Hourly Meteorological Observations, May 4 — 7, 1844. 



21 J) 



ott. 

 ean 

 me. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



Thermometers. 



Wind. 



Clouds, 







Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 fore 

 IK 



mum 



e in 

 10". 



From 



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



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



h. 



in. 



o 



o 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. pt. 



0—10. 





11 



30-099 



44-1 



430 



1-1 



00 



00 







10-0 



Scud ; dark. 



12 



096 



43-8 



42-5 



1-3 



0-1 



00 



3 





10-0 



Id. ; id. 



23 



29-990 









01 



0-1 



4 









6* 



889 













5 



6: 14:26 





Loose scud ; ragged cumuli, cumulo-strati ; woolly cirri. 



13 



29-834 



46-6 



46-5 



0-1 



0-9 



00 







100 



Thick fog ; very slight drizzle. 



14 



818 



46-4 



46-3 



0-1 



00 



00 







100 



Id. ; id. 



15 



800 



46-1 



46-0 



01 



00 



00 







10-0 



Id. ; id. 



16 



777 



46-2 



46-0 



0-2 



00 



0-0 







10-0 



Id. ; id. 



17 



769 



45-9 



45-7 



0-2 



0-0 



00 



8 





10-0 



Scud ; fog. 



18 



759 



46-0 



45-6 



0-4 



00 



00 



8 



4: — : — 



10-0 



Id. ; fog nearly cleared oft". 



19 



747 



47-0 



46-3 



0-7 



00 



0-0 







10-0 



Id. ; cirri. 



20 



743 



47-4 



46-9 



0-5 



0-0 



00 





— : — : 1 



8-0 



Woolly cirri ; scud all round. 



21 



736 



50-9 



48-8 



2-1 



00 



00 







3-0 



Thin cirri, haze below ; faint solar halo. 



22 



721 



53-4 



50-2 



3-2 



0-0 



0-0 







3-0 



Thin woolly cirri and cirrous haze. 



23 



707 



57-1 



52-8 



4-3 



0-0 



0-0 







0-5 



Haze. 







679 



62-0 



55-5 



6-5 



00 



0-0 





16: — : — 



7-0 



Loose cumuli ; very hazy round horizon. 



1 



655 



68-1 



57-4 



10-7 



0-6 



0-5 



14 





7-0 



Id. 



2 



637 



70-5 



57-5 



13-0 



0-9 



0-5 



15 



16: — : — 



8-0 



Loose cumuli and scud ; thick haze. 



3 



617 



68-0 



56-0 



120 



1-2 



0-4 



14 





8-0 



Id. ; id. 



4 



596 



66-2 



55-2 



11-0 



1-2 



0-9 



14 



18 



— 



— 



90 



Id. 



5 



587 



64-5 



54-9 



9-6 



1-2 



0-7 



15 



17 



— 



— 



9-5 



Id. ; cirri ; drops of rain ; hazy. 



6 



585 



62-3 



56-2 



6-1 



11 



0-3 



15 



17 



18 



— 



90 



Scud and cum., two currents ; cirri; light rain; hazy. 



7 



576 



62-8 



56-0 



6-8 



0-2 



01 



14 



17 



18 



— 



7-5 



As before ; no rain ; haze clearing off. 



8 



584 



61-0 



530 



8-0 



01 



0-0 



19 





90 



Id. ; cirri near horizon ; large drops of rain. 



9 



589 



56-1 



51-7 



4-4 



0-0 



0-0 



17 



17 : — : — 



7-5 



Scud ; cirrous haze and cirri to W. ; hazy to E. 



10 



592 



54-6 



49-6 



5-0 



00 



00 







7-0 



Id. ; id. ; stars dim. 



11 



586 



51-6 



48-0 



3-6 



0-0 



00 







0-5 



Haze over the sky ; patches of scud to NW. 



12 



587 



53-0 



48-2 



4-8 



0-4 



0-0 



14 





0-0 



Hazy ; stars very dim. 



