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Hourly Meteorological Observations, July 5 — 8, 1844. 



Gott. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 

 14 



15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



6 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 



7 



13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



8 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



in. 



29-480 

 478 

 487 

 491 

 501 

 509 

 510 

 519 



29-521 

 528 

 531 

 535 

 543 

 558 

 570 

 579 

 586 

 601 

 607 

 618 

 620 

 630 

 631 

 635 

 649 

 655 

 666 

 684 

 699 

 711 

 730 

 729 



29-745 



29-705 

 707 

 698 

 694 

 687 

 675 

 674 

 676 

 673 

 666 

 663 

 666 

 669 

 656 

 642 

 629 

 607 

 596 

 602 

 610 

 613 

 614 



Thermometers. 



Dry. 



60-0 

 59-4 

 55-8 

 53-8 

 52-9 

 52-3 

 52-1 

 51-6 



510 



50-6 

 50-3 

 50-5 

 50-1 

 49-7 

 49-9 

 50-5 

 50-9 

 51-5 

 53-8 

 54-3 

 57-2 

 52-2 

 60-4 

 59-2 

 58-0 

 561 

 56-4 

 55-1 

 52-9 

 51-8 

 50-8 

 50-5 



43-6 

 43-4 

 42-7 

 41-6 

 44-7 

 46-3 

 510 

 540 

 58-7 

 610 

 62-2 

 600 

 61-5 

 60-3 

 64-2 

 65-2 

 66-0 

 64-3 

 61-4 

 61-9 

 551 

 52-2 



Wet. 



54-9 

 54-3 

 52-3 

 50-7 

 50-3 

 500 

 50-1 

 49-4 



49-6 

 49-2 

 49-0 

 49-4 

 491 

 49-0 

 49-3 

 49-7 

 49-9 

 50-3 

 52-3 

 52-5 

 54-9 

 51-3 

 56-3 

 54-3 

 53-3 

 51-6 

 51-3 

 511 

 50-8 

 49-7 

 48-9 

 48-9 



43-4 

 43-3 

 42-7 

 41-6 

 44-3 

 45-8 

 49-9 

 51-2 

 52-5 

 52-8 

 55-0 

 53-3 

 55-9 

 56-3 

 58-0 

 58-1 

 560 

 55-7 

 540 

 53-3 

 51-7 

 49-8 



Diff. 



5-1 

 5-1 

 3-5 

 31 

 2-6 

 2-3 

 20 

 2-2 



1-4 

 1-4 

 1-3 

 1-1 

 1-0 

 0-7 

 0-6 

 0-8 

 10 

 1-2 

 1-5 

 1-8 

 2-3 

 0-9 

 4-1 

 4-9 

 4-7 

 4-5 

 51 

 4-0 

 21 

 2-1 

 1-9 

 1-6 



0-2 

 0-1 



0-4 

 0-5 

 1-1 

 2-8 

 6-2 

 8-2 

 7-2 

 6-7 

 5-6 

 4-0 

 6-2 

 7-1 

 10-0 

 8-6 

 7-4 

 8-6 

 3-4 

 2-4 



Wind. 



Maximum 

 force in 

 P>. 10", 



lbs. 



00 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-1 



00 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 01 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-2 

 00 

 00 

 0-3 

 0-5 

 0-4 

 0-5 

 1 

 0-2 

 01 

 00 



01 



0-8 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 0-2 

 0-5 

 0-5 

 0-7 

 0-4 

 0-3 

 01 



lbs. 



00 

 00 

 01 

 1 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 



00 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 03 

 0-3 

 0-5 

 00 

 01 

 01 

 00 

 00 



01 



0-0 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 01 

 0-2 

 01 

 0-2 

 0-8 

 0-6 

 0-3 

 01 

 00 



pt. 

 15 



2 

 6 



7 

 8 

 4 

 6 

 4 

 12 



24 

 24 



22 

 2S 

 23 

 26 

 23 

 23 

 20 

 23 

 23 

 20 

 27 

 27 

 22 

 23 

 22 



Cloud 







Sc. : C.-s. 



