280 





Hourly Meteorological Observations 



, October 15 — 17, 1844. 







Thermometers. 



Wind 









f 



Gott. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 









Clouds, 



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



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded. 



— — 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 fore 



1\ 



mum 

 e in 



10 m . 



From 



d. h. 



in. 



• 



■ 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. pt. 



0—10. 



^m 



15 8 



28-617 



49-8 



46-4 



3-4 



0-5 



0-5 



21 





9-8 



Scud ; cirri above. 



9 



622 



49-6 



46-3 



3-3 



0-6 



0-3 



22 





9-9 



Id. 

 Id. 



10 



622 



490 



46-3 



2-7 



0-7 



0-3 



22 





9-5 



11 



630 



48-0 



450 



30 



0-5 



0-2 



21 





90 



Id. ; clouds broken. 



12 



639 



46-9 



45-2 



1-7 



0-2 



01 



22 





60 



Id. ; drops of rain. 



13 



28-648 



47-0 



45-7 



1-3 



0-3 



0-1 







100 



Scud ; rain 2-0 



14 



662 



46- 1 



45-2 



0-9 



0-2 



01 







10-0 



Id. ; dark ; rain 1-0 



15 



670 



46-3 



45-8 



0-5 



0-2 



01 







100 



Id. ; rain " 5 



16 



673 



45-8 



450 



0-8 



0-2 



01 







90 



Id. ; clouds broken. 



17 



679 



450 



43-8 



1-2 



01 



0-2 



28 





7-5 



Id. ; id. 



18 



689 



47-2 



450 



2-2 



0-3 



0-4 



29 





80 



Id. ; id. 



19 



704 



47-0 



44-8 



2-2 



0-4 



0-2 



25 



25 



— 



— 



7-0 



Scud and cirro-strati ; cirri. 



20 



725 



45-2 



43-9 



1-3 



0-4 



0-0 



22 



— 



26 



— 



8-0 



Cirro-stratous scud ; cirro-cumuli ; cirri. 



21 



743 



48-3 



46-1 



2-2 



0-2 



01 



22 







30 







90 



The same. 



22 



754 



49-0 



46-8 



2-2 



01 



0-2 



22 



— 



30 







6-5 



Cirro-cumulous scud ; loose cirro-cumuli ; scud to S. 



23 



765 



50-9 



47-1 



3-8 



0-4 



0-4 



28 





30 



Id. ; loose cum. on N. and S. hor. C \ 



16 



774 



54-1 



48-8 



5-3 



0-9 



0-4 



28 



29 



— 



— 



80 



Scud and loose cumuli ; cirro-strati ; cirri. 



1 



769 



53-7 



47-5 



6-2 



0-8 



0-7 



27 



28 



28 



— 



30 



Id. ; id. ; 



2 



771 



56-0 



501 



5-9 



0-7 



0-5 



22 



28 



— 



— 



8-5 



Id. 



3 



768 



54-8 



48-9 



5-9 



10 



0-4 



22 



28 



— 



— 



9-5 



Id. ; cir.-cum. scud ; cir.-str. Q 



4 



783 



510 



48-4 



2-6 



10 



0-5 



28 



29 



27 



— 



9-8 



Scud ; dense cirro-stratous scud to S. ; cirro-strati. 



5 



785 



50-3 



46-8 



3-5 



0-9 



0-6 



28 



30 



30 



— 



9-5 



Id. ; cir.-str. scud ; the scud touching the top of Che- ■ 



6 



808 



50-2 



46-2 



4-0 



1-3 



0-7 



28 



30 



_ 



— 



100 



Scud ; cirro-strati. [viol 



7 



824 



49-9 



46-2 



3-7 



0-6 



0-2 



28 





9-9 



Id. ; sky to NW. 



8 



842 



49-6 



460 



3-6 



0-6 



0«4 



26 





90 



Id. ; id. 



9 



855 



48-4 



45-0 



3-4 



0-5 



0-7 



28 





60 



Id. ; stars bright. 



10 



867 



46-9 



430 



3-9 



0-4 



0-4 



28 





10 



Clouds on E. horizon. 



11 



878 



48-0 



44-6 



3-4 



0-7 



0-6 



27 





80 



Scud ; cirro-strati ? sky to W. 



