Hourly Meteorological Observations, April 18 — 21, 1844. 



213 



rStt. 



lean 

 ime. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



Thermometers. 



Wind. 



Cloud 



■CL, Sky 

 j clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 fore 

 l h . 



mum 

 e in 

 10'». 



From 



Sc. : C.-s. 



movin 



from 



h. 



i 15 



in. 



29-993 



44-8 



42-3 



2-5 



lbs. 



0-3 



lbs. 



0-1 



pt. 

 19 



pt. pt. 



pt. 0—10. 



9-9 



Cirrous clouds ; a few stars visible. 



16 



992 



44-4 



42-1 



2-3 



0-2 



0-1 



17 





10-0 



Id. 



17 



983 



44-7 



43-1 



1-6 



0-4 



0-2 



18 





10-0 



Light rain. 



18 



986 



45-0 



43-6 



1-4 



0-3 



0-2 



19 





100 



Dense cirrous mass ; light rain. [rain. 



19 



29-995 



46-1 



44-9 



1-2 



0-3 



0-4 



20 



22 : 24 : 



— 10-0 



Thin scud ; thicker scud ; dense cirrous clouds ; light 



20 



30-001 



47-0 



45-9 



11 



0-4 



0-2 



20 





10-0 



As before. 



21 



009 



49-5 



47-6 



1-9 



0-3 



0-1 



19 





100 



Scud and cirrous clouds ; light rain. 



22 



016 



51-0 



49-1 



1-9 



0-3 



0-4 



19 



24 



— ■ 



29 100 



Scud ; woolly cirri. 



23 



035 



54-8 



51-0 



3-8 



0-3 



0-3 



23 



26 



— 



— 9-9 



Id. id. 







031 



56-7 



52-1 



4-6 



0-3 



0-2 



23 



24 



— 



— 9-0 



Id. [to N by E. 



1 



025 



60-0 



53-5 



6-5 



0-9 



1-5 



28 



— 



25 



30 60 



Cirro-stratous scud ; woolly cirri lying in bands S by W. 



2 



021 



59-7 



52-9 



6-8 



1-5 



0-8 



20 



26 



28 



28 8-0 



Scud ; cirro-cumuli ; cirro-strati, woolly cirri. 



3 



022 



59-1 



52-5 



6-6 



1-6 



0-6 



20 



24 



— 



28 8-0 



Id. ; woolly cirri. 



4 

 5 



032 

 042 



58-2 

 55-5 



52-2 

 510 



60 



4-5 



1-6 

 1-8 



0-9 

 1-0 



20 

 20 



24 

 24 



28 



— 8-0 



— 9-7 



Id. ; beautifully chequered semifluid cirro-cumuli. 

 Id. ; cirrous clouds. 



6 



040 



54-0 



49-2 



4-8 



1-0 



0-3 



20 



24 



— 



— 9-8 



Id. ; cirro-cumuli, cirro-strati. 



7 



026 



54-8 



49-6 



5-2 



1-3 



0-6 



20 



24 



26 



— 9-8 



Id. ; id. ; id. 



8 



029 



53-3 



49-0 



4-3 



0-9 



0-7 



21 



25 



— 



— 9-9 



Id. ; id. ; id. 



9 



024 



52-9 



49-0 



3-9 



1-4 



0-5 



21 





9-9 



Id. ; id. ; id. 



1 10 



025 



52-6 



49-6 



30 



0-6 



00 







9-9 



Cirro-cumulous scud ; strong twilight to N. 



1 11 



020 



501 



48-1 



2-0 



0-2 



0-0 







40 



Clear in zenith ; clouds near horizon. 



12 



010 



52-1 



49-5 



2-6 



0-4 



01 



20 





100 



A few drops of rain. 



13 



30004 



51-9 



49-2 



2-7 



0-8 



0-3 



19 





100 



Dark ; light rain. 



14 



29-985 



50-2 



48-7 



1-5 



0-5 



0-2 



20 





9-5 



Scud ; clouds broken ; drops of rain. 



15 



967 



50-9 



48-6 



2-3 



0-4 



0-6 



20 





100 



Rain. 



