Hourly Meteorological Observations, April 13 — 16, 1844. 



211 





Baro- 

 meter 



Thermometers. 



Wind. 



Cloud 



s, 





Gott. 

 Mean 









Maximum 





Sc. : C.-s. 

 roovin 



:Ci., Sky 

 g clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



I'inie. 



at 32°. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



fore 



c in 

 10-°. 



From 



from 





d. li. 



in. 



o 



o 



o 



11.5. 



lbs. 



Pt. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 0—10. 





3 2 



29-384 



55-9 



48-6 



7-3 



11 



0-3 



21 



24 



25 



:— 7-5 



Scud, two currents ; linear cirri, cirrous haze ; showers. 



3 



378 



56-8 



48-3 



8-5 



1-2 



0-8 



21 



24 



— 



:— 8-5 



Id. ; woolly cirri ; cumuli ; showers to N. 



4 



377 



55-2 



48-1 



71 



1-4 



1-3 



20 



24 



— 



— 9-0 



Id., cumuli, cum. -str., nimbi ; cirrous haze ; showers. 



5 



358 



53-5 



48-1 



5-4 



1-9 



10 



20 



24 



— 



— ■ 10-0 



Id. ; dense hazy cirrous mass ; solar halo. 



6 



362 



520 



46-0 



6-0 



0-8 



0-9 



20 



24 



— 



— 10-0 



Masses of scud ; dense cirro-strati. 



7 



371 



50-0 



453 



4-7 



0-8 



0-3 



23 



24 



— 



— 100 



Id.; id.; drops of rain. 



8 



371 



46-6 



44-0 



2-6 



0-8 



0-0 



21 





100 



Dense mass of cirro-strati ; light shower. 



9 



371 



460 



43-7 



2-3 



00 



0-0 







9-8 



Scud and cirro- strati ; sky to W. 



10 



368 



45-9 



43-6 



2-3 



0-2 



00 







10-0 



Dark. 



11 



361 



45-9 



43-3 



2-6 



0-3 



0-1 







100 



Id. 



12 



371 



45-8 



430 



2-8 



0-3 



0-1 



21 





9-0 



Sky to N. and E. 



23£ 



29-568 









1-2 





25 









U3 



29-639 



49-0 



48-5 



0-5 



00 



00 







10-0 



Dark ; slight rain. 



14 



641 



50-7 



49-5 



1-2 



0-4 



0-3 



20 





100 



Id. ; rain ceased after 13 h ; wind rose at 13 h 45 m . 



15 



632 



50-3 



48-9 



1-4 



0-5 



0-2 



20 





100 



Id. 



16 



636 



49-6 



48-1 



1-5 



0-2 



01 



20 





10-0 



Clouds a little broken. 



17 



629 



49-0 



47-8 



1-2 



0-2 



0-1 



20 



20 



' — 



— 9-5 



Scud moving rather quickly ; cirrous clouds. 



IS 



636 



49-1 



48-1 



1-0 



0-5 



0-1 



18 



20 



— 



— 9-7 



Scud ; cirro-strati and other cirrous clouds ; light rain. 



19 



634 



49-2 



48-0 



1-2 



0-3 



0-1 



19 



20 



— 



— 10-0 



Thick smoky scud. 



20 



634 



49-9 



47-8 



21 



0-6 



0-2 



18 



20 



— 



— 100 



Id. 



21 



627 



51-0 



48-2 



2-8 



1-0 



0-5 



19 



20 



— 



— 100 



Id. 



22 



619 



53-4 



49-1 



4-3 



2-2 



31 



19 



21 



— 



— 9-0 



Scud ; woolly cirri. 



23 



617 



53-9 



49-5 



4-4 



3-2 



2-2 



20 



21 



— 



— 9-0 



Id. ; id. ; cirro-strati. 







597 



54-8 



500 



4-8 



2-3 



2-3 



19 



20 



— 



— 9-5 



Id. ; cirri and cirro-strati to S. ; loose cumuli to E. 



I 



602 



54-2 



49-4 



4-8 



40 



2-6 



19 





9-0 



Id. ; id. 



604 



55-9 



521 



3-8 



2-9 



1-6 



19 



20 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; cirrous clouds ; very light rain. 



1 



•J 



612 



52-3 



49-6 



2-7 



2-6 



1-4 



19 



20 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; cirro-strati. 



