208 



Hourly Meteorological Observations, April 5 — 8, 1844. 







Thermometers. 



Wind. 









Gbtt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 









Clouds, 

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

 moving clouded, 

 from 





Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maximum 

 force in 

 P. 10™. 



Prom 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



a. h. 



in. 



o 



o 



» 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 0—10. 





5 5 



29-481 



42- 1 



40-0 



21 



00 



00 



20 



18 



: 14 



:— 9-7 



Patches of scud ; dense cirro-strati. 



6 



502 



42-8 



40-8 



20 



00 



00 





22 



: 15 



:— 80 



Id. ; cirro-strati and cirrous clouds. 



7 



520 



40-5 



390 



1-5 



00 



00 





— 



: — 



: 14 30 



Varieties of cirri lying SSW. to NNE. ; cir.-str. ; scud 



8 



550 



38-2 



37-2 



10 



00 



00 







0-7 



Linear cirri and cir.-str. ; mass of scud to E. 



9 



567 



34-8 



34-5 



0-3 



00 



00 







0-5 



Cirro-strati on E. horizon. 



10 



590 



32-9 



32-8 



0-1 



00 



0-0 







0-9 



Haze on E. horizon. 



11 



626 



31-2 



30-9 



0-3 



00 



0-0 







0-2 



Streak of cloud on E., and patch on W., horizon. 



12 



640 



29-0 



28-9 



0-1 



0-0 



00 







0-2 



As before ; aurora. 



13 



29-659 



29-7 



29-9 





0-0 



0-0 







0-2 



Cirro-strati and fog to S. ; aurora. 



14 



670 



26-9 



29-9 





00 



0-0 





20 



; . 



_ 05 



Loose cumuli to S. 



15 



690 



29-2 



29-8 





00 



0-0 





22 







— 0-2 



Scud. 



16 



708 



29-2 







00 



00 





20 







— 1-5 



Cirro-stratous scud. 



17 



718 



30-2 



301 



01 



00 



00 





14 







_ 0-3 



Scud ; cirri, tinged with red ; hoar-frost. 



18 



743 



26-3 



26-5 





0-0 



00 



18 



14 







_ 1-0 



Patches of scud ; scud on horizon ; red to E. 



19 



769 



30-3 



30-3 





0-0 



00 



22 





0-2 



Cirro-strati, cumuli, and patches of scud ; haze to E. 



20 



788. 



32-8 



32-4 



0-4 



00 



00 







0-5 



Cirrous haze, cirro-cumuli, and patches of scud. 



21 



811 



35-5 



34-4 



11 



00 



00 







0-2 



Patches of cirro-strati. 



22 



815 



400 



38-4 



1-6 



0-0 



00 







0-9 



Cumuli in haze on E. horizon. 



23 



830 



45-1 



42-4 



2-7 



01 



0-0 





12: — 



— 10 



Cirro-stratous scud ; cum. and haze to NE. ; cir.-cum. 



6 



837 



47-5 



44-0 



3-5 



0-2 



00 



4 





1-0 



Cumuli and cirro-cumuli to S. and E. 



1 



843 



49-5 



45-1 



4-4 



0-4 



0-3 



4 





1-0 



Scud and loose cumuli ; haze on E. horizon. 



2 



851 



500 



44-6 



5-4 



0-5 



0-3 



6 





1-5 



Woolly cirri, cirro-strati, cumuli, scud ; haze on E. hor 



3 



855 



500 



43-7 



6-3 



0-3 



0-5 



5 



14: — 



_ 40 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirro-strati. 



4 



858 



49-0 



43-3 



5-7 



0-4 



0-3 



6 





90 



Id. ; id. 



5 



868 



46-9 



43-1 



3-8 



0-4 



0-2 



6 





9-9 



Thick cirro stratous scud, cirro-cumuli, cirro-strati. 



6 



880 



46-7 



44-0 



2-7 



0-1 



0-1 



6 



2 



14 



— 90 



Patches of scud ; hazy cirro-strati ; mottled cirri, &c. 



