278 



Hourly Meteorological Observations, October 9 — 12, 1844. 



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Gbtt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



d. h. 

 9 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



10 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 



13 

 14 

 15 



16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



11 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 



13 

 14 

 15 



16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



12 

 1 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



28-717 

 733 

 775 

 794 

 816 

 838 

 841 

 857 

 876 

 882 

 899 

 917 

 940 

 959 

 28-994 

 29015 

 037 

 050 

 067 



29-089 

 105 

 125 

 135 

 148 

 156 

 181 

 198 

 209 

 238 

 251 

 259 

 268 

 281 

 292 

 305 

 321 

 332 

 350 

 366 

 372 

 371 

 372 

 375 



29-385 

 389 

 389 

 384 

 386 

 383 

 384 

 392 

 394 

 389 

 373 

 364 

 335 



Thermometers. 



Dry. 



50-9 

 51-2 

 50-1 

 51-6 

 54-7 

 55-7 

 580 

 58-9 

 58-4 

 61-0 

 57-7 

 57-0 

 51-2 

 50-3 

 47-0 

 44-8 

 45-7 

 46-7 

 46-5 



45-8 

 46-0 

 47-1 

 46-9 

 47-2 

 460 

 46-0 

 48-8 

 52-6 

 53-5 

 54-0 

 54-0 

 56-3 

 56-0 

 56-0 

 54-9 

 53-5 

 51-7 

 49-9 

 47-5 

 50-0 

 46-6 

 44-6 

 43-8 



42-8 

 43-4 

 43-7 

 42-7 

 42-4 

 41-0 

 39-1 

 40-8 

 44-5 

 49-7 

 54-8 

 55-9 

 57-8 



Wet. 



47-7 

 47-6 

 47-3 

 48-2 

 50-2 

 51-7 

 53-2 

 53-6 

 53-7 

 55-4 

 54-1 

 54-0 

 50-0 

 48-9 

 46-2 

 44-5 

 45-0 

 46-0 

 46-0 



45-5 

 45-9 

 46-9 

 46-3 

 46-6 

 45-5 

 45-4 

 47-7 

 50-9 

 520 

 50-5 

 51-2 

 51-7 

 52-3 

 52-3 

 51-3 

 50-7 

 49-3 

 48-1 

 46-3 

 48-4 

 45-8 

 440 

 43-1 



42-5 

 43-0 

 43-1 

 42-1 

 42-1 

 40-6 

 39-0 

 40-7 

 44-0 

 48-7 

 52-7 

 52-8 

 54-2 



Diff. 



3-2 

 3-6 

 2-8 

 3-4 

 4-5 

 4-0 

 4-8 

 5-3 

 4-7 

 5-6 

 3-6 

 30 

 1-2 

 1-4 

 0-8 

 0-3 

 0-7 

 0-7 

 0-5 



0-3 



01 

 0-2 

 0-6 

 0-6 

 0-5 

 0-6 

 11 

 1-7 

 1-5 

 3-5 

 2-8 

 4-6 

 3-7 

 3-7 

 3-6 

 2-8 

 2-4 

 1-8 

 1-2 

 1-6 

 0-8 

 0-6 

 0-7 



0-3 



0-4 

 0-6 

 0-6 

 0-3 

 0-4 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-5 

 1-0 

 21 

 3-1 

 3-6 



Wind. 



Maximum 





force in 



From 



P. 



10 m . 





lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



3-0 



0-1 



14 



1-8 



2-9 



16 



20 



1-4 



16 



1-6 



1-2 



16 



2-2 



1-7 



16 



2-5 



20 



16 



2-4 



30 



16 



2-9 



1-4 



17 



1-9 



0-4 



16 



1-0 



0-6 



16 



1-3 



0-9 



17 



0-8 



0-3 



18 



01 



00 



18 



0-2 



0-4 



18 



0-2 



00 



17 



01 



00 





0-3 



01 



18 



0-2 



0-0 





0-1 



0-0 





0-2 



00 



12 



01 



00 





0-2 



0-3 



18 



0-4 



0-2 



18 



0-6 



0-4 



18 



0-4 



0-3 



18 



0-3 



0-2 



18 



0-9 



0-6 



17 



10 



1-2 



18 



0-9 



0-5 



17 



0-9 



0-8 



20 



1-5 



0-7 



20 



1-3 



11 



18 



1-7 



1-2 



20 



1-6 



0-5 



20 



0-6 



0-2 



19 



0-6 



0-3 



19 



0-4 



0-3 



19 



0-3 



0-2 



19 



0-2 



00 





0-2 



0-3 



20 



0-2 



0-1 



19 



0-2 



00 





0-1 



0-0 





0-0 



0-0 





0-1 



00 





0-1 



00 



22 



0-0 



0-0 





00 



00 





0-0 



00 



16 



0-0 



0-0 



20 



01 



0-0 



18 



00 



00 



28 



0-0 



00 



6 



01 



0-3 



17 



0-5 



0-4 



17 



0-4 



0-3 



17 



Clouds, 



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



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded. 



pt. pt. pt. 