12 



877 



48-4 



44-7 



3-7 



1-3 



0-6 



28 





90 



As before. 



13 



28-885 



47-8 



44-3 



3-5 



1-5 



0-6 



28 





40 



As before. 



14 



878 



48-0 



44-3 



3-7 



1-2 



0-9 



28 





50 



Id. 



15 



879 



47-6 



44-3 



3-3 



11 



1-4 



28 





4-5 



Cirrous scud ? shower ' 5 



16 



884 



48-1 



44-7 



3-4 



1-7 



1-5 



29 





9-8 



Id. 



17 



891 



48-3 



44-5 



3-8 



1-7 



1-7 



28 





90 



Id. 



18 



890 



48-8 



44-6 



4-2 



1-9 



1-7 



28 





9-0 



Scud ; cirrous scud ; shower " 2 ; stars dim. 



19 



913 



47-0 



44-3 



2-7 



2-2 



1-7 



28 



29 



— 



— 



100 



Id. ; rain 0-5 



20 



936 



47-5 



44-7 



2-8 



2-2 



1-7 



28 



30 



— 



— 



100 



Rain " 5 



21 



960 



48-0 



450 



30 



1-7 



1-2 



29 



31 



— 







100 



Thick scud. 



22 



28-995 



47-7 



45-4 



2-3 



1-5 



1-3 



29 



31 



— 







100 



Id. ; rain 1 " 5 



23 



29-017 



47-7 



45-5 



2-2 



1-8 



1-3 



29 



31 



— 



— 



9-9 



Id. ; rain»- 2 



17 



037 



49-5 



46-2 



3-3 



1-7 



1-2 



30 







— 



; 



100 



Scud ; cirro-strati. 



1 



048 



500 



46-7 



3-3 



1-5 



1-6 



31 















9-9 



Id. ; id. ; passing showers " 2 



2 



068 



50-9 



46-7 



4-2 



1-6 



0-7 



29 



31 







— 



9-5 



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



3 



078 



51-8 



46-7 



5-1 



1-7 



1-6 



30 



31 











9-5 



As before. 



4 



095 



50-9 



45-9 



50 



1-7 



1-4 



30 



— 







— 



8-5 



Cir.-cum. scud. ; cirro-strati ; part of a rainbow, 9 



5 



114 



48-7 



45-0 



3-7 



1-2 



0-4 



29 



— 







. — 



4-0 



Cirro-cumuli ; cirro-strati ; haze ; id. 



6 



136 



47-4 



44-1 



3-3 



1-3 



0-6 



29 



— 







— 



6-0 



Cirro-stratous scud ; woolly cirro-strati. 

 Scud ; cirro-strati ; lunar corona. 



7 



154 



46-6 



44-1 



2-5 



0-9 



0-7 



28 





40 



8 



167 



47-2 



440 



3-2 



0-7 



0-5 



27 





9-9 



Id. ; a few stars visible. 

 Scud? 

 Id. 

 Id. 



9 



189 



48-1 



44-5 



3-6 



11 



0-4 



28 





100 



10 



194 



48-1 



44-3 



3-8 



1-2 



10 



28 





9-9 



11 



209 



47-7 



44-0 



3-7 



0-9 



0-3 



30 





9-8 



12 



223 



46-6 



43-2 



3-4 



1-2 



0-7 



28 





30 



Id. ; in 5 m the sky clouded was 8-0. 



13 



29-242 



46-7 



43-2 



3-5 



0-6 



0-2 



28 





9-5 



Scud? 



14 



252 



46-4 



42-8 



3-6 



0-5 



0-4 



27 





9-9 



Id. - ! 1 ' 



The direction < 



)f the wind is indicated by the m 



imber of the point of the com 



Dass, reckoning N. = O, E. = 8, S. = 16, W. = 24. 1« 1 * - 



motions of the th 



ree strata of clouds, 8c. (scud), C. 



-s. (cirro-stratus), and Cir. (ci 



"rus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



Oct. 16<i 3>> 30 



m . Dense scud and cirro-stratou 



3 scud with a slight shower cai 



ne up suddenly at this time. 



Oct. 17* 8>>. 



Observation made at 8 h 6 m . 





_ J|K.' 