7 



882 



45-8 



43-7 



21 



0-2 



0-1 



6 



6 



14 



— 8-7 



Loose scud ; cirro-stratous scud ; woolly cirri. 



8 



897 



43-9 



42-8 



11 



01 



00 



4 



5 



— 



_ 100 



Scud. 



9 



911 



43-8 



42-8 



1-0 



0-0 



00 





5 



— ■ 



— 9-7 



Id. ; sky to NW. 



10 



910 



43-2 



42-5 



0-7 



0-0 



00 







9-5 



Cirrous clouds. 



11 



919 



43-1 



421 



10 



00 



0-0 







10-0 



Id. 



12 



914 



42-2 



41-8 



0-4 



0-0 



0-0 







100 



Dark. 



23 



29-948 









0-2 





14 









7 13 



29-983 



43-2 



41-1 



21 



00 



00 







40 



Sky covered with haze ; stars dim. 



14 



987 



43-9 



41-6 



2-3 



00 



0-0 







3-0 



Id. 



15 



995 



41-9 



40-3 



1-6 



0-0 



00 







30 



Id. 



16 



998 



40 



38-9 



11 



0-0 



0-0 







2-0 



Clear in zenith ; lunar halo. 



17 



29-998 



42-4 



41-3 



1-1 



0-7 



0-3 



21 





6-0 



Cirrous haze and patches of scud. 



18 



30-017 



44-1 



430 



11 



0-6 



0-3 





20 



— : 



— 100 



Scud. 



19 



036 



45-6 



44-2 



1-4 



0-3 



0-3 



23 



22 



— : 



— 10-0 



Thick scud, nearly homogeneous. 



20 



051 



46-2 



45-0 



1-2 



0-5 



0-4 



20 



21 : 



— : 



— 100 



Loose scud. 



21 



068 



48-3 



46-7 



1-6 



1-1 



0-6 



20 



20: 



— : 



— 100 



Misty loose scud. 



22 



074 



510 



48-3 



2-7 



0-9 



0-9 



19 



21 : 



; 



— 99 



Scud ; cirro-strati. 



23 



088 



51-2 



48-2 



3-0 



0-7 



0-3 



20 



21 : 



— : 



— 100 



Id. ; id. 



8 



092 



54-3 



50-6 



3-7 



1-5 



0-9 



20 



21 : 



— : 



— 100 



Id. ; id. 



1 



079 



53-7 



50-0 



3-7 



2-0 



0-5 





22: 



25: 



28 8-5 



Thin scud ; cirro-stratous scud ; woolly cirri. 



2 



089 



54-4 



50-3 



4-1 



1-4 



1-8 



21 



— : 



26: 



— 80 



Cirro-stratous scud and cirro-strati ; scud and cumuli. 



3 



092 



55-7 



51-4 



4-3 



1-3 



0-6 



21 



22: 



28: 



28 8-0 



Loose scud ; cirro-strati and cirri. 



4 



110 



55-6 



51-3 



4-3 



0-8 



0-5 



22 



22: 



— : 



— 8-0 



Id. ; patches of woolly cirri ; cirro-strati. 



5 



112 



54-9 



51-0 



3-9 



1-2 



0-4 



20 



22: 



— : 



— 80 



Id. ; woolly cirri. 



6 



122 



52-7 



50-2 



2-5 



0-8 



0-1 



19 



22: 



— : 



— 90 



Scud ; cirro-strati and cirrous clouds. 



7 



130 



50-9 



49-1 



1-8 



0-4 



0-1 



20 



24: 



— : 



— 90 



Id. ; id. 



8 



134 



48-0 



47-0 



1-0 



0-2 



0-1 



20 



22: 



: 



— 30 



Thin misty scud ; patches of curled cirri. 



9 



152 



48-6 



47-4 1-2 



0-2 



0-2 



19 





100 





10 



148 



48-5 



47-4 1 11 



0-2 



0-1 



19 





100 1 





The 



direction of the w 



ind is indicated hy the number of the poi 



it of the comr. 



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



motion 



s of the three stra 



,a of clouds, Sc. (scud), C.-s. (cirro-stratus^ 



, and Cir. (cir 



rus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



