



Hourly Meteorological Observations, December 5 — 7, 1844. 299 



i: t. 



\ n 



' e. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



Thermometers. 



Wind. 



Clouds, 







Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 fore 



1>. 



mum 

 e in 

 10 m . 



Prom 



Sc.:C.-s.:CL, 



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



. h. 



in. 



o 



o 



o 



lbs. 



Its. 



pt. 



pt. pt. pt. 



0—10. 





5 



30-024 



28-2 



27-6 



0-6 



01 



00 



26 



— : 28 : 28 



70 



Cirri ; cirro-strati ; cirrous haze. O 



1 



017 



30-3 



29-4 



0-9 



0-2 



00 



22 





8-0 



Woolly cirri ; id. Q 



2 



015 



311 



300 



11 



0-0 



00 



22 





6-0 



Id. ; id. 



3 



001 



29-7 



29-0 



0-7 



00 



0-0 



21 





8-0 



The same ; traces of a halo. 



4 



30-010 



28-6 



28-0 



0-6 



00 



00 



24 



— : — : 28 



60 



Id. ; cirri scarcely moving. 



5 



29-998 



24-9 



251 





00 



00 



26 





4-0 



Id. 



6 



29-997 



24-9 



24-9 





00 



00 







4-0 



Cirro-strati ; cirrous haze. 



7 



29-993 



23-6 







0-0 



0-0 



23 





30 



Cirri ; id. 



8 



30-006 



24-2 



24-0 



0-2 



0-0 



00 



24 





30 



Id. ; id. ; stars very dim. 



9 



012 



23-5 



23-6 





0-1 



0-0 



16 





4-0 



As before. O 







017 



23-5 



23-5 





00 



00 



22 





40 



Id. 



1 



009 



22-0 



22-3 





0-1 



0-0 



24 





20 



Id. ; stars rather dim. 



2 



Oil 



22-4 



22-2 



0-2 



0-2 



01 



20 





10 



Id. 



3 



30002 



22-0 



21-5 



0-5 



01 



00 



19 





1-0 



As before. 



4 



29-999 



19-6 



19-8 





01 



00 



17 





10 



Id. 



5 



30004 



18-5 



18-5 





00 



00 



18 





. 0-5 



Cir. and cir. haze, on NW. hor. throughout the night. 



6 



30-006 



18-4 



18-7 





00 



00 



20 





10 



Id. id. 



7 



29-998 



20-2 



19-9 



0-3 



00 



0-0 



22 





2-5 



Id. > 



3 



29-996 



20-9 



20-6 



0-3 



0-1 



01 



21 





1-5 



Id. ; lunar corona and halo. $■ 



9 



29-994 



20-6 



20-5 



01 



0-1 



00 



17 





4-0 



Id. ; id. > 







30-009 



22-0 



21-9 



01 



0-1 



01 



19 





90 



Cirro-strati ; cirrous haze, tinged red. 



1 



013 



22-2 



22-0 



0-2 



0-2 



00 



18 





8-0 



Woolly cirri, tinged yellow. 



2 



024 



22-4 



22-2 



0-2 



0-0 



00 



18 





60 



Id. 



; cirro-strati ; scud. © 



3 



031 



23-5 



23-2 



0-3 



00 



0-0 



21 





70 



Id. 



; id. 



i 



on 



24-7 



24-2 



0-5 



0-1 



01 



21 



— : — : 24 



3-5 



Id. 



; id. ; cirrous haze. O 



1 



005 



26-8 



26-0 



0-8 



01 



01 



20 





20 



Id. 



id. ; id. Q 



2 



000 



28-2 



27-3 



0-9 



0-1 



01 



22 





20 



Id. 



id. ; id. © 



3 



009 



30-2 



28-8 



1-4 



01 



0-1 



20 





10 



Id. 



; id. ; id. © 



1 



Oil 



290 



27-8 



1-2 



0-1 



01 



18 





30 



Id. 



; id. ; id. © 



5 



019 



26-8 



260 



0-8 





00 



20 





0-1 



, Cirri ; cirrous haze. 



'5 



026 



26-2 



25-3 



0-9 





00 



22 





00 



Very clear. 



7 



042 



22-7 



22-8 







00 



21 





0-2 



Hazy on N. horizon. 



i 



052 



23-2 



22-9 



0-3 





0-0 



21 





0-0 





3 



050 



19-8 



20-1 







0-0 



18 





00 





) 



044 



22-3 



21-7 



0-6 





0-0 



20 





00 





I 



048 



22-3 



220 



0-3 





0-0 



22 





00 



Hazy on horizon. 



> 



062 



22-3 



22-0 



0-3 





0-0 



20 





5-0 



Cirri ; cirrous haze. 



5 



30-072 



23-7 



23-3 



0-4 





0-0 



20 





9-9 



Cirrous clouds ? 





069 



22-7 



22-6 



01 





0-0 



28 





2-0 



Cirri and cirrous haze ? 





083 



22-3 



22-0 



0-3 





00 



24 





1-5 



Id. 





085 



19-8 



19-8 



00 





00 



18 





10 



Id. 





091 



18-7 



18-8 







00 



26 





00 



Hazy. 





083 



17-7 



17-4 



0-3 





0-0 



20 





0-0 



Haze on horizon. 





089 



161 



16-0 







00 



21 





00 



Id. J> 





099 



16-7 



16-2 



0-5 





0-1 



20 





2-0 



Cirri ; hazy on horizon ; red to SE. D 





111 



15-3 



15-4 









18 





4-0 



Id. ; id. ; tinged red round horizon. 





117 



17-9 



17-2 



0-7 











50 



Woolly cirri, radiating from NE by N. and S W by S. © 





133 



19-7 



19-0 



0-7 





00 







5-0 



Id. ; hazy on horizon. © 



7 



120 



22-7 



21-8 



0-9 





00 



25 





3-0 



Cirri ; very hazy on horizon. © 





114 



25-0 



24-3 



0-7 





0-1 



4 





6-5 



Linear cirri ; id. Q 





101 



31-4 



30-2 



1-2 





0-3 



16 



— :-— :31 



7-0 



Id.; 



id. ; scud on Cheviot. © 



120 



30-8 



29-8 



10 





0-2 



16 





7-0 



Id. 



id. ; id. © 





124 



27-7 



27-1 



0-6 





0-2 



12 





7-0 



Id.; 



id. ; id. 





133 



28-0 



26-9 



11 





0-1 



12 



8: — :31 



1-0 



Patch of scud to S. ; cirri ; hazy on horizon. 





121 



29-9 



28-2 



1-7 





10 



15 





0-5 



Patches of cir.-str. to S. and SW. ; cir. haze on hor. 





125 



30-8 



290 



1-8 





0-8 



14 





0-0 



Clear. 



Te direction < 



)f the w 



ind is indicat( 



id by the nu 



mber of the point of the compass, reckoning N. = 0, E. = 8, S. = 16, W. = 24. The 



mo ims of the th 



ree stra 



;a of clouds, S 



c. (scud), C- 



s. (cirro-stratus), and Cir. (cirrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



lie. 5* 18\ 



Observa 



tion made at 



18" 13™. 





Ic. 5i 18h 55 



m . Kel 



so bells hearC 



very distin 



ctly. [frozen. 



l|c. 6* 5t — 1( 



)d 2 h . 



The force of t 



le wind has 



been estimated during this time, the water in the cistern of the anemometer having been 



