

Hourly Meteorological Observations, August 14 — 16, 1844. 257 



itt. Baro- 

 ;an meter 

 bc at 32°. 



Thermometers. 



Wind, 



Cloud 



Sc. : C.-s. 



movin 



from 



s, 



CL, Sky 

 5 clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 fore 

 1". 



mum 

 e in 

 10">. 



From 



h. in. 



o 



o 







lbs. 



lbs. 



P t. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 0—10. 





1 13 29-251 



54-6 



52-3 



2-3 



0-3 



0-4 



29 





100 



Scud and cirrous clouds ; very dark. 



14 260 



53-5 



52-5 



10 



0-7 



0-4 



29 





100 



Id. ; id. ; rain 1 



15 272 



16 280 



53-6 



52-2 



1-4 



0-5 



0-4 



29 





100 



As before ; rain till a few minutes ago. 



54-1 



51-9 



22 



0-7 



0-6 



29 



o- 



— 



— 100 



Scud, &c. ; rain 1 



17 291 



54-0 



51-9 



2-1 



0-6 



0-7 



30 



0: 



31 



— 100 



Thin scud ; thicker scud ; cirro-strati ; rain 1 



18 j 306 



53-7 



520 



1-7 



0-8 



0-5 



30 



0: 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. 



, uniform cirro-strati ; rain 1 



19 335 



54-2 



52-5 



1-7 



1-0 



0-6 



30 



0: 



— : 



— 100 



Id. 



id. ; rain 0-2 



20 357 



52-6 



520 



0-6 



1-2 



0-7 



31 







— : 



— 100 



Id. 



rain 2-3 



21 j 371 



53-7 



52-7 



1-0 



0-9 



1-1 







0: 



— . 



— 10-0 



Id. 



, dense cirro-stratus. 



22 1 383 



55-9 



52-9 



30 



1-7 



1-7 







31 : 



— : 



— 100 



Id. 



id. 



23 410 



53-5 



52-7 



0-8 



1-9 



1-0 



31 



30: 



— : 



— 100 



Id. 



rain 1 



1 434 



54-4 



530 



1-4 



1-1 



1-0 







31: 



— ■ 



_ 10-0 



Scud ; dense cirro-strati ; loose scud on hor. ; rain 0-5 



1 450 



55-7 



53-2 



2-5 



0-8 



0-6 







31 : 



— 



— 100 



As before ; thick wavy cirro-strati to NW. 



2 470 



56-8 



53-4 



3-4 



1-0 



0-6 



31 



31 • 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; cirro-strati. 



3 480 



57-6 



54-0 



3-6 



0-5 



0-2 



31 



— 



30 



_ 100 



Cirro-stratous scud. [to N. 



4 493 



58-6 



54-3 



4-3 



0-2 



0-1 



1 



— • 



31 



— 9-9 



Id. ; cir.-str , cirri ; patches of scud ; sky 



5 502 



60-8 



56-5 



4-3 



0-1 



0-1 



1 



— • 



31 



— 9-9 



As before ; rainbow. 



6 509 



60-2 



55-7 



4-5 



0-1 



0-0 



12 



31 . 



29 



— 9-0 



Loose scud ; cirro-stratous scud ; cirro-cumulo-strati. 



7 536 



58-7 



55-7 



3-0 



0-0 



0-2 



30 



29- 



29 



— 9-5 



As before ; cirro-strati ; rain 0-2 



8 545 



56-8 



54-9 



1-9 



0-1 



0-1 



28 



29 



— 



— 9-9 



Id. ; sky greenish ; rain to NW. 



9 556 



55-9 



54-4 



1-5 



0-1 



0-0 



22 



29 



29 



— 10-0 



Scud and cirro-strati. 



10 565 



55-5 



540 



1-5 



0-0 



00 



20 





100 



Id. 



11 567 



54-7 



53-7 



10 



0-1 



0-0 







90 



Id. ; black to E. 



12 582 



52-4 



51-2 



1-2 



0-1 



0-1 



22 





8-0 



Id. 



113 29-582 



50-1 



49-3 



0-8 



0-1 



00 







2-0 



Scud and cirro-strati. 



14 586 



49-3 



48-7 



0-6 



0-1 



00 







9-7 



Thin clouds. 



15 585 



501 



49-4 



0-7 



0-0 



0-0 







9-9 



Scud. 



16 589 



50-7 



49-7 



1-0 



0-1 



00 



22 





10-0 



Id. 



