9 



1-4 



1-5 



0-0 



20 





10-0 



Homogeneous ; light rain since 3 h . 





The 



direction of the w 



ind is indicated hy the ni 



mber 



of the poi 



nt of the com 



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





otior 



is of the three stra 



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



-s. (cir 



ro-stratus 



), and Cir. (cir 



rus), are indicated in a similar manner. 





Api 



il 3d 20 h . The sn 



ow consists of small sharj 



-poinl 



ed six-raj 



ed stars ; the 



nail formed upon these and flat. 





























