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Hourly Meteorological Observations, August 22 — 25, 1844. 



Gbtt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



d. h. 

 22 10 



11 



12 



13 

 14 

 15 



16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 ; o 

 l 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



23 







1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



22J 



25 13 

 14 

 15 



24 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



29-361 

 360 

 359 



29-349 

 348 

 340 

 341 

 333 

 341 

 350 

 354 

 369 

 377 

 384 

 381 

 381 

 381 

 380 

 385 

 396 

 407 

 419 

 436 

 447 

 449 

 456 

 464 



29-465 

 471 

 470 

 477 

 482 

 497 

 520 

 526 

 536 

 539 

 543 

 542 

 542 

 543 

 543 

 550 

 556 

 560 

 577 

 589 

 597 

 600 

 607 

 606 



29-648 



29-710 

 713 

 715 



Thermometers. 



Dry. 



50-7 

 50-1 

 49-9 



49-8 

 500 

 50-0 

 50-0 

 50-5 

 50-7 

 51-3 

 53-1 

 56-5 

 56-7 

 58-4 

 63-6 

 62-6 

 64-2 

 62-9 

 61-8 

 60-2 

 55-7 

 550 

 54-1 

 53-8 

 52-2 

 49-2 

 48-5 



50-0 

 49-6 

 49-7 

 49-0 

 46-7 

 450 

 49-3 

 50-4 

 53-3 

 56-2 

 58-7 

 60-6 

 61-8 

 62-2 

 63-3 

 61-6 

 60-2 

 59-1 

 56-8 

 54-6 

 49-6 

 46-8 

 44-2 

 44-3 



59-9 



50-4 

 49-5 

 49-5 



Wet. 



500 

 49-8 

 49-4 



49-4 

 49-4 

 49-4 

 49-5 

 49-7 

 49-9 

 50-2 

 51-6 

 53-9 

 53-9 

 54-2 

 57-8 

 56-4 

 56-7 

 55-7 

 550 

 55-0 

 54-0 

 52-4 

 52-1 

 51-9 

 50-8 

 48-7 

 48-0 



49-4 

 49-0 

 49-2 

 48-6 

 46-5 

 44-7 

 48-5 

 49-5 

 520 

 53-7 

 54-4 

 55-4 

 54-9 

 550 

 55-7 

 56-5 

 54-8 

 54-0 

 53-8 

 51-9 

 48-8 

 46-6 

 43-9 

 44-2 



54-6 



471 

 46-8 

 47-1 



Diff. 



0-7 

 0-3 

 0-5 



0-4 

 0-6 

 0-6 

 0-5 

 0-8 

 0-8 

 11 

 1-5 

 2-6 

 2-8 

 4-2 

 5-8 

 6-2 

 7-5 

 7-2 

 6-8 

 5-2 

 1-7 

 2-6 

 20 

 1-9 

 1-4 

 0-5 

 0-5 



0-6 

 0-6 

 0-5 

 0-4 

 0-2 

 0-3 



fO-8 

 0-9 



|l-3 

 2-5 

 4-3 

 5-2 

 6-9 

 7-2 

 7-6 

 5-1 

 5-4 



f5-l 



J3-0 

 2-7 

 0-8 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 0-1 



5-3 



3-3 

 2-7 



24 



Wind. 



Maximum 

 force in 

 1\ 10 m . 



From 



11>S. 



0-1 

 0-1 



0-2 



0-1 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 01 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-4 

 0-4 

 0-3 

 0-1 

 01 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 0-1 



0-4 



0-6 

 0-2 

 01 



lt>s. 

 0-1 

 00 

 0-1 



00 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 00 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 01 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 01 



0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 01 

 01 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-4 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 01 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 



0-1 

 01 

 00 



pt. 

