248 



Hourly Meteorological Observations, July 21 — 24, 1844. 







Thermometers. 



Wind 











Gbtt. 



T> ._- 











Clou 







Mean 

 Time. 



METEE 



at 32°. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 fore 



P. 



mum 

 3 in 

 10-". 



Sc: 

 Prom 



C.-s. 

 ovin 

 'rom 



CL, Sky 



j clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



d. h. 



in. 



o 



- 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 



pt. 0—10. 





21 20 



29-885 



62-2 



59-4 



2-8 



0-4 



0-4 



20 20: 





— 10-0 



Scud ; cirro-stratus. 



21 



885 



63-7 



60-0 



3-7 



0-9 



0-5 



21 20: 



— : 



— 9-8 



Id. 



22 



885 



66-3 



61-7 



4-6 



1-4 



0-8 



20 20: 



— ■ 



— 9-5 



Loose scud. ( 



23 



873 



65-8 



61-7 



4-1 



1-3 



0-3 



21 20: 



— • 



— 30 



Id. ( 



22 



874 



67-9 



630 



4-9 



0-5 



0-2 



20 20: 



— : 



— 05 



Masses of loose scud ; cirro-strati on E. horizon. j 



1 



877 



66-6 



60-9 



5-7 



0-8 



0-1 



20 





0-5 



Cumuli on E. and N. horizon. 



2 



865 



68-2 



60-0 



8-2 



1-3 



0-9 



20 





0-5 



Id. ( 



3 



860 



70-3 



61-7 



8-6 



0-6 



0-3 



20 





0-2 



A few cumuli low on E. horizon ; very clear. 



4 



846 



72-1 



62-0 



10-1 



0-6 



0-6 



20 





00 



A single patch of cumuli to E. ; very clear. 



5 



837 



71-0 



61-6 



f9-4 



0-5 



03 



20 





00 



Perfectly clear. ( 



6 



828 



70-2 



60-3 



9-9 



0-3 



0-2 



19 





00 



Id. ( 



7 



830 



68-3 



58-1 



10-2 



0-4 



0-2 



19 





0-0 



Id. 



8 



835 



66-0 



58-9 



|7-1 



0-2 



0-0 



20 





00 



Id. ( 



9 



841 



60-2 



56-3 



3-9 



00 



00 



15 





00 



Id. 



10 



824 



58-8 



56-8 



20 



00 



00 



20 





00 



Id. 



11 



827 



54-6 



53-3 



1-3 



0-3 



00 



24 





00 



Id. 



12 



831 



520 



51-4 



0-6 



00 



00 







0-0 



Id. 



13 



29-833 



50-3 



49-9 



0-4 



0-0 



00 







00 



Perfectly clear. 



14 



821 



49-2 



48-8 



04 



0-0 



00 







0-2 



Patches of cloud to SW. ; cirro-strati and haze to E 



15 



819 



48-2 



48-0 



0-2 



0-0 



00 



22 





0-3 



Cir.-str., cir.-cum. ; brown haze on E. hor. ; much dd 



16 



807 



47-8 



47-6 



0-2 



00 



00 



20 





0-5 



Cirri and cirrous haze on hor. ; cirro-strati to XWl 



17 



797 



47-2 



47-0 



0-2 



00 



00 



20 





0-5 



Cirri, cirrous haze, and thin cirro-strati on hor. 



18 



789 



48-9 



48-4 



f0-5 



00 



00 







0-5 



Cirro-strati to SW. ; cirrous haze on horizon. 



19 



801 



520 



50-8 



1-2 



0-0 



00 







05 



Id. ; id. 



20 



795 



56-4 



540 



2-4 



00 



0-0 



24 





0-2 



Id. ; id. 



21 



786 



60-7 



57-2 



|3-5 



00 



00 



4 





0-5 



Haze on horizon ; cirro-strati to W. and SW. 



22 



770 



65-9 



600 



5-9 



00 



00 



7 





0-7 



Id.; id. 



23 



765 



70-8 



63-2 



7-6 



00 



0-9 



7 — 



— 



16 2-5 



Woolly cirri ; cumuli and haze on horizon. 



23 



752 



77-2 



65-0 



12-2 



0-2 



0-6 



14 





20 



Cirri arid cir. haze; cum. -str. and cir.-str. ; very hazy, n 



I 



740 



78-8 



67-2 



11-6 



0-4 



0-2 



14 — 



— 



15 4-0 



Id. ; id. ; id. 



2 



730 



79-0 



67-6 



11-4 



0-4 



0-2 



14 — 



14 



— 8-0 



Cir.-cum., cir.-str., and general haze ; patches of scudj|i 



3 



729 



78-7 



67-9 



10-8 



0-3 



01 



17 15 



— 



— 90 



Scud ; cirri, cirro-strati, and cirrous haze. 



