258 



Hourly Meteorological Observations, August 16 — 20, 1844. 







Thermometers. 



Wind. 









Gbtt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 METEK 



at 32°. 









Clouds 



Sc. : C.-s. 



movin 



from 



CL, Sky 

 * clouded. 





Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maximum 

 force in 

 l h . 10 m . 



From 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



d. h. 



in. 



o 



■ 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 0—10. 





16 21 



29-345 



52-6 



50-1 



2-5 



1-0 



0-3 



28 



28- 



— 



— 10-0 



Dense scud ; cirro-strati. 



22 



361 



53-4 



51-4 



2-0 



0-2 



0-4 



28 



28: 



— ■ 



- 100 



Scud ; dense cirro-strati. 



23 



378 



53-4 



50-4 



3-0 



0-6 



0-6 



30 



28: 



— • 



— 10-0 



Thick scud ; drops of rain. 



17 



399 



53-5 



50-5 



3-0 



1-1 



0-6 



28 





100 



Scud ; dense cirro-strati and cirrous haze. 



1 



415 



52-9 



49-6 



3-3 



1-5 



1-3 



27 



28 : — 



— 10-0 i 



Id. ; id. 



2 



432 



53-0 



49-7 



3-3 



1-2 



0-7 



28 





100 



Id. ; id. ; rain 05 



3 



452 



51-3 



50-0 



1-3 



11 



0-7 



28 



28: 



. 



— 100 



Id. ; id. ; rain 0- 2 



4 



464 



55-0 



51-5 



3-5 



1-7 



0-9 



27 



28: 



— : 



— 10-0 



Id. ; id. 



5 



485 



58-6 



53-8 



4-8 



1-4 



1-0 



28 



28: 



— . 



— 9-9 



Id. ; cirro-strati ; breaking to W. 



6 



511 



57-7 



52-9 



4-8 



1-4 



0-5 



29 



28- 



26. 



— 9-0 



Two currents of scud ; sky to W. § 



7 



529 



56-6 



52-2 



f4-4 



09 



0-5 



31 



28- 



30- 



— 7-5 



Scud ; cir.-cum. ; cumuli, nimbi ; cumulo-strati. Q 



8 



554 



53-5 



51-0 



j.2-5 



0-3 



0-2 



23 



28 



— 



— 7-0 



Id. ; cirri, cirro-strati ; electric-looking. 



9 



575 



52-2 



49-8 



2-4 



0-4 



0-2 



24 



— 



29 



— 5-0 



Cirro-cumuli ; cirro-strati ; loose scud. 



10 



596 



50-9 



48-7 



2-2 



0-2 



0-4 



22 





30 



Cirro-strati ; scud. 



11 



623 



50-6 



48-4 



2-2 



1-0 



0-3 



26 



28: — 



— 80 



Scud covering the sky rapidly ; showers 0-5 " 1-5 



12 



630 



49-2 



47-8 



1-4 



0-2 



0-2 



26 



27: — 



— 1-0 



Scud, cirro-strati, clear. 



23 



29-809 









1-5 



1-0 



30 







Sunday — Few clouds, cumuli and scud. 



18 4h 





62-5 



51-0 



11-5 















13 



29-914 



46-2 



45-0 



1-2 



3-3 



00 



24 





01 



Patches of thin clouds, clear. 



14 



911 



44-8 



44-6 



0-2 



0-1 



0-1 



20 





0-0 



Clear. 



15 



903 



46-7 



45-3 



1-4 



0-3 



0-4 



26 





0-0 



Id. 



16 



891 



46-7 



45-3 



1-4 



0-4 



01 



23 





03 



Cirro-strati on horizon to E. and N. 



17 



889 



45-6 



44-5 



1-1 



0-3 



0-1 



24 





0-3 



Cirro-strati and cirri on S., E., and N. horizon. 



18 



889 



45-8 



44-3 



tl-5 



0-2 



01 



20 





0-5 



Cirri, cir.-str. ; mass of scud to N., strati on Cheviot. 



19 



888 



47-8 



46-2 



1-6 



0-1 



0-1 



18 



28 



— 



— 0-8 



Pat. of scud to N., cir.-cum.-str. to W., and as at 18 h . 



20 



877 



520 



490 



30 



0-5 



0-5 



22 



27 







— 1-8 



Scud, cir.-cum.-str., cir.-str., woolly, mottled, &c. cir. 



21 



862 



55-4 



50-4 



5-0 



0-6 



0-7 



29 



26 



29 



— 30 



Scud, loose cumuli ; cirro-cumuli ; cirro-strati. 



22 



842 



58-0 



54-0 



j.4-0 



0-6 



0-7 



26 



26 



29 



— 4-5 



Id. 



