Hourly Meteorological Observations, October 17 — 20, 1844. 



281 





Thermometers. 



Wind. 









tt. Baro- 



in METER 



ie. at 32°. 







Clouds, 

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

 moving clouded, 

 from 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maximum 

 force in 



Prom 











Ik. 



10-. 











h. in. 



o 



o 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



P t. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 0—10. 





15 29-267 



46-0 



42-7 



3-3 



0-6 



0-3 



26 





9-9 



Scud? 



16 289 



45-9 



42-5 



34 



0-4 



0-1 



26 





9-9 



Id. 



17 299 



45-8 



42-3 



3-5 



0-5 



0-3 



28 





10-0 



Id. 



18 320 



45-9 



42-2 



3-7 



0-7 



0-4 



29 





9-8 



Id. ; sky to NNE. 



19 342 



45-4 



41-9 



3-5 



0-5 



0-3 



29 



— 







:— 9-8 



Cirro-stratous scud ; cirro-strati ; scud on Cheviot. 



20 370 



45-2 



420 



3-2 



0-6 



0-2 



30 



— 







— 9-2 



As before ; drops of rain ; showers to E. 



51 391 



45-2 



420 



3-2 



0-3 



0-4 



28 



— 







— 9-9 



Cir.-str. scud ; cirro-strati ; scud on Cheviot. 



!2 411 



46-7 



420 



4-7 



0-7 



0-8 



29 







29 



— 90 



Id. ; loose cum. ; cir.-str. ; scud on Cheviot. 



!3 427 



481 



43-9 



4-2 



0-8 



0-6 



30 







28 



— 40 



Id. ; id. ; woolly cirri ; cir.-str. O 



442 



48-3 



43-3 



5 



1-2 



10 



30 



28 



— 



_ 4-0 



Loose cumuli ; cumuli ; cirro-strati. O 



1 461 



47-5 



42-8 



4-7 



1-2 



0-4 



30 



27 



— 



:_ 5-5 



Id. ; id. ; id. ® 



2 465 



48-9 



44-2 



4-7 



0-8 



0-4 



28 



28 



24 



_ 8-5 



Id. ; woolly cirro-strati. © 



3 468 



48-1 



43-3 



4-8 



0-6 



0-5 



28 



27 



23 



.— 9-0 



As before ; piles of cumuli on horizon. 



1 474 



47-3 



42-3 



5-0 



0-7 



0-3 



28 



22 



24 



— 9-0 



Scud ; loose cum. ; cir.-str. 



5 479 



45-8 



41-4 



4-4 



0-2 



0-2 



28 





9-5 



Id. ; id. ; cum.-str. ; cir.-str. ; rain to W. 



i 486 



43-1 



40-7 



2-4 



0-2 



00 



22 



24: — 



— 7-5 



Id. > 



7 494 



42-9 



40-0 



2-9 



01 



00 







9-7 



Id. 



I 496 



41-8 



39-3 



2-5 



00 



0-0 







9-8 



Id. ; cirro-cumulous scud. 



) 498 



37-4 



360 



1-4 



0-0 



00 







3-0 



Id. ; id. 



) 494 



340 



33-5 



0-5 



00 



00 







0-1 



Id.? 



491 



32-2 



31-8 



0-4 



0-1 



0-1 







0-2 



Cirrous clouds to W. ; haze. 



' 483 



35-3 



34-2 



11 



0-1 



01 







6-0 



Scud. 



29-466 



32-0 



31-6 



0-4 



00 



00 







0-5 



Scud? haze. 



458 



32-3 



31-7 



0-6 



0-2 



01 



20 





00 



Very clear. 



440 



30-7 



300 



0-7 



0-1 



01 



17 





0-0 



Id. 



420 



31-7 



30-9 



0-8 



01 



0-1 



20 





0-2 



Haze round horizon. 



414 



31-4 



30-4 



10 



0-2 



00 







30 



Scud. 



1 393 



30-7 



300 



0-7 



0-0 



00 



20 





0-5 



Cirri ; cirro-strati to E. 



358 



31-0 



30-2 



0-8 



00 



00 



20 





7-0 



Scud, cirri, and cirro-strati. 



