216 



Hourly Meteorological Observations, April 26—29, 1844. 



Gott. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



Thermometers. 





Wind 





Clouds 



'i 





Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 fore 

 1". 



mum 

 e in 

 10™. 



From 



Sc. : C.-s. 



movin 



from 



:Ci.,j Sky 

 g clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



d. h. 



in. 



o 



o 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 0-10. 





26 13 



29-933 



38-8 



36-4 



2-4 



01 



00 



19 



24: — 



— 0-5 



Scud to S. 



14 



935 



37-2 



35-3 



1-9 



0-2 



00 



19 





0-5 



Thin cirri radiating from SW by W. ; lunar halo. 



15 



938 



36-8 



351 



1-7 



0-1 



0-1 



18 





30 



Cumuli, cirro-strati. 



16 



938 



390 



36-6 



2-4 



00 



00 







50 



Id. id- 



17 



942 



40-3 



37-3 



3-0 



0-5 



0-1 



21 



— : — 



24 6-5 



Varieties of beautiful cirri. 



18 



945 



41-5 



37-7 



3-8 



i 0-4 



0-4 



23 



24: — 



— 0-7 



Patches of scud ; cirri, cirro-strati. 



19 



958 



!43-5 



39-4 



4-1 



0-9 



0-5 



24 





01 



Linear cirri to W. 



20 



964 



45-8 



40-8 



50 



M 



0-9 



24 





0-1 



Linear cirri to S. ; cirrous haze to E. 



21 



980 



47-8 



41-5 



6-3 



'2-2 



1-2 





26 



28 



— 20 



Masses of loose scud ; thin cir.-str. lying NX W. to SSE. 



22 



982 



50-0 



43-2 



6-8 



* 2-1 



1-9 



26 



25 



30 



— 60 



Id. ; woolly cirri. 



23 



991 



51-3 



43-9 



7-4 



2-1 



21 



27 



28 



— 



30 70 



Scud ; thin woolly cirri. 



27 



29-985 



52-7 



44-1 



8-6 



: 2-4 



1-0 



27 



28 



— 



30 8-0 



Thin scud ; woolly and linear cirri ; cumuli, cir.-strJ 



1 



30-002 



52-3 



43-4 



8-9 



1-5 



10 



26 



28 



— 



— 9-9 



Masses of scud ; cumuli ; cirro-strati. 



2 



30000 



52-8 



45-0 



7-8 



10 



0-8 



26 





9-7 



Scud, cumuli, cirro-strati, cirrous haze. 



3 



30-000 



54-1 



45-5 



8-6 



1-5 



1-6 



27 



— :28 



— 9-7 



Cirro-strati ; patches of scud. 



4 



29-999 



53-5 



45-0 



8-5 



10 



1-4 



26 





90 



Id. 



5 



29-995 



53-3 



44-8 



8-5 



1-7 



1-0 



28 



— : 26 



— 8-5 



Cirro-strati and cirri ; patches of scud. 



6 



30-016 



52-0 



44-1 



7-9 



1-5 



10 



28 



26:26 



— 2-5 



Loose cumuli ; mottled and furrowed cir.-str. ; cirri. 



7 



027 



50-7 



43-8 



6-9 



10 



0-2 



28 



26:26 



27 3-5 



Id. ; id. ; id. 



8 



047 



47-1 



42-2 



4-9 



0-4 



0-1 



28 





3-0 



Nearly as before ; cirro-strati looser. 



9 



074 



47-8 



42-1 



5-7 



01 



01 



27 





60 



As before ; cirro-strati becoming cirro-cumuli. 



10 



089 



45-5 



41-2 



4-3 



0-2 



0-0 



27 





5-0 



Id. ; id. 



11 



096 



39-7 



37-9 



1-8 



00 



00 







30 



Id. 



12 



104 



38-1 



36-6 



1-5 



00 



0-0 







0-5 



Cirro-strati. 



23i 



30-154 









0-0 



00 









Faint solar halo. 



