262 



Hourly Meteorological Observations, August 28 — 30, 1844. 







Thermometers. 



Wind. 







■™^™" 



Gott. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 







Cloud 



Sc. : C.-s 



movii 



fron 



s, 



: Ci., Sky 

 lg clouded, 

 i 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maximum 

 force in 

 1\ 10". 



From 



d. h. 



in. 



° 



o 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



Pt. pt. 



pt. o— in. 





28 



29-913 



58-4 



51-3 



7-1 



0-1 



0-1 



28 v. 





0-2 



Cirrous haze ; scud on E. horizon. Q 



1 



909 



60-3 



51-6 



8-7 



01 



00 



var. 





0-2 



Id. ; id. O 



2 



904 



62-2 



53-2 



90 



01 



01 



var. 





0-5 



Linear cirri : cirrous haze ; cirro-stratous scud to SE. 



3 



902 



63-3 



53-1 



10-2 



0-1 



0-0 



2v. 



— : — 



: 0-8 



Cirri ; id. ; id. O 



4 



899 



65-8 



571 



8-7 



0-1 



01 



14 



— : — 



: 2 • 0-5 



As before. Q 



5 



890 



65-3 



55-7 



f9-6 



0-1 



0-0 



14 





0-5 



Id. G 



6 



886 



64-9 



55-5 



9-4 



0-1 



01 



15 



— : — 



: 0-8 



Woolly cirri ; cirro-cuniulo- strati. 



7 



900 



59-2 



55-1 



4-1 



0-3 



0-3 



2 



— : — 



: 20 



Id. ; id. 



8 



905 



55-2 



52-4 



|2-8 



0-2 



0-1 



4 





10 



Id. 



9 



911 



530 



51-2 



1-8 



0-1 



0-0 



4 





0-5 



Id. 



10 



922 



49-0 



48-2 



0-8 



0-1 



00 



17 





0-2 



Haze on horizon. J 



11 



922 



46-4 



45-3? 



11 



01 



00 







0-0 



Clear ; dewv. J! 



12 



930 



44-6 



44-3 



0-3 



01 



00 







00 



Id. J 



13 



29-928 



45-4 



44-8 



0-6 



00 



00 







00 



Clear ; a little mist. J 



14 



921 



42-9 



42-7 



0-2 



0-0 



0-0 







00 



Misty. J 



15 



919 



42-2 



42-2 



00 



0-0 



00 







0-0 



Very misty. J 



16 



912 



41-4 



41-4 



00 



0-0 



00 







00 



Id. 



17 



915 



40-2 



40-1 



0-1 



00 



0-0 







0-5 



Id. ; thick haze on E. horizon. 



18 



923 



38-8 



38-8 



00 



0-0 



00 







0-2 



Id- JO 



19 



930 



42-5 



42-0 



fO-5 



00 



00 







1-0 



Mist, objects invisible at 1 mile. Q 



20 



933 



450 



44-8 



0-2 



0-0 



00 



20 



24: — 



:— 20 



Mist clearing off; cirrous scud. 



21 



929 



50-2 



49-2 



4-i-o 



01 



00 



25 





0-0 



Hazy to E. 



22 



923 



54-8 



52-5 



2-3 



0-1 



00 



26 





0-0 



Id. 



23 



916 



60-7 



560 



4-7 



00 



0-0 



6 





00 



Id. 



29 



908 



660 



58-2 



7-8 



0-2 



0-2 



10 





00 



Id. 



1 



895 



68-7 



60-0 



8-7 



0-3 



0-2 



14 





0-0 



Id. 



2 



890 



700 



60-4 



9-6 



0-3 



0-2 



15 



15 : — 



:— 0-1 



Patches of scud ; haze to E. 



3 



881 



70-9 



60-0 



10-9 



0-4 



0-4 



14 





0-0 



Hazy on horizon. 



4 



879 



710 



60-3 



10-7 



0-4 



0-3 



15 



16: — 



:— 01 



Patches of scud ; hazy. 



5 



872 



70-2 



60-6 



9-6 



0-4 



0-3 



14 



16: — 



:— 0-1 



Id. ; id. 