2 335 

 2 308 



32-7 



32-2 



0-5 



0-0 



0-0 



24 



21 



21 



— 9-5 



Thick scud and dense cirro-strati ; rain ' 2 



37-7 



37-0 



0-7 



0-1 



0-0 



8 



19 



— 



— 10-0 



Loose and cirro-stratous scud ; dense cirro-strati. 



2 274 



39-7 



38-6 



11 



0-4 



0-5 



16 



20 



— 



— 100 



The same. 



2 245 



41-9 



40-7 



1-2 



0-6 



01 



16 



19 



— : 



— 100 



Id. 



222 



44-0 



420 



2-0 



0-8 



0-4 



20 



19 



— 



_ 100 



Thick scud. 



188 



47-6 



44-9 



2-7 



2-1 



0-4 





20 



— 



_ 9-8 



Id., sky to E. 



157 



48-1 



45-6 



2-5 



11 



0-5 



18 



22 



— 



— 70 



Scud. 



138 



500 



45-9 



4-1 



1-6 



1-0 



19 



22 



— 



— 20 



Id. ; loose cumuli. Q 



1 132 



48-8 



44-7 



41 



11 



0-3 



20 



22 



— 



— 20 



Loose cumuli ; cirro-strati to S. 



J 122 



46-9 



43-7 



3-2 



10 



0-4 



20 



23 



— 



— 5-0 



Thick scud ; cirri and cirro-strati to S. ; rain to NE. 



1 116 

 7 116 



42-3 



40-7 



1-6 



1-2 



0-3 



20 



23 



— 



— 30 



Id. ; cirro-strati ; at 5 h 45 m rain 2 



40-0 



39-0 



1-0 



0-6 



01 



20 



23 



— 



— 4-0 



Id. ; id. J) 



8 114 



38-0 



37-0 



1-0 



0-1 



0-1 



19 





0-5 



Clouds on S. and E. horizon. ]) 



9 109 



39-2 



37-4 



1-8 



01 



01 



20 





0-5 



Clouds on S. horizon. - J) 



If 108 



35-7 



35-3 



0-4 



0-1 



0-1 



20 





07 



Id. J 



11 081 



37-6 



370 



0-6 



0-1 



00 



18 





4-0 



Scud ; cir.-str. scud rising from W. ; cirrous haze. 



If 071 



38-8 



37-2 



1-6 



0-2 



0-2 



19 





90 



Id. ; drops of rain ; flash of lightning. 



2*29003 



45-7 



44-2 



1-5 



0-6 



0-2 



20 



— :22 



— 



/Sunday — Cloudy, with sunshine ; masses of nimbi ; 

 \ heavy showers. 



1 §29-148 



300 



29-7 



0-3 



0-9 



00 







0-2 



Cirro-strati near horizon. ]) 



l4i 160 



301 



30-1 



0-0 



00 



00 







0-3 



Id. 



aurora borealis. 



l4; 171 



291 







00 



00 







0-2 



Id. 



id. 



1$ 193 



28-2 



28-1 



0-1 



0-0 



00 







0-2 



Id. 



id. 



17, 215 



27-6 



27-6 



00 



0-1 



00 







0-8 



Id. 



id. 



ig| 235 



26-6 



26-4 



0-2 



0-1 



00 







20 



Scud ; cirro-strati ; id. 



19|| 258 



30-6 



300 



0-6 



00 



0-0 



17 





70 



Id. ; cirro-stratous scud. 



20ll 295 



31-9 



31-3 



0-6 



0-1 



00 



26 



— :14: 



— 1 2-5 



Loose cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirro-strati. O 



lejrectinn of the wind is indicated by the number 



of the po 



int of the coi 



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



!»bf the three strata of clouds, Sc. (scud), C.-s. (cii 



ro-stratus 



), and Cir. (cii 



-rus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



'■J) d 10 h — ll h . Several flashes of lightning seen. 



A faint 



flash was seen 



at 12 h m , and a bright one at 12 h 7 ra to SW., near the 



W at 12 h cirrous haze and scud nearly covered th< 



! sky. 







M) d 19 11 20 m . Cirro-cumulous scud moving from 



E. ; drops 



of rain : muc 



h hoar-frost throughout the night. 



H'G. AND 



MET. 



BS. 18 



44. 

















4b 