 19 



24 

 25 

 22 

 18 

 20 

 21 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 21 

 20 

 24 

 22 

 25 

 19 

 18 

 24 

 24 

 22 

 18 

 20 

 20 



20 



18 

 18 

 20 

 23 

 23 

 16 

 12 

 11 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 8 

 4 

 6 

 6 

 18 

 22 

 22 

 18 

 23 

 20 



24 



20 



Clouds, 



Sc. : C.-s.:Ci., 



moving 



fi'om 



pt. pt. pt. 



23 



22 



: 10: 21 



— : 



— : 



10- 



— : 



lO- 



— : 



ll 



— : 



20: 



— : 



4: 



24: 



4 



24: 



St. 



:28: 



— 



28: 







30: 



Sky 

 clouded 



0—10. 



100 

 100 

 10-0 



100 

 100 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 100 

 100 



9-9 



9-9 



9-9 



9-8 



9-5 



9-2 



8-2 



7-8 



9-5 



9-8 



9-8 



9-7 



9-9 



9-5 



6-5 



5-0 



9-0 



9-8 



9-9 



9-8 



8-8 



30 



60 



2-5 



2-5 



30 



4-5 



4-0? 



3-5 



2-5 



3-5 



8-0 



5-0 



6-5 



5-0 



7-5 



3-0 



1-0 



0-8 



3-0 



2-0 



100 

 100 

 10-0 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Nearly as before ; rain ' 5 

 Scud ; id. 



Id. ; dart ; rain 1 ' 



Scud ; dark. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. ; cirro-strati and cirrous mass. 



Id. ; id. 



Stratous scud to E. ; cirro-stratous scud ; cirrous mass, 

 Nearly as at 19 h . 

 Scud ; cirro-strati. 



Id. ; id. 



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



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

 Nearly as last hour. 



Scud, cumuli, cum.-str ; woolly cirro-cumuli, cirri. Q 

 Nearly as before ; nimbi. 



Id. ; id. [cir.-cum.-sti, 



Masses of scud, cumuli, cumulo-strati ; nimbi, cirri, 

 Nearly as last hour ; rain 3 

 Masses of scud, cir.-str. scud ; cirri and cirro-strati. 



Id., id. ; id. 



Large cirro-cumuli ; scud and cirro-strati. 



Id. ; id. 



Cirro-cumulo-strati, cirro-strati. 

 Id., id. 



Cirro-cumulo-strati, cir.-str. 

 Id., id. 



Id. ? id. 



Id., id., cirri. 



Id., id., id., mist on the ground 



Cir.-cum.-str. ; mottled and linear cirri ; id. 



Cirri ; cirro-strati on horizon. 



Curled, reticulated, and woolly cirri ; cirro-strati. 

 Id., id., id.; range of cum. to N. 



Curled and woolly cir. ; range of cum. round hor. 

 Id. ; id. 



Loose cumuli ; cumuli, cirro-cumuli, and cir.-str. | 

 Id. ; id., id., id. ( 



Id.; id., id., id. ( 



Scud and loose cumuli ; piles of cumuli, id. 



Id. ; id., id. C 



Scud ; cumulo-strati, cirro-cumulo-strati ; hazy. { 

 Nearly as at 5 h ; scud dissipating. 



Id. 

 Cirro -cumulo-strati. 



Id. J 



Id. ; mist on the ground. 



Id., id. 



Id., haze. 



(Sunday — Cloudy, cir.-cum.-str., scud, occasional sun- 

 ( shine. 



Scud, cirro-cumulo-strati. 

 Id., id. 



Id., id. 



The direction of the wind is indicated by the number of the point of the compass, reckoning N. = 0, E. =: 8, S. = 16, W. = 24. The 

 motions of the three strata of clouds, Sc. (?cud), C.-s. (cirro-stratus), and Cir. (cirrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 

 Aug. 23 d 19 h . Observation made at 19 h 45 m . 

 Aug. 24 d 5 h . Clouds electric-looking; a peal of distant thunder heard ; black to W. 



