Hourly Meteorological Observations, September 26 — 28, 1844. 



273 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



Thermometers. 



29-887 

 889 

 891 

 891 

 877 

 869 



29-864 

 856 

 853 

 848 

 848 

 827 

 837 

 837 

 828 

 844 

 836 

 834 

 822 

 820 

 810 

 797 

 797 

 795 

 791 

 788 

 779 

 772 

 760 

 753 



29-745 

 741 

 721 

 708 

 701 

 680 

 687 

 679 

 682 

 689 

 665 

 662 

 652 

 646 

 626 

 630 

 629 

 661 

 704 

 741 

 770 

 779 

 799 

 819 



29-967 



Dry. 



58-2 

 56-6 

 55-9 

 56-1 

 55-8 

 54-8 



53-9 

 53-0 

 53-2 

 53-1 

 511 

 54-3 

 55-0 

 56-5 

 57-4 

 61-5 

 61-3 

 63-7 

 63-5 

 63-2 

 63-2 

 62-2 

 610 

 58-7 

 57-9 

 57-8 

 57-6 

 57-1 

 55-5 

 56-2 



56-9 

 56-9 

 56-7 

 56-3 

 560 

 55-9 

 55-9 

 56-0 

 570 

 59-5 

 58-7 

 59-3 

 590 

 58-4 

 58-3 

 57-7 

 56-9 

 500 

 48-6 

 47-8 

 47-7 

 47-3 

 45-5 

 44-0 



48-6 



Wet. 



Diff. 



54-2 

 54-3 

 54-1 

 540 

 53-6 

 53-1 



52-6 

 52-0 

 52-0 

 51-8 

 50-3 

 52-5 

 520 

 53-4 

 54-0 

 57-2 

 57-2 

 590 

 59-4 

 59-4 

 59-0 

 58-8 

 57-8 

 57-4 

 56-4 

 56-3 

 561 

 55-8 

 54-6 

 550 



55-4 

 55-3 

 55-2 

 54-8 

 54-4 

 540 

 54-0 

 53-9 

 54-4 

 55-8 

 55-2 

 55-8 

 54-4 

 54-0 

 54-9 

 54- 1 

 54-3 

 49-2 

 47-9 

 46-9 

 46-2 

 460 

 44-2 

 425 



437 



4-0 

 2-3 

 1-8 

 2-1 

 2-2 

 1-7 



1-3 

 10 

 1-2 



1-3 

 0-8 

 1-8 

 3-0 

 31 

 3-4 

 4-3 

 4-1 

 4-7 

 41 

 3-8 

 4-2 

 3-4 

 3-2 

 1-3 

 1-5 

 1-5 

 1-5 

 1-3 

 0-9 

 1-2 



1-5 

 1-6 

 1-5 

 1-5 

 1-6 

 1-9 

 1-9 

 21 

 2-6 

 37 

 3-5 

 3-5 

 4-6 

 4-4 

 3-4 

 3-6 

 2-6 

 0-8 

 0-7 

 09 

 1-5 

 1-3 

 1-3 

 1-5 



4-9 



Wind. 



Maximum 

 force in 

 1\ 10". 



lbs. 



0-7 

 0-4 

 0-6 

 0-8 

 0-8 

 0-8 



0-5 



lbs. 



0-4 

 0-4 

 0-5 

 0-7 

 0-4 

 21 



10 

 0-9 

 0-7 

 0-4 

 0-2 

 0-8 

 11 

 11 

 0-9 

 1-3 

 1-5 

 11 

 0-5 

 0-9 

 0-9 

 1-0 

 0-7 

 0-7 

 0-4 

 0-3 

 0-4 

 0-4 

 0-4 

 0-3 



0-5 

 0-4 

 0-4 

 0-2 

 01 

 0-7 

 0-3 

 0-5 

 0-6 

 11 

 11 

 0-4 

 0-8 

 0-8 

 0-8 

 0-4 

 08 

 1-2 

 0-7 

 0-4 

 0-3 

 00 

 0-2 

 0-3 



0-2 



Prom 



pt. 