0-1(1. 



70 



18: 



16- 



— 



9-7 



18 



16 



— 



9-5 



17 



— 



16 



9-5 



— 



— 



15 



9-5 



— 



— 



15 



9-5 



17 



15 



— 



8-2 



17 



15 



15 



8-5 



16 



— 



— 



9-8 



16 



— 



— 



60 



17 



— 



— 



4-0 



16 



— 



— 



7-5 



18 



— 



— 



3-5 





4-5 





0-5 





0-2 





0-5 





4-0 





20 





0-5 





80 





1-5 





0-8 





00 





30 



— 



18 







5-0 



— 



20 



— 



7-0 



19 



. — 



— 



80 



21 



19 







8-0 



20 



20 



— 



6-0 



19 



: — 



— 



30 



19 



— 



— 



9-5 



20 



. — 







7-0 



20 



— 







60 



21 



: — 



— 



9-5 



21 



: — 



— 



9-5 



22 



:21 







8-2 





7-8 





50 





6-8 





0-5 





0-2 





0-0 





01 





40 





2-0 





2-5 





10 





1-5 



— 



.26 



— 



2-0 



20 



— 



— 



8-0 



19 



: 19 



:26 



9-5 



— 



21 



26 



9-5 



17 



: 19 



: — 



9-9 



19 



: — 



— 



9-9 



19 



: — 



— 



9-5 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 





Scud ; cirro-cumulous scud ; cirro-strati. 



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

 As before. 



Scud to S. ; waves of woolly cirri ; cir.-cum. ; cir.-ste 

 Id. ; woolly cirri ; cirro-cumuli ; cir.-str. g 



Woolly cirri and cirro-strati ; patches of scud. 

 Scud, &c. as at 21 h - 



Masses of loose cumuli ; cirri ; cirro-strati. 

 Scud ; loose cumuli ; cirri ; cirro-strati. 

 As before. 

 Scud ; loose cum. ; double rainbow & rain ' 5 at 3 h 58 m .G | 



Id.; cumuli; nimbi; patches of cirri ; rainbow. fl 



Id. ; id. ; cirri ; cirro-strati. 



Id. ; masses of cumuli. 

 Clouds round horizon. 

 Clouds and haze on horizon. 

 Scud. 



Cirrous scud ? shower 0-2 I; 



Id. 



Cirro-strati ? 



Id. 



Id. 

 Cirri ; cirro-strati. 



ij 

 I 

 i 

 1 



Cirri ; cirro-strati ; cumuli and haze on horizon. 

 Cirro-cumuli ; cirro-strati ; scud on hor. and Cheviot. 



Cirri ; cirro-cumuli ; scud ; cirro-strati ; cumuli. 

 Scud ; cirro-strati, cirri, and cirrous haze. 

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

 Id. ; cirro-strati. 



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

 cirro-strati ; cumuli. 



cumuli and cirri. 



6 



9 



e 







- 



id. 



cir. -str. ; rainbow ; shower ' 

 cirri ; cirro-strati. 



Thick scud 

 Scud; 

 As before. 



Id. 

 Scud ; cir.-cum. ; cirri 

 Cirrous and loose scud 

 Nearly as before. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Cirro-strati. 



Id. to NE. 

 Clear. 



Patch of cloud to SW. 

 Thin clouds. 



Id. to SE. 



Id. 



Id. 

 Cirri and cirro-strati ; mist and strati rising. \m 



Cirri ; cir.-str. ; cir.-cum. ; bank of grey cum. to S. ; clouds red™* 



Scud ; cirri, &c. as before. 



Cir.-str. scud ; woolly cirri; cirro-strati; stratus E.0 

 Cir.-cum. scud ; woolly cir. ; cir.-str.; scud on Cheviot.! 

 Scud ; woolly cirri ; cirro-strati. 



Id. ; id. 



Id. ; cirri ; cirro-strati ; cumuli to S. ; raiu ' 5 



The direction of the wind is indicated by the number of the point of the compass, reckoning N. = 0, E. = 8, S. = 16, W. = '-!■ * 

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



Oct. 9 d 23 b . The cirri and cirro-strati terminate to W. in a sharply-defined edge, apparently quite straight, lying NNW. to SSI;., a" 1 

 tude about 10°, meeting the horizon in S. and Nff, ; this has continued for more than an hour. 



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