28 13 



30-113 



38-6 



37-6 



1-0 



0-5 



0-0 







00 



Clear. 



14 



101 



360 



35-5 



0-5 



00 



00 







00 



Id. 



]5 



101 



35-6 



350 



0-6 



00 



00 







0-2 



Haze on E. horizon. 



16 



100 



34-2 



33-9 



0-3 



00 



00 







0-2 



Cirro-strati and haze on E. horizon ; hoar-frost. 



17 



092 



33-5 



33-3 



0-2 



00 



00 







0-2 



Id. 



18 



100 



34-7 



34-0 



0-7 



0-0 



00 







0-2 



Id. 



19 



104 



37-1 



360 



11 



0-0 



0-0 







0-0 



Slight haze to E. 



20 



110 



41-5 



39-9 



1-6 



0-0 



0-0 







0-0 



Id. 



21 



109 



47-8 



44-1 



3-7 



00 



0-0 







0-5 



Streaks of cirri with haze to SE. 



22 



098 



520 



470 



5-0 



0-0 



00 







0-2 



Streaks of cir.-str. to S. and SE. ; cirrous haze to E. 



23 



093 



56-9 



501 



6-8 



0-0 



0-0 







0-5 



Cirri to S. 



29 



082 



60-9 



51-6 



9-3 



00 



0-0 





— : — 



16 0-5 



Light cirri over the sky. 



1 



071 



62-3 



51-6 



10-7 



0-1 



0-0 



12 





0-2 



Thin cirri ; small patches of scud to S. 



2 



060 



62-7 



51-5 



11-2 



0-0 



0-0 





— : — 



14 0-5 



Id., spread over the sky. 



3 



051 



65-9 



54-8 



11-1 



0-0 



0-0 







10 



Id., id. 



4 



042 



66-8 



55-2 



11-6 



i o-i 



0-0 



12 



— : — 



14 3-0 



Woolly cirri ; patches of scud to N. 



5 



041 



64-7 



53-9 



10-8 



0-3 



0-4 



12 





2-0 



Thin cirri and cirrous haze. 



6 



038 



60-3 



51-0 



9-3 



0-6 



0-2 



13 





2-0 



Id. 



7 



043 



57-6 



49-5 



8-1 



0-2 



0-1 







5-0 



Id, [cirro-strati. 



8 



049 



53-5 



47-3 



6-2 



01 



00 





— : 16 



— 60 



A long streak of cirrus lying NN W. to SSE. ; diffuse 



9 



056 



48-9 



43-3 



5-6 



0-0 



0-0 







3-0 



Linear cirri ; lunar corona. 



10 



063 



450 



42-4 



2-6 



00 



00 







0-5 



Thin cirri and haze ; faint lunar corona. 



11 



078 



45-0 



41-8 



3-2 



0-1 



0-0 



15 





0-0 



Id. ; id. 



12 



084 



42-1 



39-7 



2-4 



00 



00 







01 



Faint streak of cirrus ; id. 



13 



30-089 



37-6 



36-5 



11 



00 



0-0 







00 



Clear. 



14 



091 



;36-4 



360 



0-4 



0-0 



0-0 







0-0 



Id. 



15 



094 



32-3 



320 



0-3 



00 



00 







0-2 



Streak of cirrus to E. 



16 



107 



!30-0 



29-7 



0-3 



00 



00 







0-2 



Id. ; stratus and hoar-frost. 



17 



122 



|28-4 







00 



00 







0-2 



Id. ; id. 



18 



129 



129-7 



29-7 





00 



0-0 



18 





0-5 



Stratus to E., large bank of it above the Tweed. 



The 



direction 



Df the w 



ind is i 



ndicated by 



the nt 



mber of the poii 



it of the comr 



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



motior 



is of the th 



ree stra 



ta of cl 



suds, Sc. (sci 



id), 



-s. (cirro-stratus 



), and Cir. (ci 



-rus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