 20 

 20 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 18 



18 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 4v. 

 18 

 17 

 21 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 21 

 20 

 21 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 24 

 23 



19 

 19 

 20 

 20 

 23 

 18 

 18 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 



4 



2 



2 



3 

 31 

 31 

 31 



22 



Clouds, 



Sc.:C.-s.:Ci. 



moving 



from 



pt. pt. pt. 

 24 : — : — - 



24 



23 



27 



Sky 

 clouded 



21 



21 : 



22 



— : 



22 



— : 



22 



— : 



21 



23: 



22 



23: 



24 



24: 



24 



— : 



24 



: 



— :30: 



o—io. 



100 



100 



100 



9-8 



8-8 



2-5 



2-0 

 10 

 1-5 

 10 

 9-0 

 4-0 

 2-5 

 8-0 

 7-0 

 7-5 

 4-5 

 5-5 

 3-5 

 9-5 

 8-5 

 8-5 

 9-9 

 100 

 9-5 

 9-5 

 7-5 

 8-5 

 2-0 

 7-5 



90 



9-9 



100 



100 



10-0 



9-9 



9-5 



9-9 



100 



100 



100 



9-9 



100 



100 



100 



100 



100 



100 



100 



100 



10-0 



90 



10 



0-5 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Scud ; cirro-strati. 



Id. ; id. 



Id. ; id. 



Thick scud. 

 Cirro-stratous scud. 

 Scud ; cirro-strati. 



Woolly cirro-strati dissolving at the meridian. 



Id. id. * 



Id. dissolving 10° E. of meridian. 



Id. dissolving. 



Cirro-strati flowing like a semifluid. 

 Cirro-stratous scud ; cirrous haze to NW. 

 Scud ; woolly cirri to NE. ; cirro-strati. 



Id. ; id. 



Loose scud ; cirro-strati ; cirri. 



Id. ; id. 



Id. ; id. ; loose cumuli. 



Loose scud moving rapidly ; cirri, cirro-strati. 

 Loose scud ; scud on Cheviot ; id. 



Thick scud ; cirri ; cirro-strati. 

 Scud ; loose cumuli ; id. 



Loose scud ; loose cumuli ; cum., cum.-str., cir.-str. 

 Thick scud ; haze to N. 

 Misty scud ; scud ; cirri ; fine rain 0-7 

 Scud ; cirro-stratous scud ; woolly cirro-cumuli. 

 Nearly as before. 

 Cirro-cumulo-strati. 

 Misty scud ; cirro-cumulo-strati. 

 Loose scud ; cirro-strati on horizon. 

 Scud. 



Cirro-cumulous scud. 

 Id. 

 Id., 

 Id. 



more homogeneous. 



Thick scud and cirro-stratous scud. 



Scud ; cirro-stratous scud. 



Watery and cirro-stratous scud ; cirro-strati ; cirri. 



Nearly as before. 



Id. 

 Loose scud ; watery scud ; cirro-strati. 



Id. ; id. ; id. 



Loose and cir.-str. scud ; cir.-str. ; cir. haze ; sky green. 

 Loose scud ; homogeneous mass. 



Id. ; homogeneous cirrous mass ; drops of rain. 

 Patches of scud ; homogeneous cirrous mass ; rain ' 5 at 

 Id. ; id. [2 h 30 m . 



As before ; rain 1 

 Scud ; rain 2 ; stormy looking. 

 Id. ; rain 1 

 Id. ; id. 

 Id. 

 Cirro-stratous scud ; cumuli to NE. 



Id. d 



Cumuli ; cirro-strati on E. horizon. J) 



Sunday — Forenoon, clear; afternoon, overcast, scud 

 and cumuli. 



The 



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

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



|ee additional meteorological notes after the Hourly Meteorological Observations.^ 

 S«j;. 28 d 6>>. Two currents of thick watery scud ; the lower from NNE., newly sprung up ; the upper from NW by W. There seems 

 J*]ittle difference in the heights of the currents, or of the kinds of scud : they probably become the same current in a short time. 



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