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Hourly Meteorological Observations, May 17 — 21, 1844. 



Gott. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



d. h. 



17 21 

 22 

 23 



18 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 



19 



13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 



20 



1 

 2 

 3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



23 



21 



1 



2 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



29-884 

 887 

 892 

 896 

 912 

 931 

 938 

 944 

 947 

 968 

 980 

 29-997 

 30018 

 040 

 045 

 047 



30-053 



30-042 



30-024 



30-015 



29-999 



29-998 



29-994 



30-008 



30-018 



30-009 



30-003 



29-990 



990 



978 



966 



970 



960 



966 



953 



966 



968 



968 



959 



956 



951 



29-965 

 963 

 971 

 964 

 957 

 990 

 29-987 

 30012 

 030 

 033 

 050 

 053 

 080 

 073 



Thermometers. 



Dry. 



43-2 

 43- 1 

 46-3 

 47-0 

 46-2 

 47-2 

 45-5 

 45-0 

 45-0 

 45-3 

 45-0 

 42-1 

 40-0 

 37-2 

 370 

 38-2 



42-3 

 42-7 

 42-5 

 42-5 

 42-8 

 43-2 

 44-0 

 45-3 

 46-0 

 46-4 

 48-0 

 50-6 

 49-8 

 51-6 

 511 

 520 

 50-7 

 50-2 

 48-7 

 47-9 

 46-5 

 46-5 

 45-8 

 43-9 



44-3 

 44-0 

 44-0 

 43-9 

 45-7 

 45-6 

 46-4 

 46-8 

 48-7 

 49-2 

 49-9 

 51-8 

 51-4 

 51-3 



Wet. 



38-2 

 38-3 

 41-0 

 40-3 

 40-2 

 40-8 

 39-9 

 400 

 40-0 

 39-9 

 39-6 

 38-1 

 37-3 

 35-7 

 35-7 

 36-7 



38-0 

 37-8 

 38-0 

 38-0 

 38-4 

 38-4 

 39-5 

 40-2 

 40-7 

 40-7 

 42-2 

 44-0 

 43-3 

 45-0 

 44-9 

 45-3 

 44-7 

 44-8 

 43-2 

 43-1 

 42-2 

 42-2 

 41-7 

 41-1 



41-7 

 42-1 

 42-8 

 42-9 

 44-0 

 43-6 

 43-9 

 44-2 

 45-7 

 46-2 

 46-8 

 47-3 

 46-8 

 46-8 



Diff. 



Wind. 



5-0 

 4-8 

 5-3 

 6-7 

 6-0 

 6-4 

 5-6 

 5-0 

 5-0 

 5-4 

 5-4 

 40 

 2-7 

 1-5 

 1-3 

 1-5 



4-3 

 4-9 

 4-5 

 4-5 

 4-4 

 4-8 

 4-5 

 5-1 

 5-3 

 5-7 

 5-8 

 6-6 

 6-5 

 6-6 

 6-2 

 6-7 

 6-0 

 5-4 

 5-5 

 4-8 

 4-3 

 4-3 

 4-1 

 2-8 



2-6 

 1-9 

 1-2 

 1-0 

 1-7 

 2-0 

 2-5 

 2-6 

 3-0 

 3-0 

 31 

 4-5 

 4-6 

 4-5 



Maximum 

 force in 

 1>. 10". 



Von. 



0-7 

 11 

 1-8 

 1-5 

 21 

 1-6 

 1-4 

 1-6 

 1-3 

 0-9 

 0-8 

 0-2 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 



1-8 



1-8 

 0-5 

 0-6 

 0-6 

 0-9 

 11 

 10 

 1-2 

 1-3 

 1-4 

 1-0 

 11 

 07 

 0-9 

 1-2 

 1-3 

 1-5 

 2-2 

 11 

 0-8 

 1-4 

 0-5 

 1-2 

 1-6 



1-3 

 1-1 

 1-5 

 1-0 

 0-7 

 2-0 

 2-2 

 2-2 

 21 

 2-5 

 2-8 

 2-6 

 1-9 

 2-6 



lbs. 



0-4 

 0-6 

 0-8 

 0-9 

 0-1 

 10 

 1-1 

 0-8 

 0-4 

 0-3 

 0-2 

 01 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 00 



01 

 0-2 

 01 

 0-1 

 0-4 

 0-8 

 0-5 

 0-5 

 0-6 

 0-5 

 0-6 

 0-2 

 0-4 

 0-6 

 0-9 

 1-1 

 1-2 

 0-3 

 0-7 

 0-4 

 0-6 

 0-8 

 1-1 

 09 



0-8 

 0-9 

 0-8 

 0-8 

 1-2 

 1-7 

 1-1 

 21 

 20 

 20 

 2-3 

 1-8 

 20 

 1-8 



From 



P t. 

 

 



1 



5 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 



Clouds, 



Sc.:C.-s.:Ci. 



moving 



from 



pt. pt. pt. 



Sky 

 clouded 



5 : — : 

 5 : — 



5: — : — 



o—io. 

 9-5 

 9-5 

 9-0 

 90 

 9-7 

 9-7 

 9-5 

 6-0 

 7-0 

 6-5 

 1-5 

 30 

 1-5 

 1-0 

 30 

 3-5 



100 



100 



100 



10-0 



100 



100 



9-9 



9-9 



9-0 



6-0 



7-0 



3-0 



1-7 



10 



1-5 



0-5 



0-7 



1-5 



1-5 



8-0 



9-0 



9-2 



8-0 



8-5 



9-7 

 100 

 100 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 100 

 10-0 

 100 

 100 

 9-9 

 9-9 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Scud and loose cumuli ; cirro-strati. 

 Id. 

 Id. 



Id. ; shower of hail since 23 h . 



Scud and cumuli in two currents. 

 Scud and loose cumuli. 



Id. ; cirrous clouds. 



Id. ; id. 



Cumuli ; shower 3 since 4 h . 

 Scud and cumuli ; a few drops of rain. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Cirro-cumulous scud ; sky hazy to E. 

 Scud on horizon. 

 Scud. 

 Id. ; at 12 h 10 m rain 1 



Scud. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 



Id. ; cirro-strati on E. horizon. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Scud and loose cumuli. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 



Id. ; cirri to NW. 



Patches of scud and cum. to S. ; cir.-str. and cir. haze, 

 Id. ; cirri and cirro-strati. 



Cirri and patches of scud. 

 Cirri ; range of cumuli on S. and E. horizon. 

 Thick woolly cirri, cir. -cum. on the edges ; grey s 

 Thick semifluid cirro-stratous scud ; cirro-strati ; cim 

 Cirro-stratous scud ; cirro-strati to E. 



Id. ; cirri. 



Scud and cirrous clouds. 



Scud and cirrous clouds ; shower- 

 Scud ; showers 2 

 Rain*- 1 

 Rain*-- 

 Scud. 



Id. 



Id. ; scud on Cheviot. 



Id. 

 Thick semifluid scud ; loose scud to E. and S. 

 Id. 



Id. ; shower to E. 



Very thick homogeneous scud ; scud on Cheviot. 

 Thick semifluid cirro-stratous scud ; loose scud below. 

 Cirro-cumuli ; loose scud and cirro-strati to S. 



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

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



24. The 



