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Hourly Meteorological Observations, July 16 — 18, 1844. 



Gott. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



d. h. 



16 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 



13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



17 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 



13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



18 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



in. 

 29-698 

 714 



727 

 745 

 751 



757 



29-760 

 759 

 758 

 747 

 742 

 745 

 740 

 739 

 725 

 712 

 697 

 688 

 688 

 680 

 669 

 655 

 636 

 638 

 632 

 617 

 606 

 594 

 586 

 579 



29-561 

 549 

 531 

 518 

 513 

 505 

 502 

 500 

 489 

 484 

 478 

 468 

 462 

 455 

 447 

 440 

 440 

 441 

 445 

 448 

 451 

 460 

 469 

 484 



Thermometers. 



Dry. 



13 29-494 



60-6 

 56-0 

 53-8 

 49-8 

 48-1 

 45-6 



44-8 

 42-9 

 41-4 

 39-7 

 40-2 

 43-8 

 50-7 

 54-6 

 56-9 

 61-2 

 61-1 

 64-2 

 600 

 64-2 

 61-7 

 620 

 62-5 

 54-6 

 52-9 

 53-2 

 51-9 

 51-2 

 50-0 

 50-8 



49-9 

 49-7 

 49-8 

 500 

 50-3 

 51-2 

 54-5 

 55-2 

 58-8 

 60-4 

 62-5 

 61-1 

 63-8 

 63-5 

 601 

 59-7 

 57-7 

 52-6 

 54-3 

 53-9 

 51-9 

 51-4 

 50-1 

 48-5 



Wet. 



521 

 50-9 

 49-8 

 47-2 

 46-0 

 44-7 



44-1 

 42-7 

 410 

 39-5 

 39-9 

 42-9 

 47-5 

 51-7 

 52-9 

 55-2 

 53-7 

 58-6 

 54-1 

 55-9 

 54-2 

 54-5 

 55-2 

 53-2 

 51-8 

 52-8 

 50-4 

 50-3 

 49-2 

 49-6 



49-2 

 49-0 

 490 

 49-2 

 49-2 

 49-9 

 51-0 

 51-9 

 53-3 

 54-4 

 54-0 

 51-3 

 54-2 

 53-5 

 52-9 

 54-0 

 53-2 

 520 

 53-0 

 52-9 

 510 

 50-6 

 48-8 

 47-0 



Diff. 



•5 

 j5-l 

 4-0 

 2-6 

 21 

 0-9 



0-7 

 0-2 

 0-4 

 0-2 



f0-3 

 0-9 

 3-2 

 2-9 



|4-0 

 6-0 

 7-4 

 5-6 

 5-9 

 8-3 

 7-5 

 7-5 

 7-3 

 1-4 

 11 

 0-4 

 1-5 

 0-9 

 0-8 

 1-2 



0-7 

 0-7 

 0-8 

 0-8 

 11 

 1-3 



f3-5 

 3-3 



4-5-5 

 6-0 

 8-5 

 9-8 

 9-6 



10-0 

 7-2 

 5-7 

 4-5 

 0-6 

 1-3 

 1-0 

 0-9 

 0-8 

 1-3 

 1-5 



47-8 46-8 1-0 01 0-0 



Wind. 



Maximum 

 force in 

 1>>. 10™. 



From 



lbs. 



0-6 

 0-3 



lbs. 



0-3 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 



00 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 01 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 01 

 0-1 

 01 

 0-5 

 0-4 

 00 

 0-1 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 



0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-4 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-2 

 0-4 

 01 



pt. 

 31 

 28 

 20 

 12 

 20 

 14 



20 



18 

 18 



14 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 18 

 23 

 18 

 28 

 20 

 24 

 23 

 24 

 16 

 24 

 22 

 20 

 18 

 20 



22 



20 



23 



20 



20 



20 



21 



24 



28 



23 



1 



26 



28 



2 



2 



8 



12 



22 



22 



2 



2 



3 



Clouds, 



Sc.:C.-s.:Ci. 



moving 



from 



pt. pt. pt. 



