236 



Houkly Meteorological Observations, June 19 — 21, 1844. 







Thermometers. 



Wind. 









Gott. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 







Clouds, 







Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 forci 

 1\ 



mum 

 ; in 

 10°>. 



Prom 



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



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



d. h. 



in. 



o 



■ 



° 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. pt. 



0—10. 





19 10 



29-711 



47-5 



47-2 



0-3 



00 



00 





28 : — : — 



10-0 



Scud ; rain 1 



11 



713 



47-9 



47-4 



0-5 



0-0 



0-0 





30 : — : — 



9-7 



Id. 



12 



710 



46-0 



45-9 



01 



0-1 



0-0 







50 



Id. ; cumuli to N. ; sky very clear. 



13 



29-711 



44-0 



43-8 



0-2 



0-0 



00 







30 



Scud ; heavy dew. 



14 



717 



41-9 



41-9 





00 



0-0 







2-0 



Id. ; very clear towards the zenith. 



15 



717 



40-9 



40-7 



0-2 



00 



0-0 







60 



Scud. 



16 



697 



41-9 



41-3 



0-6 



0-0 



00 







30 



Id. 



17 



694 



40-8 



40-2 



0-6 



0-0 



00 



20 



20: 



— : 



— 



0-8 



Patches of scud ; cumuli and cirro-strati to E. 



18 



687 



43-7 



42-4 



1-3 



00 



00 



22 



20: 



— : 



— 



0-5 



Scud ; cirri and cirro-strati. 



19 



680 



46-9 



44-4 



2-5 



0-3 



0-4 



22 



24: 



— : 



— 



0-3 



Id. ; cirri to E. ; wind commencing. 



20 



672 



49-7 



45-9 



3-8 



1-0 



0-6 



22 



25: 



— : 



— 



0-8 



Id. ; cirri to S. 



21 



672 



51-7 



46-4 



5-3 



0-7 



0-4 







2-5 



Id. ; sky milky to E. 



22 



649 



53-6 



47-1 



6-5 



0-5 



0-2 



25 





20 



Cirri to N. and W. ; loose cumuli on horizon. 



23 



636 



55-9 



48-8 



7-1 



0-3 



0-1 



24 



23: 



— . 



24 



3-0 



Thin scud ; woolly cirri ; loose cumuli on horizon. 



20 



627 



58-4 



51-3 



71 



0-3 



0-1 



28 



23: 



— 



— 



60 



Scud and loose cumuli ; cirri and cirrous haze. 



1 



619 



62-6 



55-0 



7-6 



0-5 



0-2 



16 



22: 



— : 



— 



90 



Scud ; cirro-strati and cirrous haze. 



2 



613 



60-1 



540 



61 



0-7 



0-4 



20 





100 



Masses of scud ; dense mass of cir.-str. ; drops of rain 



3 



603 



58-7 



54-7 



4-0 



0-6 



0-1 



20 





100 



Id. ; id. ; rain 2 



4 



589 



58-2 



54-7 



3-5 



0-2 



0-1 



20 





100 



Id. ; id. 



5 



583 



58-8 



53-6 



5-2 



0-2 



0-0 







100 



Scud and cirro-strati ; drops of rain. 



6 



569 



56-9 



54-2 



2-7 



0-2 



01 







100 



Id. ; rain02 



7 



570 



55-8 



54-1 



1-7 



01 



00 







100 



Id. ; id. 



8 



569 



55-7 



53-9 



1-8 



0-1 



00 



18 





100 



A nearly uniform mass of scud. 



9 



562 



55-7 



54-0 



1-7 



0-0 



00 





21 : — : — 



9-5 



Loose scud ; cirro-cumuli and cirrous clouds. 



10 



555 



54-8 



53-7 



11 



00 



00 



20 



23 : — : — 



9-5 



Cirro-cumulous scud ; cirri above. 



11 



542 



54-2 



53-3 



0-9 



00 



00 







9-7 



Scud ; cirro-cumuli and cirro-strati. 



12 



522 



54-2 



53-7 



0-5 



0-0 



00 







100 



Thick clouds ; at 12 h 10 m rain 2 



13 



29-508 



54-9 



54-2 



0-7 



0-0 



00 







10-0 



Rain 2 



14 



491 



54-3 



53-8 



0-5 



0-0 



0-0 







10-0 



Rain 3 



15 



485 



54-4 



541 



0-3 



00 



00 







100 



RainO'2-o 



16 



503 



53-8 



53-7 



01 



00 



00 



20 



22 



— 



— 



100 



Scud. [SE. 



