268 



Hourly Meteorological Observations, September 12 — 16, 1844. 







Thermometers. 



Wind. 













Gbtt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 













Clouds 



;, 







meter 

 at 32°. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maximum 

 force in 



Prom 



Sc. : C.-s. 



movin 



from 



CL, Sky 

 g clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks 















IX 



10 m . 













d. h. 



in. 



o 



■ 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 0—10. 







12 21 



29-882 



51-4 



49-2 



2-2 



01 



0-1 



24 



— 



24 



— 9-5 



Nearly as before. 





22 



892 



551 



51-7 



3-4 



01 



0-1 



20 



— 



24 



— 9-5 



Id. ; patches of scud on horizon. 





23 



879 



561 



51-2 



4-9 



01 



01 



24 



24 



— 



— 9-2 



Scud, cum., woolly cir. -cum., cymoid cir., cir.-str. 



fir. 



13 



883 



567 



510 



5-7 



01 



01 



23 



24 



— 



— 8-8 



Nearly as before. 





1 



879 



591 



530 



61 



01 



01 



4 



23 



— 



— 90 



Thick smoky scud ; cumuli, cirro-strati, cirri. 





2 



874 



608 



54-1 



6-7 



01 



0-0 



12 



23 



24 



24 9-8 



Scud, cumuli, cumulo-strati, cirro-strati, cirrous haze. 



3 



861 



62-0 



53-8 



8-2 



0-2 



0-1 



20 



15 



24 



— 95 



Nearly as last ; solar halo. 





4 



859 



60-4 



53-0 



7-4 



0-2 



00 



2 





100 



Haze much thicker. 





5 



848 



56-8 



521 



4-7 



0-2 



0-2 



4 



— 



— 



23 9-8 



Woolly cirri, cirrous haze ; scud, cumuli, &c. 





6 



843 



54-4 



51-2 



3-2 



0-3 



0-3 



4 



— 



23 



— 100 



Scud near horizon ; dense cirro-strati and haze. 





7 



839 



52-4 



49-7 



2-7 



0-3 



0-2 



4 



— 



23 



— 100 



As last hour. 





8 



842 



51-5 



49-3 



2-2 



0-2 



00 







100 



Scud ; dense cirrous haze. 





9 



845 



51-3 



49-8 



1-5 



01 



00 







100 



Dark ; rain 1 





10 



840 



50-6 



49-9 



07 



00 



00 







100 



Id. ; rain 2 





11 



843 



501 



49-9 



0-2 



0-1 



01 







100 



Id. ; rain 3 





12 



834 



510 



507 



0-3 



0-1 



01 







100 



Id. ; rain 1 ' 5 





13 



29-828 



510 



50-4 



0-6 



1 0-3 



0-3 



4 





100 



Dark ; rain 2 





14 



819 



50-5 



49-4 



11 



i 0-5 



0-3 



6 





100 



Id. ; rain 1 ' 5 





15 



811 



500 



49-2 



0-8 



] 0-6 



0-5 



5 





100 



Id. ; id. 





16 



796 



49-5 



490 



0-5 



io-5 



0-3 



4 





100 



Id. : rain 1 '" 





17 



777 



49-5 



49-0 



0-5 



0-7 



0-6 



6 





100 



Id. ; id. 





18 



778 



49-5 



48-6 



0-9 



0-9 



0-8 



6 



6 



— 



— 100 



Scud moving rapidly ; rain 2 





19 



780 



49-7 



48-8 



0-9 



11 



0-5 



6 



7 



— 



— 10-0 



Scud; dense mass of cirro-strati ; rain 1 '"' 





20 



780 



500 



49-1 



0-9 



1-4 



0-7 



6 



7 



— 



— 100 



Id. : rain 2 





21 



769 



50-9 



50-0 



0-9 



J -5 



1-7 



5 



7 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; rain 1 ' 5 





22 



769 



50-3 



49-6 



0-7 



1-7 



1-2 



6 



7 



— 



— 100 



Id. ; rain 2 





23 



758 



50-4 



500 



0-4 



1-4 



0-7 



8 



7 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; rain 3 





14 



736 



51-7 



51-3 



0-4 



0-6 



0-5 



5 



7 



— 



— 100 



Id. ; rain ' 5 





1 



727 



53-3 



52-8 



0-5 



0-6 



0-4 



4 



7 



— 



— 100 



Id. ; rain 1 





2 



708 



550 



54-3 



0-7 



0-4 



0-4 



4 



7 



— 



— 100 



Id. ; id. 