16 



958 



49-0 



48-2 



0-8 



0-7 



0-3 



20 





10-0 



Fair ; it rained till 15 h 50 m . 



17 



956 



50-3 



48-5 



1-8 



1-5 



0-2 



20 



24 



— 



— 100 



Scud ; rain commenced at 16 h 20 m . 



18 



959 



49-5 



48-8 



0-7 



0-6 



01 



20 



24 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; cirrous clouds ; rain. 



19 



948 



51-7 



50-0 



1-7 



0-7 



0-7 



20 



24 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; dense cirro-strati and cirrous haze. 



20 



954 



53-1 



51-0 



21 



0-6 



0-8 



20 



24 



27 



— 9-8 



Id. ; cirro-strati. 



21 



958 



55-2 



521 



31 



11 



1-3 



21 



25 



24 



— 60 



Thin smoky scud ; cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirri. 



22 



972 



58-3 



54-0 



4-3 



0-9 



0-3 



23 



24 



— 



:— 9-9 



Scud ; cirrous clouds. 



23 



968 



590 



54-2 



4-8 



0-3 



0-5 



25 



24 



— 



— 9-7 



Id. ; id. 



2 



957 



620 



56-0 



60 



0-5 



0-2 



21 



24 



— 



— 9-8 



Id. ; id. 



1 



953 



61-7 



56-0 



5-7 



0-8 



10 



24 



24 



— 



— 9-8 



Id. ; cirro-strati and cirrous clouds. 



2 



956 



58-0 



53-3 



4-7 



1-5 



0-9 



23 



24 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; id. 



3 



953 



57-8 



53-0 



4-8 



1-4 



0-5 



24 



24 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; id. 



4 



945 



57-0 



52-6 



4-4 



0-7 



0-5 



24 



24 



— 



— 100 



Id. ; id. 



5 



953 



55-9 



52-1 



3-8 



0-3 



0-2 



24 



24 



— 



— 100 



Id. ; id. 



6 



944 



54-2 



51-5 



2-7 



0-4 



01 



24 



24 



— 



— 100 



Id. 



7 



959 



53-3 



50-9 



2-4 



0-3 



0-2 



23 



24 



— 



— - 100 



Id. 



8 



964 



52-2 



49-9 



2-3 



0-3 



01 



24 



25 



— 



— 100 



Id. ; cir.-str. to E. ; clouds red to W. ; light rain. 



9 



979 



510 



48-9 



2-1 



0-1 



0-0 





25 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. 



10 



989 



46-4 



45-4 



1-0 



0-2 



00 



4 





10-0 



Dark. 



11 



29-998 



461 



45-1 



10 



0-1 



0-0 







100 



Id. 



12 



30-005 



45-0 



44-8 



0-2 



00 



00 







100 



Id. ; light rain. 



21 1 



29-959 









0-3 













13 



29-896 



42-4 



420 



0-4 



0-6 



00 







10-0 



Light rain. 



14 



880 



42-3 



41-7 



0-6 



00 



0-0 







100 



Dark. 



15 



865 



42-1 



41-6 



0-5 



0-0 



0-0 







100 



Id. 



16 



861 



42-1 



41-6 



0-5 



0-0 



00 







10-0 



Scud ; cirrous clouds. 



17 



852 



42-0 



41-6 



0-4 



00 



00 





24 



— 



— 100 



Id. ; dense cirro-strati. 



18 



850 



42-3 



41-6 



0-7 



0-0 



0-0 





24 







— 100 



Id. ; id. 



19 



846 



43-4 



42-1 



1-3 



00 



0-0 



20 



— 



24 



— 100 



Cir.-str. scud ; strati on Cheviot ; patch of sky to S. 



20 



841 



45-3 



43-5 



1-8 



00 



00 



18 



— 



24 



— 8-5 



Id. ; id. ; patch of scud to S. 



The direction 

 ntions of the th 



of the w 

 ree stra 



ind is indicat 

 ;a of clouds, £ 



ed by 

 c. (sci 



the nv 

 id), C. 



tmber of the poi 

 -s. (cirro-stratus 



nt of the com] 

 ), and Cir. (cii 



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

 rus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



MAG. AND MET. OBS. 1844. 



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