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Hourly Meteorological Observations, August 12 — 14, 1844. 







Thermometers. 



Wind. 









I- 



Gbtt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 











Clouds 







Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maximum 

 force in 



l*. 10 m . 



From 



Sc. : C.-s. 



movin 



from 



Ci., Sky 

 ; clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



d. h. 



in. 



o 



o 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 0—10. 



- 



12 6 



29-390 



59-3 



53-9 



f5-4 



0-4 



0-4 



5 



5 



— : 



— 3-8 



Cumuli ; patches of cirro-cumulo-strati. 



7 



400 



58-3 



54-0 



4-3 



0-3 0-3 



4 



2 



— : 



30 60 



Id., cumulo-strati ; cirri. (j) 



8 



411 



54-4 



51-9 



12 5 



0-3 



0-2 



4 



2 



— 



— 1-2 



Id., id. ; id. 



9 



416 



50-9 



49-9 



10 



0-1 



01 



2 





0-5 



Id., id. ; id. ; cirro-strati. 



10 



426 



48-3 



47-6 



0-7 



00 



00 



16 



— : 12 



— 6-5 



Cirro-strati. 



11 



436 



510 



49-7 



1-3 



00 



00 







9-7 



Scud ; cirro-strati. 



12 



417 



49-7 



48-6 



11 



00 



00 







70 



Thin clouds. 



13 



29-416 



48-7 



47-7 



10 



00 



00 







9-2 



Thin clouds. 



14 



403 



48-3 



47-4 



0-9 



01 



0-0 







9-5 



Id. 



15 



393 



48-6 



47-8 



0-8 



00 



00 



22 





9-8 



Id. 



16 



384 



47-6 



46-7 



0-9 



00 



00 



22 





9-8 



Scud ; cumuli on NE. horizon. 



17 



373 



47-4 



46-7 



0-7 



00 



00 



24 



6 



— 



— 100 



Id. ; cirro-strati. 



18 



363 



47-5 



46-7 



0-8 



00 



00 



28 



7 



— 



— 100 



Id. ; id. 



19 



360 



48-4 



47-4 



1-0 



0-0 



00 



24 



— 



20 



— 9-9 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; uniform cirro-strati ; sky to W. 



20 



360 



50-8 



49-3 



1-5 



00 



00 



25 



— 



21 



— 9-8 



Id. ; id. ; stratus to E 



21 



353 



55-5 



53- 1 



2-4 



0-1 



0-0 



18 





9-8 



Id. ; loose cum. to N. and S. ; woolly cirri 

 Ragged cumuli and loose scud ; cirrous clouds. | 



22 



339 



57-3 



53-6 



3-7 



00 



0-0 



2 





9-9 



23 



327 



60-3 



55-6 



4-7 



0-0 



0-0 



26 





100 



Cirro-cumulous scud ; cirro-strati ; patches of scud. 



13 



326 



60-4 



56-0 



4-4 



0-1 



01 



20 



— 



20 



— 9-5 



Cir.-cum.-str. ; cumuli and cum.-str. 



1 



310 



63-8 



59-0 



4-8 



0-1 



01 



18 



— 



19 



— 7-5 



Id. ; id. ; wooly cirri. Q 



2 



295 



65-9 



60-7 



5-2 



0-2 



01 



14 



19 



— 



— 9-5 



Scud; cumuli; cum.-str.; cir.-cum.-str.; electric. 



3 



282 



59-2 



58-0 



1-2 



0-2 



01 



11 



20 



— 



— 9-5 



As before ; shower 1-4 Q 



4 



262 



61-4 



58-0 



3-4 



01 



0-2 



21 



20 



— 



— 10-0 



Scud ; cumulo-strati ; cirro-strati ; nimbi. 



5 



257 



59-2 



560 



3-2 



0-2 



0-2 



22 



20 



— 



— 100 



As before ; rain 0-2 ; raining heavily to SW. 



6 



255 



551 



53-8 



1-3 



0-2 



00 



28 



20 



— 



— 100 



Scud ; cirro-stratous scud ; cir.-str. ; rain 1 " 2 since o h . 



7 



247 



58-0 



55-3 



2-7 



0-0 



00 



22 



20 



— 



— 9-9 



Id. ; id. ; id. 



8 



243 



55-3 



54-2 



11 



0-2 



00 



20 



IS 



20 



— 100 



Id. ; id. ; id. 



