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Hourly Meteorological Observations, May 2 — 4, 1844. 



Gott. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



1. h. 



2 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 



13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



3 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 



13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



4 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



in. 

 30-228 

 205 

 190 

 172 

 159 

 168 

 163 

 160 

 156 

 151 



30-140 

 130 

 115 

 112 

 102 

 106 

 097 

 094 

 096 

 084 

 074 

 066 

 056 

 048 

 040 

 037 

 042 

 049 

 062 

 100 

 121 

 146 

 161 

 167 



30-170 

 165 

 165 

 161 

 168 

 173 

 174 

 177 

 177 

 172 

 165 

 170 

 160 

 157 

 135 

 128 

 121 

 114 

 119 

 114 

 111 

 112 



Thermometers. 



Dry. 



67-7 

 67-6 

 68-1 

 67-2 

 63-5 

 58-1 

 54-0 

 50-0 

 45-7 

 43-6 



41-1 

 38-9 

 36-9 

 360 

 35-2 

 37-9 

 42-9 

 48-4 

 53-6 

 58-2 

 59-8 

 64-3 

 65-5 

 69-5 

 69-6 

 66-3 

 65-9 

 62-8 

 59-2 

 49-1 

 47-0 

 45-2 

 46-1 

 44-9 



46-2 

 46-1 

 45-9 

 44-3 

 44-8 

 45-0 

 45-3 

 46-0 

 46- 1 

 47-6 

 47-6 

 48-2 

 48-8 

 49-2 

 49-8 

 49-1 

 48-2 

 46-4 

 46-6 

 45-7 

 45-0 

 44-5 



Wet. 



58-0 

 57-3 

 57-0 

 56-0 

 54-5 

 520 

 49-5 

 47-1 

 44-2 

 42-8 



40-9 

 38-7 

 36-8 

 360 

 35-2 

 37-9 

 41-8 

 46-0 

 49-6 

 52-9 

 530 

 55-9 

 54-3 

 55-1 

 56-0 

 54-6 

 53-5 

 50-0 

 49-2 

 46-9 

 45-4 

 44-4 

 45-0 

 43-8 



44-6 

 44-7 

 44-7 

 44-1 

 44-3 

 44-4 

 44-6 

 45-2 

 45-5 

 46-6 

 46-5 

 46-7 

 46-8 

 47-3 

 47-7 

 46-7 

 46-1 

 45-6 

 44-9 

 43-9 

 43-4 

 43-0 



Diff. 



9-7 



10-3 



111 



11-2 



90 



6-1 



4-5 



2-9 



1-5 



0-8 



0-2 

 0-2 

 0-1 



11 



2-4 



4-0 



5-3 



6-8 



8-4 



11-2 



14-4 



13-6 



11-7 



12-4 



12-8 



10-0 



2-2 



1-6 



0-8 



1-1 



1-1 



1-6 

 1-4 

 1-2 

 0-2 

 0-5 

 0-6 

 0-7 

 0-8 

 0-6 

 1-0 

 1-1 

 1-5 

 2-0 

 1-9 

 21 

 2-4 

 2-1 

 0-8 

 1-7 

 1-8 

 1-6 

 1-5 



Wind. 



Maximum 

 force in 



IK 10™. 



From 



ll>s. 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 



0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-3 

 0-6 

 0-3 

 0-6 

 0-9 

 0-6 

 0-2 

 0-0 

 0-2 



01 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-2 

 01 

 01 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 01 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-5 

 0-6 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 0-1 



lbs. 



00 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 



00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 1-0 

 0-3 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-1 



0-0 

 01 

 0-2 

 01 

 00 

 0-1 

 00 

 01 

 01 

 0-0 

 0-2 

 01 

 01 

 0-2 

 0-4 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 



pt. 



12 

 14 

 12 

 8 

 7 

 5 

 2 

 2 

 2 



Clouds, 



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



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded 



pt. pt. pt. 



: — : 1 



: — : 2 





o-io. 

 5-0 

 3-0 

 2-0 

 20 

 10 

 1-0 

 0-5 

 0-2 

 0-0 

 0-0 



0-0 

 00 

 00 

 0-2 

 1-5 

 2-5 

 6-0 

 7-0 

 7-0 

 70 

 60 

 70 

 7-0 

 8-0 

 8-0 

 8-0 

 60 

 70 

 7-0 

 6-5 

 70 

 50 

 9-5 

 30 



9-7 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



dew. 

 Sun red; 

 [stratus. 



Cirrous clouds ; thick haze below. 

 Much haze. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 

 Streaks of cirri to W. ; thick haze on horizon. 

 Thick haze on horizon. 



Id. [to E. 



Haze on hor. ; shooting star from Cassiopeia moving 

 Rather less haze than before. 



Nearly as last hour ; heavy dew. 

 Heavy dew ; clear. 



Id. id. 



Fine cirri to N. ; haze to E., red ; stratus 

 Lines of cirri lying N by E. to S by "W. 

 Linear and crossed cirri ; haze on hor. 

 Cirri lying SSW. to NNE. ; id. 



Id. ; more haze. 



Id. ; hazy. 



Id. 

 Id. 



Id. ; haze on horizon. 



Cirri lying X. and S. ; patches of scud to S. and E. 

 Cirri, cirro-strati, and patches of scud. 

 Woolly cirri ; cirro-strati to E. ; patches of scud. 

 Id. ; scud to W. 



Id. ; patch of scud to N. ; solar halo. 



Yar. of cirri ; many patches of scud and cum. ; halo. 

 Nearly as before ; cirro-cumulous scud. 

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

 Thin scud ; cirri radiating from NE by E. ; sky milky. 

 Id., sky clouded varying from 8 to 2. 

 Id. 

 Loose scud. 



Loose 

 Id, 

 Id, 

 Id 

 Id, 

 Id 

 Id 

 Id 

 Id 

 Id 

 Id 

 Id 

 Id 

 Scud. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



scud. 



very light drizzle, 

 id. 

 id. 

 id. 

 id. 

 id. 

 id. 

 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, W. = 24. The 

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

 May 3 d 8 h . A great change in the temperature and humidity of the air since 7 h ; the wind feeling quite damp. 