3 



700 



54-9 



54-0 



0-9 



0-5 



0-4 



5 



8 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; rain 2 





4 



691 



54-7 



540 



0-7 



0-5 



01 



4 



1 8 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; id. 





5 



676 



55-0 



54-3 



0-7 



0-4 



0-3 



4 



8 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; id. 





6 



665 



54-9 



54-3 



0-6 



0-4 



0-3 



4 



8 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; rain 1 





7 



662 



54-9 



54-3 



0-6 



0-3 



0-2 



4 





100 



Id. ; rain 2 





8 



669 



54-7 



54-2 



0-5 



0-2 



0-2 



4 





100 



Id. ; rain' 





9 



667 



54-8 



54-3 



0-5 



0-2 



0-2 



4 





10-0 



Dark ; rain ' 5 





10 



667 



54-9 



54-5 



0-4 



0-2 



0-2 



4 





100 



Id. ; id. 





11 



657 



550 



54-7 



0-3 



01 



00 



4 





100 



Id. ; id. 





12 



643 



54-9 



54-7 



0-2 



01 



00 



4 





100 



Id. ; fair. 





23 



29-430 



58-3 



57-7 



0-6 



0-2 



0-1 



5 



8 : — 



— 100 



Sunday — Continuous rain till 2 h . 





15 4 



29-357 



61-6 



59-6 



20 



0-2 



01 



24 



26: — 



— 9-8 



Scud ; cirri above. 





13 



29-377 



57-9 



56-5 



1-4 



0-7 



0-3 



21 





9-5 



Scud. 





14 



379 



57-2 



55-2 



2-0 



0-6 



0-3 



20 





10 



Scud near horizon. 





15 



373 



56-4 



54-6 



1-8 



0-5 



0-3 



21 





10 



Thin clouds. 





16 



375 



55-6 



53-7 



1-9 



0-6 



0-4 



24 





0-7 



Id. 





17 



379 



54-7 



52-7 



2-0 



0-7 



0-4 



22 





2-5 



Scud ; cirro-strati. 





18 



379 



55-5 



52-8 



2-7 



1-5 



0-9 



21 



25 



— 



— 30 



Id. ; id. 





19 



401 



54-3 



521 



2-2 



1-0 



0-4 



20 



23 



— 



:— 4-5 



Id. ; id. 







20 



407 



56-8 



54.9 



1-9 



1-4 



0-8 



20 



24 



. — 



— 80 



Id. ; id. 



e 



21 



408 



58-4 



550 



3-4 



1-6 



11 



20 



24 



— 



— 80 



Id. ; id. 







22 



429 



59-9 



56-1 



3-8 



1-8 



0-8 



21 



24 



26 



— 90 



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





23 



424 



60-9 



56-8 



4-1 



1-4 



1-0 



21 



24 



— 



— 8-5 



<j Id. ; id. ; id. 



© 



16 



433 



64-2 



58-8 



5-4 



1-4 



1-2 



21 



24 



— 



— 60 



Id. ; loose cumuli ; cirro-strati. 







1 



438 



163-5 



57-6 



5-9 



1-5 



1-5 



22 



24 



— 



— 7-0 



Id. ; id. 







be 



The 



direction of the w 



'ind is i 



ndicated by the ni 



imber of the poi 



nt of the com 



pass, reckoning N. = 0, E. = 8, S. = 16, \V. = 24. 1 



motioi 



is of the three stra 



ta of cl 



suds, Sc. (scud), C. 



-s. (cirro-stratus 



), and Cir. (cii 



*rus), are indicated in a similar manner. 





Sep 



t. 14 d 23 h . Obser 



vation 



made at 23 h 30 m . 











Sep 



t. 15 d 4 b . Observ 



ation m 



ade at 4 h 40 m . 