4 



621 



52-3 



49-7 



2-6 



20 



0-6 



18 



19 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; a few drops of rain. 



1 5 



637 



511 



48-2 



2-9 



11 



0-1 



20 



21 



— 



— 9-5 



Id. ; woolly cirri ; light shower since 4 h ; rain to E. 



6 



655 



53-1 



48-1 



5-0 



0-2 



0-2 



22 



22 



— 



20 9-5 



Id.; id.; cir.-str., cum.-str.toE. ; thundery-looking to SW. 



1 7 



676 



511 



45-3 



5-8 



0-2 



00 



22 



25 



20 



20 9-5 



Thin scud; cir.-str. scud ; wo. cirri; scud gone off to SE. 



8 



716 



49-3 



45-1 



4-2 



0-0 



00 







9-5 



As before. 



9 



733 



47-7 



43-2 



4-5 



00 



00 







9-5 



Id. 



10 



755 



45-6 



426 



3-0 



00 



0-0 







9-7 



Scud and cirrous clouds. 



11 



756 



43-6 



40-8 



2-8 



0-0 



0-0 







80 



Id. 



12 



773 



41-7 



40-1 



1-6 



00 



00 







8-0 



Id. 



13 



29-792 



40-7 



381 



2-6 



00 



00 







20 



Stars dim. 



14 



803 



36-1 



35-6 



0-5 



0-0 



0-0 







2-0 



Id. 



15 



817 



34-9 



34-7 



0-2 



00 



00 







0-5 



Id. 



16 



820 



33-6 



330 



0-6 



0-0 



00 







0-5 



Clear ; cirro-strati to E. 



17 



827 



34-5 



33-7 



0-8 



00 



00 



20 





0-2 



Id. ; id. 



18 



842 



32-9 



32-0 



0-9 



0-0 



00 







0-2 



Cirrous haze on E. hor. ; cir.-str. to W. ; hoar frost. 



19 



857 



37-2 



35-7 



1-5 



00 



00 



20 



— : — 



28 30 



Woolly and linear cirri. 



20 



866 



43-6 



40-5 



31 



00 



0-0 



18 



: — 



28 4-0 



Id. 



21 



866 



46-5 



42-9 



3-6 



0-5 



0-3 



20 





4-0 



Id. 



22 



881 



50-1 



450 



51 



0-7 



0-8 



20 



22: — 



28 50 



Scud ; linear cirri and cirrous haze. 



23 



881 



521 



46- 1 



6-0 



1-2 



10 



21 





50 



Scud and loose cum. to S. and E. ; cirri and cir. haze. 



li 



886 



52-6 



46-1 



6-5 



1-7 



0-9 



19 



21 







3 60 



Cir.-str. scud ; cirrous haze ; cir.-str. ; loose cumuli. 



1 



889 



53-7 



46-6 



7-1 



1-8 



20 



19 



20 



25 



— 8-0 



Scud ; cirro-strati and cymoid cirri ; varieties of cirri. 



2 



883 



54 5 



47-1 



7-4 



1-6 



1-3 



19 



— 



25 



— 8-0 



Cir.-cum.-str., cir.-str. ; scud ; cirri ; very wild looking. 



3 



876 



530 



46-0 



7-0 



31 



2-2 



19 



— 



24 



— 8-0 



Cir.-cum.-str. ; cir.-str. ; haze ; patches of scud to E. 



1 



894 



52-7 



45-3 



7-4 



2-3 



1-8 



19 





9-5 



Thick mass of cir.-str. and cir. clouds ; sky to E. 



5 



889 



510 



43-8 



7-2 



1-5 



11 



19 





9-2 



Id.; skytoE.andSW. 



6 



900 



50-0 



43-6 



6-4 



1-6 



1-5 



19 



— :24 



— 9-5 



Cirro-strati and cirro-stratous scud. 



7 



905 



48-2 



42-2 



6-0 1 0-6 



0-3 



18 



— :24 



— 9-5 



Dark heavy cirro-strati. 



The 



direction ( 



)f the wind is indicated hy 



the n 



umher 



of the pc 



int of the coi 



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



i >tioi 



is of the th 



ree strata of clouds, Sc. (sci 



id), C. 



-s. (cii 



ro-stratus 



), and Cir. (cii 



tus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



