4 



731 



78-6 



67-6 



11-0 



0-2 



0-3 



16 





90 



As before ; a few drops of rain. 



5 



723 



76-0 



67-6 



8-4 



0-2 



01 



12 — 



16 



16 9-0 



Cir.-cum., cirri, cir.-str. ; electric-looking cloud to \i 



6 



708 



74-9 



64-9 



10-0 



0-5 



0-4 



12 — 



16 



— 7-5 



Cirro-strati, cirro-cumuli, and woolly cirri. 



7 



711 



72-1 



63-2 



8-9 



0-3 



0-2 



11 — 



16 



— 90 



Loose cirro-cumuli, cirro-strati, and woolly cirri. ] 



8 



715 



70-0 



61-7 



8-3 



0-3 



0-1 



6 — 



15 



— 9-0 



Cirro-cumulous scud, cirro-cumuli, and cirro-strati. ]| 



9 



717 



67-9 



60-7 



7-2 



01 



0-0 



1 — 



16 



— 7-0 



As before ; patches of mottled cirri ; haze to E. ] 



10 



729 



63-7 



590 



4-7 



0-1 



0-0 



24. — 



16 



:— 7-0 



Id. : cirri to W. 



11 



725 



62-9 



58-9 



4-0 



00 



00 







8-0 



Cirro-cumulous scud ; cirri and cirro-strati. 



12 



732 



62-9 



58-9 



4-0 



00 



0-0 



8 





8-0 



Id. ; id. 



13 



29-723 



62-9 



57-6 



5-3 



01 



00 



10 





9-0 



Cirro-cumulous scud ; cirri and cirro-strati. 



14 



717 



62-1 



57-7 



4-4 



01 



0-0 



6 





9-0 



Id. ; id. 



15 



700 



60-7 



56-7 



4-0 



00 



0-0 



23 — 



14 



:— 8-5 



Cir.-cum., cirri, cir.-str. ; clouds tinged red to E. 1 1 



16 



694 



59-0 



56-0 



3-0 



00 



0-0 



6 — 



14 



:— 7-0 



Id., id., id. ; haze on E. horizon. 



17 



699 



59-1 



56-0 



t3-l 



00 



00 



2 — 



14 



:— 80 



Id., cirri, cirrous haze. 



18 



700 



59-3 



56-3 



J.3-0 



00 



00 



6 





8-0 



Id., cir.-cum. -str., cir.-str., and cir. haze. 1 



19 



711 



61-3 



57-9 



3-4 



00 



0-0 



4 — 



. 15 



■— 8 5 



Cirro-cumuli, cirro-strati, and cirrous haze. 



20 



716 



66-1 



59-7 



6-4 



0-1 



0-0 



12 — 



14 



:— 90 



As before ; masses of loose cumuli below. 



21 



731 



66-1 



601 



60 



00 



0-0 



— 



14 



:— 9-9 



Thick scud ; cir.-str., cir.-cum., cirri, cirrous haze* 



22 



741 



65-2 



60-1 



5-1 



00 



00 



25 — 



: 14 



. — 100 



Thick cir.-str. scud; cirro .-strati, cirrous haze : ra; 



23 



752 



60-9 



59-9 



10 



1-0 



0-2 



25 — 



16 



:— 10-0 



Id. ; rain 3 since 22 h 35 m when wind wi 



24 



746 



60-2 



60-0 



0-2 



00 



0-0 







100 



Rain2-4 s i nce 23 h . 



1 



754 



61-1 



60-6 



0-5 



0-1 



01 



4 4 



12 



— 100 



Two currents of scud ; dense cirro-strati ; rain s 



2 



757 



64-4 



62-2 



2-2 



0-1 



00 



12 



— 



. — 100 



Loose scud ; dense cirro-strati. 



3 



759 



64-9 



62-7 



2-2 



00 



00 



4 4 



12 



— 100 



Id. ; id. 



The 



direction of the wind is 



ndicated bj 



the ri 



umber of t 



he p< 



)int of the co 



mpass, reckoning N. = 0, E. = 8, S. = 16, W. = 24. 



raotio 



as of the three strata of cl 



ouds, Sc. (so 



ud), C 



-s. (cirro-sl 



ratu 



s), and Cir. (ci 



rrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



Jul 



y 23 d 2 h 20 m . The highe 



st observed 



readii 



lg of the c 



ry tl 



lermometer w; 



is 81°-9. At 2 h 50 m a peal of thunder was heard bj 



Thorn 



as Brisbane. 













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