298 



Hourly Meteorological Observations, December 2 — 4, 1844. 



Gbtt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



Thermometers. 



Wind. { 



!loud 

 C.-s. 

 lovin 

 from 



:Ci., Sky 

 g clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 fore 

 l h . 



mum 

 e in 

 10 m . 



Sc: 

 Prom 



d. h. 



2 16 



in. 



29-944 



37-0 



36-5 



0-5 



lbs. 

 00 



lbs. 



00 



pt. pt. 

 6 



pt. 



pt. 0—10. 

 100 



Scud ; dark. 





17 



950 



37-2 



36-7 



0-5 



00 



0-0 



4 





100 



Id. 





18 



961 



36-8 



36-4 



0-4 



00 



00 



4 





100 



Id. ; rainO-2 





19 



29-970 



36-8 



36-4 



0-4 



00 



00 



6 





100 



Id. 





20 



30-001 



36-8 



36-3 



0-5 



01 



00 



1 





100 



Id. 





21 



025 



36-6 



360 



0-6 



00 



00 



— 



12 



— 100 



Cirro-stratous scud ; drops of rain. 





22 



045 



36-7 



36-3 



0-4 



0-2 



00 



2 — 



:12 



— 100 



Id. 





23 



055 



37-7 



37-1 



0-6 



00 



00 



4 — 



13 



— 100 



Id. 





3 



057 



38-3 



37-6 



0-7 



00 



00 



6 — 



12 



— 10-0 



Id. ; drops of rain. 





1 



052 



38-9 



37-9 



1-0 



01 



0-1 



4 — 



12 



— 9-9 



Id. ; haze on horizon. 





2 



054 



39-1 



38-1 



10 



00 



00 



4 — 



12 



— 10-0 



Id. ; id. 





3 



062 



390 



38-2 



0-8 



00 



00 



] — 



12 



— 9-9 



Cirro-cumulous scud ; cirro-strati. 





4 



092 



38-7 



380 



0-7 



o-r 



00 



20 — 



12 



— 100 



Id. 





5 



113 



38-5 



37-7 



0-8 



00 



00 



24 





100 



Scud ; cirro-strati. 





6 



104 



38-2 



37-1 



11 



0-2 



00 



15 





9-5 



Id. ; id. ; stars dim. 





7 



123 



360 



35-6 



0-4 



01 



00 



23 





100 



Id. ; id. 





8 



139 



34-7 



34-3 



0-4 



00 



00 



22 





9-8 



Id. ; id. ; stars dim. 





9 



143 



34-3 



33-9 



0-4 



0-0 



00 



24 





4-0 



Thin clouds ; id. 





10 



161 



34-5 



34-2 



0-3 



00 



01 



16 





9-8 



Scud and cirrous clouds ? 





11 



159 



33-6 



33-1 



0-5 



00 



00 



26 





30 



Id. 





12 



167 



33-7 



33-3 



0-4 



00 



00 



18 





9-9 



Thin clouds. 





13 



30-164 



32-2 



31-9 



0-3 



00 



00 



30 





7-0 



Thin clouds. 





14 



170 



33-2 



330 



0-2 



00 



00 



18 





2-5 



Scud ; cirro-strati. 



} 



15 



182 



301 



300 



0-1 



00 



0-0 



18 





2-5 



Id. ; id. 





16 



177 



29-2 



290 



0-2 



0-0 



00 



6 





0-5 



Id. ; id. 



) 



17 



175 



29-3 



29-5 





00 



00 



14 





8-0 



Id. ; id. 





18 



171 



31-2 



310 



0-2 



0-0 



00 



18 





10-0 



Id. ; id. 





19 



187 



31-9 



31-9 



00 



00 



00 



16 14 



— 



— 9-9 



Id. ; id. 





20 



184 



31-9 



31-7 



0-2 



00 



01 



30 14 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; id. 





21 



184 



32-7 



320 



0-7 



0-0 



00 



10 14 



— 



— 100 



Id. ; id. 





22 



184 



340 



32-4 



1-6 



0-0 



00 



14 — 



12 



— 9-9 



Cirro-stratous scud ; cirro-strati. 





23 



172 



37-5 



34-8 



2-7 



0-1 



00 



10 — 



12 



— 90 



Id. 





4 



168 



38-3 



36-3 



20 



01 



0-1 



15 — 



12 



— 30 



Id. ; cirro-strati on horizon. 







1 



147 



38-2 



35-8 



2-4 



0-7 



0-8 



14 — 



14 



— 20 



Id. ; id. 



e 



2 



137 



38-2 



35-6 



2-6 



0-6 



0-6 



14 





0-8 



Patches of scud ; cirro-strati ; cirrous haze. 







3 



132 



37-2 



34-7 



2-5 



0-6 



0-4 



14 





0-2 



Cirro-strati and haze on horizon. 



o 



4 



122 



35-0 



33-2 



1-8 



0-3 



0-4 



14 





0-2 



Id. 





5 



112 



335 



320 



1-5 



0-5 



0-3 



15 





0-2 



Id. 





6 



100 



33-9 



32- 1 



1-8 



0-4 



0-3 



15 





0-2 



Clouds near horizon. 





7 



107 



32-5 



31-0 



1-5 



0-4 



00 



20 





0-2 



Id. ; stars dimmer. 





8 



103 



311 



300 



1-1 



00 



00 



24 





0-3 



Id. ; faint aurora. 





9 



096 



30-8 



29-6 



1-2 



0-2 



03 



16 





0-2 



Id. 





10 



083 



30-2 



30-0 



0-2 



0-3 



0-3 



15 





0-1 



Id. 





11 



072 



28-4 



28-5 





0-3 



0-1 







0-5 



Id. ; auroral light. 





12 



069 



28-4 



28-4 





0-2 



0-1 



30 





0-2 



Id. 





13 



30052 



331 



31-7 



1-4 



0-4 



0-3 



18 





0-5 



Clouds near horizon. 





14 



040 



31-2 



30-3 



0-9 



0-3 



0-1 



16 





0-5 



Id. 





15 



031 



330 



320 



1-0 



0-7 



0-5 



14 





0-5 



Id. 





16 



016 



290 



28-9 



0-1 



0-2 



01 



18 





02 



Id. 



) 



17 



008 



29-0 



28-6 



0-4 



0-2 



01 



16 





.0-0 





j 



18 



015 



26-7 



26-7 





01 



0-0 







00 



Clear. 





19 



013 



35-3 



25-0 



0-3 



0-0 



0-0 



22 





0-1 



Cirro-strati to SE. 





20 



009 



24-1 



24-1 





0-2 



0-0 



25 





0-3 



Scud ; loose cumuli to SE. ; cirri to W. 





21 



018 



24-9 



25-3 





0-2 



0-2 



18 20 : 



— : 



28 5-0 



Scud on SE. hor. ; woolly cirri radiating from 



ssw. 



22 



025 



24-4 



24-1 



0-3 



0-1 



0-0 



20 





7-0 



As before. 







23 



024 



26-7 



26- 1 



0-6 



0-0 



0-0 16 





5-0 1 



Id. 







The 



The 

 motion 



direction c 

 s of the th 



>f the w 

 ree stra 



ind is indicated by the number of th 

 ia of clouds, Sc. (scud), C.-s. (cirro-sti 



b poi 

 •atus 



nt of the com' 

 ), and Cir. (cir 



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

 rus), are indicated in a similar manner. 

















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