6 



857 



67-9 



58-8 



fiM 



0-7 



0-3 



14 





00 



Hazy on horizon. 



7 



861 



64-0 



57-4 



6-6 



0-3 



0-3 



15 





0-5 



Cirri amongst haze to E. 



8 



881 



57-4 



54-5 



J2-9 



0-3 



0-0 



27 





0-2 



Id. ) 



9 



883 



56-2 



54-3 



1-9 



01 



00 



20 





0-2 



Cirri ; cirro-cumulo-strati to NW. } 



10 



887 



54-2 



520 



2-2 



0-2 



0-1 



18 





00 



Hazy on horizon. } 



11 



893 



51-3 



50-9 



0-4 



01 



00 



15 





0-0 



Id. ) 



12 



892 



490 



48-4 



0-6 



01 



00 



20 





0-1 



Woolly cirri to NW. 1 



13 



29-892 



46-8 



46-0 



0-8 



00 



00 



22 



— :30 



— 0-8 



Woolly cir.-cum. and cir. to W. ; mist on ground. J 



14 



891 



45-0 



44-2 



0-8 



0-1 



00 



20 



— 



30 



30 1-5 



Sheets of cirri and cirro-cumuli. 



15 



886 



46-2 



45-2 



1-0 



0-1 



01 



20 



— 



30 



— 5-5 



Sheet of fine cirro-cumuli. 



16 



879 



44-9 



44-2 



0-7 



0-0 



00 



20 



— 



30 



— 6-8 



Id. 



17 



885 



43-7 



43-0 



0-7 



00 



0-0 



20 



— 



29 



— 8-2 



Id. ; mist or stratus. 



18 



894 



43-0 



42- 1 



fO-9 



0-0 



0-0 



20 







30 



— 8-5 



Cirro-cumuli ; fine cirri ; mist, haze. 



19 



907 



45-2 



44-8 



0-4 



00 



0-0 



22 



— 



1 



— 7-5 



Id. ; id. ; id. 



20 



913 



48-0 



47-0 



1-0 



01 



0-1 



21 





40 



Id. ; mist, haze. 



21 



914 



53-7 



520 



-J-l-7 



0-1 



00 



18 



— 



29 



— 7-5 



Id.; , id. 



22 



915 



61-0 



56-6 



4-4 



01 



00 



17 



— 



29 



— 7-0 



Id.; ' id. 



23 



913 



64-1 



58-6 



5-5 



00 



0-1 



31 



— 



28 



— 80 



Id. ; haze on horizon. 



30 



907 



67-5 



60-4 



7-1 



0-0 



00 



20 



— 



28 



— 6-5 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; hazy to E. 



1 



905 



69-0 



61-9 



7-1 



01 



0-0 



20 



— 



27 



— 4-5 



Id.; id. 



2 



902 



71-3 



61-9 



9-4 



0-3 



0-2 



18 





4-5 



Mottled cirri ; cirro-cumuli ; cirro-cumulo-strati. (D 



3 



900 



71-6 



61-3 



10-3 



0-3 



0-2 



21 



19 







— 4-5 



Patches of scud ; mottled cirri ; cirro-cumulo-strati. G 



4 



900 



71-4 



61-4 



10-0 



0-3 



0-3 



20 



— 



26 



26 6-0 



Woolly and mottled cirro-cumuli; cymoid cirri ; haze.G) 



5 



902 



71-3 



61-6 



f9-7 



0-3 



0-3 



22 







26 



— 2-8 



Id. ; cumulo-strati. 



6 



900 



67-9 



60-1 



7-8 



0-3 



0-2 



21 



— 



26 



— 6-2 



Id. ; id. (D 



7 



911 



65-3 



60-0 



J5-3 



0-1 



0-0 21 



— 



26: 



— 3-5 



Id.; id. J 



The 



direction of the wind is indicated by the number of the poi 



nt of the com]. 



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



motion 



s of the three strata of clouds, Sc. (scud), C.-s. (cirro-stratus 



), and Cir. (cir 



rus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



