214 



Hourly Meteorological Observations, April 21 — 24, 1844. 







Thermometers. 



Gcitt. 

 Mean 



Baro- 

 meter 













Time. 



at 32°. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



d. h. 



in. 



o 



o 



o 



21 21 



29-844 



49-9 



46-9 



30 



22 



845 



50-8 



47-7 



3-1 



23 



839 



53-5 



49-4 



4-1 



22 



832 



55-0 



50-7 



4-3 



1 



838 



51-1 



48-1 



3-0 



2 



844 



53-0 



48-8 



4-2 



3 



862 



51-7 



47-1 



4-6 



4 



849 



53-4 



45-9 



7-5 



5 



864 



53-7 



45-9 



7-8 



6 



868 



52-0 



45-5 



6-5 



7 



883 



49-3 



44-6 



4-7 



8 



903 



470 



43-0 



4-0 



9 



911 



46-0 



42-2 



3-8 



10 



924 



44-8 



41-4 



3-4 



11 



933 



450 



2 -0 



30 



12 



937 



44-1 



41-8 



2-3 



13 



29-927 



43-2 



41-1 



2-1 



14 



923 



43-1 



41-2 



1-9 



15 



910 



43-3 



41-4 



1-9 



16 



907 



43-3 



41-2 



21 



17 



898 



40-3 



39-3 



10 



18 



889 



40-7 



397 



1-0 



19 



880 



44-4 



42-7 



1-7 



20 



861 



46-7 



43-7 



30 



21 



854 



48-8 



450 



3-8 



22 



838 



49-2 



44-9 



4-3 



23 



812 



52-0 



47-1 



4-9 



23 



788 



52-2 



46-3 



5-9 



1 



773 



53-1 



47-9 



5-2 



2 



.716 



55-2 



48-3 



6-9 



3 



718 



54-9 



48-4 



6-5 



4 



/ 684 



54-6 



48-8 



5-8 



5 



'' 651 



53-3 



48-1 



5-2 



6 



634 



51-6 



47-5 



4-1 



7 



629 



51-3 



47-1 



4-2 



8 



612 



50-7 



45-4 



5-3 



9 



593 



49-4 



45-3 



4-1 



10 



590 



49-6 



44-5 



51 



11 



561 



49-1 



43-8 



5-3 



12 



531 



48-3 



44-8 



3-5 



13 



29-510 



48-0 



45-0 



3-0 



14 



518 



47-8 



46-9 



0-9 



15 



542 



45-9 



40-0 



5-9 



16 



564 



44-3 



38-2 



61 



17 



566 



431 



38-0 



51 



18 



594 



42-9 



38-8 



4-1 



19 



609 



44-7 



38-8 



5-9 



20 



631 



45-6 



39-7 



5-9 



21 



653 



47-2 



40-4 



6-8 



22 



682 



48-3 



40-6 



7-7 



23 



721 



49-9 



41-8 



8-1 



24 



759 



49-8 



42-3 



7-5 



1 



775 



53-7 



45-2 



8-5 



2 



801 



52-1 



44-6 



7-5 



3 



818 



52-9 



44-0 



8-9 



4 



824 



52-6 



435 



91 



Wind. 



Maximum 

 force in 



l h . 10". 



From 



lbs. 





 

 

 

 

 

 



1 

 1 













 



(J 





 



(I 





 

 

 



(I 







1 

 1 

 1 



2 



3 

 2 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 

 2 



2 

 2 

 3 

 3 



3 

 3 



3 



4 

 3 



4 

 1 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 2 

 1 



• 1 



0- 



• 1 



0-1 



• 1 



0- 



•4 



<)• 



•2 



0- 



-4 



1- 



•9 



0- 



•2 



1- 



■9 



1- 



•5 



0- 



•6 



0- 



•2 







•1 



0- 



•1 



0- 



•1 



0- 



• 1 



()■ 



•1 



0- 



•0 



o. 