17 



512 



53-2 



53-0 



0-2 



00 



0-0 





23 



— 



— 



2-5 



Loose scud ; cir.-cum.-str., cir.-str. ; low misty scud t« 



18 



514 



54-4 



53-8 



0-6 



0-2 



00 



24 



22 



— 



— 



30 



Loose cir.-cum. scud ; loose cum. and cir.-str. on hor. 



19 



527 



56-8 



54-5 



2-3 



0-3 



0-0 



28 



22 



— 



— 



8-5 



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



20 



522 



590 



55-3 



3-7 



0-3 



01 



28 



22 



20 



— 



8-0 



Id. ; id. 



21 



531 



57-0 



56-0 



1-0 



0-3 



0-3 



23 



23 



— 



— 



9-9 



Scud ; cirro-strati and cumuli to N. ; rain 1 



22 



540 



61-1 



58-0 



3-1 



0-4 



0-3 



19 





9-9 



Cirri and cirro-strati ; cirrous haze ; rain ' 2 



23 



537 



59-3 



57-3 



20 



0-4 



0-4 



21 





100 



Cirro-strati over the sky ; scud and loose cum. on hor 



21 



533 



63-8 



59-3 



4-5 



0-5 



0-4 



18 



22 : — : — 



90 



Scud ; woolly cirri. 



1 



524 



61-2 



59-8 



1-4 



0-9 



0-2 



20 





9-9 



Id. ; id. ; rain 1 since h . [looking. 



2 



518 



65-3 



60-0 



5-3 



1-1 



0-5 



19 



22 



— :22 



9-2 



Scud and cumuli ; thick mottled woolly cirri ; stormy- 



3 



506 



63-9 



58-3 



5-6 



1-3 



0-8 



19 



21 



— : — 



9-0 



Id. ; thick cirro-strati above. 



4 



502 



64-4 



58-7 



5-7 



11 



1-1 



19 



21 



21 : — 



90 



Id. ; cirro-cumulo-strati, cirrous haze. 



5 



495 



630 



57-3 



5-7 



1-7 



0-8 



19 





9-5 



Thick cirro-strati and haze ; patches of scud. 



6 



484 



62-2 



56-0 



6-2 



1-2 



0-5 



18 



21 



: — 



: — 



100 



Id., thicker ; patches of scud 



7 



482 



59-7 



56-0 



3-7 



10 



1-5 



18 



20 



: 



: — 



100 



Scud ; thick cirro-strati and cirrous haze ; rain 02 



8 



477 



56-0 



53-0 



3-0 



0-8 



0-3 



19 



20 



: — 



: 



100 



Id. ; id. 



9 



472 



54-1 



52-4 



1-7 



0-6 



01 



20 



19 



: 



— 



10-0 



Loose scud ; dense cirro-strati ; rain 1 



10 



455 



53-8 



52-8 



1-0 



0-1 



00 





20 



~ 



: — 



9-8 



Id. ; id. 



11 



446 



52-3 



51-1 



1-2 



01 



0-0 





— 



:22 



: — 



60 



Cirro-cumuli ; scud, cirro-strati, ragged-edged cumuli. 



12 



437 



51-9 



49-8 



21 



0-5 



0-2 



18 



22 



:24 



: — 



4-0 



Thin scud ; thick scud, moving rapidly. 



13 



29-420 



50-9 



49-7 



1-2 



0-1 



00 







9-9 



Scud ; a band of light on S. and E. horizon. 



14 



410 



52-4 



51-1 



1-3 



1-2 



0-3 





20 



: — 



: — 



90 



Id. 



15 



401 



52-2 



51-2 



1-0 



0-6 



01 



17 



20 



: — 



: — 



8-5 



Id. ; cirri, cirro-strati, and cirrous haze. [with red 



16 



399 



52-9 



52-0 



0-9 



0-4 



0-0 





120 



: — 



:21 



8-0 



Id.; fine woolly cirri ; cir.-str.; cirri to E., tingec 



The 



s direction 



of the ^ 



tfind is 



indica 



ted bj 



the r 



umbei 



• of f 



he p 



jint 



of the co 



mpass, 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. 



June 21 d ll h . The observer conceived that he heard thunder at this time : it was afterwards ascertained that a thunder storm occurred ! 

 on this niprht about 10 miles to ESE. of Makerstoun. 