9 



233 



54-6 



53-9 



0-7 



00 



00 



20 



20 



— 



— 100 



Id. ; id. ; id. ; rain 1 



10 



222 



54-2 



53-6 



0-6 



00 



00 







100 



Id. ; id. ; id. ; rain ' 5 



11 



203 



54-1 



53-7 



0-4 



00 



00 







100 



Id. ; id. ; id. ; rain 05 



12 



188 



53-8 



53-3 



0-5 



00 



00 







7-5 



Id. ; sky in zenith. 



13 



29-174 



53-4 



53-3 



0-1 



00 



00 







100 



• 

 Scud. 



14 



155 



52-9 



52-5 



0-4 



00 



00 







10-0 



Id. 



15 



140 



51-9 



51-3 



0-6 



00 



00 



20 





8-0 



Id. ; sky in zenith. 



16 



119 



49-5 



48-7 



0-8 



01 



00 



20 



— : 17 



— 90 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirro-strati. 



17 



101 



47-5 



47-0 



0-5 



00 



0-0 



23 



— :20 



— 7-0 



Id. ; id. 



18 



089 



48-6 



480 



fO-6 



01 



00 



22 



23 : — 



— 9-7 



Smoky scud ; cir.-cum. ; cirro-strati ; cumuli to NE. 



19 



076 



50-0 



49-3 



0-7 



0-0 



0-0 



25 



— :26 



— 9-7 



Cir.-str. scud ; cirro-cumuli ; cumulo-strati to NE. 



20 



065 



53-5 



52-0 



4-i-s 



00 



00 



1 



21 :24 



:— 9-5 



Loose scud ; cirro-cumuli ; cirro-strati. 



21 



061 



58-3 



56-2 



2-1 



01 



0-0 



14 



24:26 



.— 9-5 



Id. ; cirro-cumulo-strati ; rain 0-5 



22 



064 



57-8 



54-3 



3-5 



0-0 



0-0 



15 



24 : 28 



— 7-0 



Scud, loose cumuli ; cir.-cum.-str. 



23 



060 



61-6 



56-1 



5-5 



0-0 



00 







28 : 28 



:— 9-9 



Id., id. ; cirro-strati, moving slowly. (D 



14 



063 



61-4 



56-2 



5-2 



01 



0-1 



26 



1 :28 



:— 90 



Id., cumuli; cirro-cumulo-strati; drops of rain. 1 



1 



068 



61-2 



54-3 



6-9 



0-1 



00 



2 



1 : — 



.— 9-7 



Id., id. ; cirro-strati. 



2 



078 



59-8 



54-8 



5-0 



00 



00 



23 



3 :28 



. — 70 



Id., id. ; cum. str. ; woolly cir.-str., nimbi. • 



3 



086 



65-3 



58-3 



7-0 



0-1 



00 



16 



3 :28 



:— 9 



Id., id. ; cirro-strati. 



4 



090 



63-9 



57-7 



6-2 



0-2 



0-1 



25 



2:30 



:— 50 



Id., id. ; id. ; cirri ; nimbi to SE. 



5 



109 



61-7 



550 



6-7 



0-5 



0-7 



31 



28:30 



:— 6-5 



Id. ; cumulo-strati ; cirri ; cirro-strati. 



6 



132 



59-7 



53-5 



f6-2 



0-7 



1-0 



31 



29: — 



:— 7-5 



As before ; range of cumuli on horizon. 



7 



162 



56-6 



530 



3-6 



0-7 



0-5 



31 



29: 31 



:— 9-5 



Loose scud ; cirro-stratous scud ; nimbi ; woolly cirri. 



8 



.184 



55-0 



52-7 



2-3 



0-8 



0-3 



31 



30: 



:— 90 



Id. ; cirro-cumuli ; cirro-strati, cirri. 



9 



208 



53-5 



51-5 



j2-0 



0-2 



01 









30 



Cirro-cumuli; cirro strati ; cirri. 



10 



232 



53-3 



51-5 



1-8 



0-2 



01 









9-3 



Scud ; id. 



11 



236 



53-8 



51-6 



2-2 



0-3 



0-2 



29 





9-5 



Id. ; id. 



12 



240 



54-5 



51-8 



2-7 



0-3 j 0-6 



30 





100 



Scud and cirrous clouds ; very dark. 



The 



direction of the wind is i 



ndicated by the m 



imber of the po 



int of the com 



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



motioi 



is of the three strata of cl 



Duds, Sc. (scud), C 



-s. (cirro-stratus 



), and Cir. (ci 



i-rus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



1! l - 



V 