13 



29-581 



49-6 



46-7 



2-9 



00 



0-0 







00 



Hazy ; stars very dim. 



14 



570 



50- 1 



47-0 



31 



0-0 



0-0 







8-0 



Scud ; cirrous clouds and haze ? 



5 



569 



50-8 



47-5 



3-3 



00 



0-0 







8-5 



Scud and loose cumuli ; hazy. 



6 



573 



50-1 



47-7 



2-4 



00 



0-0 





18 







— 



100 



Scud. 



7 



570 



49-6 



47-9 



1-7 



00 



0-0 





16 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. ; much haze. 



8 



587 



49-4 



47-7 



1-7 



0-0 



00 





16 



— 



- — ■ 



10-0 



Id. ; cirro-strati ; drops of rain ; Sun rose very red. 



9 



609 



48-2 



46-2 



20 



00 



0-0 





19 



— 



— 



10-0 



Thick scud, moving very slowly ; colour dappled gray. 



!0 



628 



48-2 



44-3 



3-9 



00 



00 



30 





10-0 



Id. ; heavy shower of rain, large drops. 



!1 



642 



47-0 



44-5 



2-5 



00 



00 



28 



20 



— 







10-0 



Scud ; rain. 



!2 



652 



50-2 



45-9 



4-3 



0-1 



01 



29 



19 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. 



13 



652 



54-8 



48-4 



6-4 



01 



0-0 



24 



21 



— 







10-0 



Id. 







659 



57-6 



51-0 



6-6 



00 



00 



24 



20 



— 



— 



90 



Cirro-cumulous scud. 



1 



655 



60-7 



531 



7-6 



00 



0-0 



28 



16 



— 







90 



Id., loose cumuli ; cirri. 



2 



654 



61-9 



52-7 



9-2 



00 



00 



14 



22,26,1: — : 18 



7-5 



Scud and loose cumuli from various points ; cirri. 



3 



654 



59-5 



50-5 



90 



00 



00 



24 



20 



— 



— 



8-5 



Loose cumuli and scud ; cirri. 



4 



654 



62-8 



520 



10-8 



0-0 



0-0 



28 



18 







— 



9-5 



Id. 



5 



657 



57-1 



50-1 



7-0 



0-1 



0-0 



3 



20 



— 



— 



8-0 



Id., with cirro-cumulous disposition. 



6 



668 



55-0 



490 



60 



00 



00 





18 



— 



— 



8-0 



Cirro-cumulous scud ; cirri ; patches of ragged scud. 



7 



676 



53-8 



48-0 



5-8 



00 



00 





18 



— 



— 



4-0 



Id. ; cirrous haze and cirri. 



8 



694 



51-7 



46-9 



4-8 



00 



0-0 





18 











3-0 



Scud ; cirrous haze to N. 



9 



713 



48-7 



45-3 



3-4 



00 



0-0 





18 











3-0 



Id. ; id. 







730 



43-5 



42-4 



1-1 



00 



00 







10 



Id. ; cirro-strati, cirrous haze. 



1 



740 



42-6 



41-8 



0-8 



00 



0-0 







1-0 



Id. 



2 



752 



38-2 



38-0 



0-2 



00 



0-0 







1-0 



Clouds and haze on horizon ; clear in zenith. 



3 



29-750 



37-2 



36-9 



0-3 



00 



0-0 







0-5 



Clouds and haze on horizon. 



4 



746 



370 



36-7 



0-3 



00 



0-0 







0-5 



Id. 



5 



751 



35-2 



35-0 



0-2 



00 



0-0 







0-5 



Scud to W. ; cirri and cirro-strati to E. 



^e direction 



af the v 



and is indicated by 



the m 



imber 



of the point of the com 



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



ntions of the tl 



ree stra 



ta of clouds, Sc. (sc 



id), C 



-s. (ci 



To-stratus), and Cir. (ci 



rrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



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