•Ci., 



Sky 



movm 



K 



cloutled. 



from 







pt. pt. 



pt, 



0—10. 

 100 

 100 







— 



— 



100 







— 



— 



100 







— 



— 



100 







— 



— 



100 







— 



— 



10-0 







10-0 







10-0 







100 



28: — 



— 



100 



6: 28 





100 

 100 

 10-0 

 100 



6: — 





100 

 100 

 100 



30 



— 



— 



100 



28 



— 



— 



100 



28 



— 



— 



100 



6 



28 



— 



95 



30 



— 



— 



9-6 



30 



— 



— 



90 



1 



28 



— 



30 







29 







4-0 



— 







— 



6-0 



30 











7-0 



— 



30 



— 



90 



6 



30 



— 



9-9 



28 



— 



— 



90 







9-8 











1-3 



— 



— 



28 



5-5 





— 



26 



2-0 



— 



28 



28 



8-0 







9-2 



— :28 



— 



9-5 



— :27 



• — 



9-3 

 90 



— :26 



— 



70 



— :28 





8-0 

 9-3 

 9-9 



26: — 



. — 



10-0 

 10-0 



28 



: — 



: — 



9-9 



28 



. — 



. 



50 



26 



• — 



: — 



3-0 



23 



: — 



: — 



30 







1-5 







20 



— : 26 



: — 



2-0 



— 



26 



: — 



20 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Wavy cirro-stratus, moving very slowly. 



Thick wavy cirro-stratus, moving very slowly. 



Scud. 



Thick wavy scud. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 

 Scud. 



Scud. 



Id. 



Id. 

 Loose scud ; cirro-stratous scud. 

 Uniform mass of clouds. 



Id. ; fog visible J mile off. 



As before ; fog at £ mile ; very light drizzle. 

 Loose scud ; fog as before. 

 Scud ; very light drizzle. 



Id. ; rain 0- - 



Id. ; slight drizzle. 

 Thin smoky scud ; rain"- 



Id. ; fair. [drizzle* 



Scud in two currents : cum. and cuni.-str. to E. ; IS 

 Scud, loose cumuli, and woolly cirri. 

 Thin scud ; loose cumuli ; cirri and cirro-strati. 

 Scud in two currents. 



Id. ; cirri and cirro-cumuli. 



Loose cirro-cumuli, moving very slowly ; scud. 

 Scud ; mottled cirri and cirro-cumuli. 



strati on Cheviot 



Cir.-str. scud ; loose scud to E. : 



Loose scud ; cirro-stratous scud. 



Scud. 



Loose scud ; cirro-strati to E. 



[much dew,. i 

 Cirri and cir.-str. radiating from N. ; faint lunar corom 

 As before. 



Cirri and cirro-strati. 



Cir.-cum., cirri, cir.-str. ; strati ; clouds red to W. 

 As before ; strati to N. 



Cir.-str. edged with cir. : lin. and arborescent cirri to I 

 Woolly cirro-strati ; woolly cirri. 



Id. ; id. ; patches of scud. 



Cirro-cumulo- strati ; cirro-strati. 



Id. ; cirro-strati to W. ; cum. to SE. 



Cirro-stratous scud ; cirro-strati, cumuli. 

 Cumuli and scud to SE. ; thick cirro-strati. 

 Scud ; cumuli, thick cirro-strati ; drops of rain. 

 As before ; fair. 

 Scud and loose cumuli. 

 Loose cumuli ; cirro-strati to NE. 

 Cumuli. 



Id. ; cirro-strati on NE. and SW. horizon. 



Id. ; id. 



Loose cumuli and cirro-strati. 

 Cirro-stratous scud, cirro-strati, cirro-cumuli, cirri. 

 As before. 



The direction of the wind is indicated by the number of the point of the compass, reckoning N. = 0, E. = 8, S. = 16, W. = 2i. Th 

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

 July 6 d 5 h . A light vane, composed of two crow feathers, erected instead of the ribbon previously in use, see Introduction. 