23 



831 



59-2 



55-4 



3-8 



0-9 



0-8 



28 



26. 



29 



— 9-0 



Loose scud ; cir. scud ; fine cir.-str. like large hills. 



19 



824 



58-2 



52-9 



5-3 



1-3 



1-0 



28 



26 







— 9-8 



Scud ; chiefly homogen. and wavy cirrous mass ; rain 0-5 



1 



812 



55-0 



53-7 



1-3 



0-5 



0-3 



24 



26 



— 



— 100 



Id. ; id. ; rain 1 ' 



2 



798 



55-4 



53-3 



21 



0-3 



0-2 



22 



25 



— 



— 100 



Much scud ; homogeneous cirrous mass. 



3 



770 



57-6 



54-9 



2-7 



0-2 



0-1 



22 



23 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. 



id. 



4 



750 



58-9 



55-6 



3-3 



0-3 



0-3 



22 



23 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. 



id. 



5 



735 



58-8 



56-0 



2-8 



0-5 



0-3 



21 



24 



— 



— 9-9 



Id. 



id. ; greenish sky to NE, 



6 



714 



58-1 



55-1 



30 



0-3 



0-1 



21 



25 



— 



— 9-9 



Id. 



id. ; id. 



7 



699 



58-1 



56-1 



2-0 



0-2 



00 



20 



24 



— 



— 9-9 



Id. 



cirro-strati ; sky to NW. 



8 



679 



57-9 



56-0 



1-9 



0-1 



00 



18 



24 







_ 10-0 



Id. 



id. 



9 



662 



58-3 



56-8 



1-5 



0-1 



0-1 



23 



24 



— 



— 9-9 



Id. 



id. ; clouds broken. 



10 



643 



58-7 



57-3 



1-4 



0-2 



00 



20 





100 



Scud, dark. 



11 



623 



59-7 



57-3 



2-4 



0-7 



0-7 



23 





2-5 



Id., clouds round horizon. 



12 



602 



59-2 



56-9 



2-3 



1-2 



1-7 



23 





10-0 



Id. and cirrous haze. 



13 



29-586 



59-0 



56-7 



2-3 



1-2 



0-5 



20 





90 



Scud and cirrous haze ; clouds broken. 



14 



576 



58-9 



56-2 



2-7 



1-2 



0-7 



23 





10-0 



Id. 



15 



562 



57-9 



55-2 



2-7 



0-7 



0-3 



23 





7-0 



Id. ; clouds broken ; stars dim. 



16 



547 



55-5 



52-2 



3-3 



0-4 



0-3 



26 







:25 



:— 8-5 



Cirro-cumuli ; scud and cirro-strati ; cirri to N. 



17 



528 



55-9 



52-5 



3-4 



0-7 



0-7 



25 



25 



: — 



: 24 3-5 



Scud ; woolly cirri ; cirro-strati ; bank of scud to S. 



18 



520 



55-3 



51-9 



f3-4 



1-6 



0-8 



22 



26 



: — 



: 25 2-5 



Id.; id.; id.; id. 



19 



523 



55-5 



51-1 



4-4 



1-2 



0-4 



22 



25 



:25 



: 25 70 



Patches of loose scud ; cir.-cum. and woolly cirri. (D 



20 



509 



550 



50-7 



4-3 



10 



1-4 



23 



26 



:25 



: 25 3-5 



Scud ; id. 



21 



510 



56-9 



51-4 



4.5-5 



2-2 



1-4 



23 



26 



: — 



:— 40 



Id. ; cirro-strati, parallel cirri. 



22 



508 



57-3 



51-2 



6-1 



1-6 



2-3 



22 





1-0 



Masses of loose cumuli and cirro-strati on horizon. C 



23 



498 



57-6 



50-9 



6-7 



1-8 



2-0 



25 



26 



: — 



:— 2-5 



Scud and loose cumuli. 



20 



491 



59-0 



51-5 



7-5 



2-0 



! 1-3 



24 



26 



: — 



:— 6-5 



id. e 



1 



474 



60-2 



51-6 



8-6 



30 



11-4 



25 



26 



: — 



:— 4-0 



id. _J 



Th( 



; direction of the wind is indicated bi 



j the number of the p 



oint of the co 



mpass, reckoning N. = 0, E. = 8, S. =: 16, W. = 24- ' rhe 



motio 



qs of the three strata of clouds, Sc. (sc 



ud), C.-s. (cirro-stratu 



s), and Cir. (ci 



rrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



Au 



g. I8 d 20 h . The cirri project long bl; 



ick shadows on the ra 



her milky sky 