7 591 



50-7 



49-7 



1-0 



0-0 



0-0 



23 



22 



— 



— 100 



Id. ; cirro-stratous scud. 



i[8 608 



50-7 



49-9 



0-8 



0-0 



0-0 



18 



20 



— 



— 100 



Id. ; id. 



9 617 



53-0 



51-5 



1-5 



0-1 



0-1 



20 



24 



21 



— 9-9 



Id. ; cirro-cumulo-strati. # 



>0 618 



55-2 



52-7 



2-5 



0-1 



0-1 



22 



— 



22 



— 9-5 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; cir.-cum. ; cirro-cumulous scud. 



!1 619 



58-3 



55-2 



3-1 



0-2 



0-1 



20 







22 



— 70 



Cirro-strati ; cirro-cumuli ; cumuli. © 



!2 621 



59-1 



550 



4-1 



0-2 



0-2 



20 



22 



25 



— 5-0 



Scud and loose cumuli ; woolly cirri ; cirro-strati. © 



!3 612 



60-7 



56-6 



4-1 



0-2 



0-2 



20 



16 



■18 



: 28 6-5 



Thin scud ; loose cumuli ; id. ; id. O 



3 606 



65-4 



58-1 



7-3 



0-4 



0-2 



18 



22 



18 



28 5-0 



Scud ; cumuli ; varieties of cirri ; cirrous haze. O 



1 601 



64-8 



57-0 



7-8 



0-3 



0-7 



19 



18 



:24 



— 7-0 



As before. O 



2 599 



63-7 



56-3 



7-4 



0-7 



0-5 



19 



17 



. — 



: 24 6-0 



Cumuli; varieties of cirri ; cir. haze; cir.-cum.-str. © 



3 592 



60-2 



54-2 



6-0 



0-7 



0-8 



19 



20 



:26 



:— 9-0 



Scud ; cumulo-strati ; cirro-strati ; id. @ 



1 581 



60-5 



54-4 



6-1 



0-9 



0-4 



20 



— 



:22 



:— 9-3 



Wavy cirro-strati ; cumulo-strati ; id. 



5 570 



58-5 



53-2 



5-3 



0-4 



0-5 



21 



— 



:20 



:— 9-8 



Thick wavy cir.-str. ; patches of scud ; sky to NE. 



6 568 



53-0 



51-4 



1-6 



0-6 



0-4 



22 







:20 



:— 100 



Scud ; thick cirro-strati ; rain ' 2 



7 544 



52-8 



51-9 



0-9 



0-4 



0-1 



20 





100 



Id. ; id. ; rain ' 5 



8 509 



520 



50-9 



1-1 



0-0 



00 



14 



18: 18 



:— 10-0 



Thick scud and dense cirro-strati. 



9 489 



510 



50-6 



0-4 



0-2 



01 



16 





10-0 



Id. ; rain ' 5 



453 



49-8 



49-5 



0-3 



0-2 



0-1 



14 





10-0 



Id. ; id. 



1 421 



50-7 



49-3 



1-4 



0-1 



0-0 







10-0 



Id. ; id. 



2 381 



50-0 



49-6 



0-4 



0-0 



0-0 







100 



Very dark ; rain 0-2 



(3 29-340 

 4 310 



50-2 



500 



0-2 



0-0 



00 







10-0 



Verk dark ; rain 0-2 



51-2 



50-8 



0-4 



0-1 



00 







100 



Id. ; id. 



3 281 



51-2 



50-1 



1-1 



00 



0-0 







100 



Id. ; id. 



3 272 



51-9 



51-3 



0-6 



00 



00 







10-0 



Rain 1 



7 274 



51-7 



51-2 



0-5 



01 



0-1 



27 



27 



: 



:— 100 



Scud ; cirro-strati. 



i 293 



51-3 



50-9 



0-4 



0-6 



0-4 



28 



27 



: — 



:— 100 



Id. ; id. 



) 302 



53-0 



51-7 



1-3 



0-5 



0-5 



28 



29 



: — 



:— 100 



Id. ; id. 



P 32 7 



52-7 



511 



1-6 



0-7 



0-5 



28 



28 



: — 



:— 9-9 



Id. ; id. 



ie direction of the v 



rind is indicated by the j 



lumber of the p 



oint of the co 



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



nwons of the three stra 



ta of clouds, Sc. (scud), C 



-s. (cirro-stratu; 



), and Cir. (ci 



rrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



MAG. AND 



MET. C 



)BS. 1{ 



544. 

















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