20 : 25 : 



— : 26 : 26 



— 



26: 



— 



26: 



— 



24: 



— 



25: 



— 



26: 



— 



26- 



— 



22: 



24 



25: 



22 



— : 



24 



— : 



23 



— : 



— 



24: 



24 



— : 



24 



— : 



21 



— : 



20 



— : 



21 



— : 



21 



— : 



— 



23: 



24 



25 



— : li 



— : 23 : 23 



26 



28 

 26 

 28 

 26 

 6,2,26 



24, 30,4 : 2 



2: — : 

 3 : — : 



Sky 

 clouded 



O—Kl. 



1-5 

 20 



3-0 

 10 

 0-8 

 10 



2-0 

 0-8 

 1-8 

 2-5 

 1-5 

 4-0 

 80 

 9-5 

 6-0 

 8-5 

 90 

 9-9 

 9-9 

 90 

 9-5 

 9-9 

 98 

 10-0 

 100 

 9-9 

 9-8 

 9-9 

 10-0 

 10-0 



9-7 



9-8 



9-9 



10-0 



9-9 



9-8 



9-8 



9-8 



9-9 



9-9 



9-9 



9-8 



9-5 



9-5 



100 



9-8 



100 



9-9 



10-0 



10-0 



100 



100 



10-0 



100 



10-0 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



a few large hailstones 



.; 







Cum.-str. and nimbi on hor, 



Id. 

 Thick scud ; thin cir.-cum. scud ; cum.-str. on hor, 

 Scud, cirro-strati, sheet of woolly cirri ; cumulo-strat^ 

 Cirro-strati and cirri radiating from NW. 



Id. ; scud. 



Cirro-strati, cirro-cumuli, and cirri. 

 Cirro-strati and cirri. 

 Loose cirro-strati and cirri. 



Cirro-stratous scud ; cirri ; mist rising from the rivea 

 As before ; fine cirri radiating from W. Q 



Loose cir.-cum. ; fine woolly, mottled, and linear cirri. 

 As before. Q 



Id. ; patches of scud to S. (J) 



Cirri, cir.-str., and cir.-cum. ; cum. and scud on Lor. Q 

 Loose cum. and sc. ; curled and woolly cir. ; cum.-str. 9 

 Scud ; cumuli as before. Q 



Id. ; cumuli, cumulo-strati, and cirro-strati. 



Id. ; loose cumuli, cirri ; a few drops of rain. 

 Cirro-cumulo-strati ; scud and cumuli on horizon 

 Scud and loose cumuli : cumulo-strati and cirro-strati. 



Id. ; id. 



Scud ; cirri, cir.-str., cum.-str., nimbi ; rain to NW. 



Id. ; nimbi, cirro-strati ; rain 3 



Id. ; cir.-str. scud; loose cumuli, cir.-str. ; showers. 



Id. ; cum., cum-str., cirri ; greenish sky ; showers. 

 Woolly cirri, cirro-strati, scud ; showers. 

 Scud ; rain 05 



Id. ; cirro-strati. 



Id. ; id. 



Scud ; cirro-strati. 



Id. ; id. 



Id. ; id. 



Id. ; id. ; drops of rain 



Id. ; id. : id. 



Id. ; id. ; id. 



Irregular mass of cir.-str. ; patches of scud on hor. 



Id. ; id. 



Patches of scud to E. ; cirro-strati ; drops of rain. 

 Cirro-cumulous scud ; loose cumuli on horizon. 6 

 Scud ; loose cumuli ; cirri and cirro-strati to N. 

 Scud and loose cumuli ; cirri and cirro-strati. 

 Cirro-cumulous scud ; cirri ; loose cumuli. 9 



Scud and loose cumuli ; fine woolly cirri and cir. haze© 

 Thick scud ; cirrous haze ; cumulo-strati. 

 Scud, cir.-str. scud ; cir.-str., cum.-str. ; haze.* • 

 Scud in var. currents ; nimbi, cir-str. ; thunder to NW. 

 Patches of loose scud ; dense cir.-str. ; thunder; rain 3-4 

 Three cur. of scud ; cir.-str., cum. ; thunder till 6 h 40" 

 Loose vapour ; two currents of scud ; cir.-str. ; com 

 Thick heavy scud ; loose scud below ; cirro-strati. 

 Thick scud. 

 Id. 

 Id. 



Thick scud ; rather broken to NNE. 



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. 

 * See additional meteorological notes after the Hourly Meteorological Observations. 



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