•6 



0- 



•2 



0- 



•0 



0- 



•0 



0- 



•7 



0- 



•0 



0- 



•7 



0- 



•4 



2- 



•6 



2- 



■0 



2- 



•9 



1- 



•0 



1- 



•2 



2- 



•2 



1- 



•8 



2- 



•0 



2- 



•6 



0- 



•5 



0- 



•2 



0- 



•2 



0- 



1-2 



0- 



*-6 



1- 



!-4 



1- 



!-4 



0- 



•5 



3- 



•8 



2- 



.-8 



3- 



•8 



3- 



•0 



1- 



t-5 



1- 



-5 



4- 



t-3 



3- 



:-l 



1- 



!-6 



1- 



1-0 



1 



•8 



0- 



!-2 



()■ 



•7 



0- 



lbs. 

 1 



•0 

 •0 



• 1 



■2 



P t. 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 18 

 26 

 26 

 27 

 25 

 25 

 25 

 26 

 21 

 25 



22 

 20 



19 

 20 

 17 

 19 

 19 

 21 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 19 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 



20 

 24 

 26 

 24 

 23 

 20 

 22 

 26 

 25 

 26 

 25 

 28 

 24 

 25 

 24 

 25 



Clouds, 



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



moving 



from 



pt. pt. 

 22 : 23 : 

 24 : 24 : 



21 



23 



— : 



24 



— : 



23 



24: 



— 



24: 



23 



— : 



22 



— . 



23 



— : 



22 



— : 



22 



— : 



23 



— : 



23 



— : 



23 



— : 



23 



— : 



22 



— : 



22 



— : 



24 



24: 



Sky 

 clouded. 



0—10. 



9-7 

 9-7 



9-7 

 9-0 

 10-0 

 9-7 

 4-0 

 30 

 2-5 

 10 

 0-7 

 0-5 

 0-2 

 2-0 

 7-0 

 9-5 



4-0 

 4-5 

 8-0 

 60 

 80 

 9-0 

 90 

 90 

 8-0 

 90 

 9-0 

 8-0 

 8-0 

 9-5 

 90 

 60 

 30 

 8-0 

 9-0 

 9-5 

 8-0 

 9-5 

 9-7 

 90 



9-5 

 10-0 

 0-5 

 1-5 

 1-0 

 1-5 

 0-5 

 6-0 

 0-5 

 0-5 

 0-7 

 1-5 

 50 

 8-0 

 30 

 20 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks 



Scud : 

 Id.; 

 Id.; 

 Id., 

 Id., 



cirro-stratous scud 

 id., 

 id. 



moving very slowly. 



loose cumuli, woolly cirri. 



id., id. : light rain : showers. 



Scud and cirrous scud. 

 Scud and cumuli. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Loose scud ; masses of cir.-str. ; cirrous haze on lior. 

 Patches of scud ; cir.-str. and cirrous haze on horizon, 

 Scud and cirro-strati. 

 Id. 

 Id. 



Scud on horizon. 



Id. 

 Scud. 

 Id. 



Id., cirro-strati ; stratus on Cheviot : sky red to E. 

 Scud to S. and W. ; cir.-str. to E. [haze, 



Patches of scud ; id. ; linear cirri ami rir. 



Masses of loose scud ; cirrous haze and linear cirri. 

 Patches of scud ; woolly cirri ; cir.-str. ; solar halo. 

 Cir.-cum. scud ; patches of loose scud ; cirri ; cir.-str. 

 Scud ; cirrous clouds. 



Id. ; cirrous haze and cirri ; solar halo. 

 Scud and loose cumuli. 



Id. ; patches of cirri. 



Id. ; id. 



Id. 

 Id. 



Id. ; cirri and cirro-strati to S. 



Scud ; patches of cirri and cirro-strati. 

 Id. ; cirro-strati. 

 Id. ; id. 

 Id. ; id. 

 Id. ; id. 

 Scud and cirrous clouds. 



Scud and cirrous clouds. 



Dark ; light rain ; passing shower. 



Cirrous clouds to N. 



Id. N. and E. 



Scud ; woolly cirri. 

 Scud and loose cumuli ; linear cirri. 

 Patches of loose scud ; woolly and mottled cirri. 

 Loose misty scud ; thin cirri. 

 Patches of loose scud ; thin cirri. 

 Masses of loose scud. 



Id. 

 Masses of scud and loose cumuli. 

 Scud and cumuli. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



The direction of the wind is indicated by the number of the point of the compass, reckoning N. = 0, E. = 8, S. = 16, \V. = -1- The 

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



