



Hourly Meteorological Observations 



December 26—29, 1844. 



307 



G t. 



1 D 



1 3. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



Thermometers. 



Wind. 



Clouds, 



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



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maximum 

 force in 

 l'\ 10 m . 



From 



J. 1. 



ti 1 



in. 



29-853 



34-3 



33-6 



0-7 



lbs. 

 0-0 



IDs. 



0-0 



pt. 



8 



pt. pt. pt. 



0—10. 

 100 



Cirro-stratous scud. 





2 



848 



33-4 



32-9 



0-5 



0-1 



0-0 



3 





100 



Id. ; slight mist. 





3 



29-853 



33-4 



32-9 



0-5 



00 



00 









10-0 



Cirro-stratous scud ; slight mist. 





4 



844 



33-3 



32-9 



0-4 



0-0 



0-0 



2 





10-0 



Misty scud ? id. 



) 



5 



842 



33-3 



32-8 



0-5 



0-0 



0-0 



2 





100 



Id. 



id. 





6 



848 



33-3 



32-9 



0-4 



0-0 



0-0 



12 





10-0 



Id. 



id. 





7 



834 



33-3 



32-9 



0-4 



0-0 



00 



4 



18 : — : — 



10-0 



Id. 



id. 



) 



8 



827 



33-2 



32-9 



0-3 



00 



00 



6 





10-0 



Id. 



fog much denser. 





9 



828 



33-2 



32-9 



0-3 



00 



0-0 



4 





100 



Id. 



dense fog. 









839 



33-3 



33-0 



0-3 



0-0 



0-0 



4 





10-0 



Id., 



id. 





1 



824 



33-3 



33-1 



0-2 



00 



0-0 



8 





100 



Fog ; trees invisible at 150 yards distance. 





2 



850 



34-3 



34-2 



0-1 



0-0 



0-0 



8 





10-0 



Id. ; id. 





3 



850 



34-0 



33-8 



0-2 



0-0 



0-0 



16 





10-0 



Fog clearing away. 





- a 



835 



33-4 



330 



0-4 



00 



0-0 



20 



24 : — : — 



9-9 



Misty scud ; cirro-cumuli ; cirro-strati. 





l 



816 



35-7 



35-0 



0-7 



0-1 



0-0 



20 



22 : — : — 



9-9 



Id. ; id. 





2 



819 



34-7 



34-2 



0-5 



01 



00 



28 





10-0 



Nearly homogeneous ; fog getting denser. 



• 



3 



815 



34-2 



33-7 



0-5 



0-0 



0-0 



16 





10-0 



Cirro-stratous scud ; cirrous haze ; very foggy. 





1 



819 



33-0 



32-7 



0-3 



0-1 



0-0 



16 





10-0 



Fog, objects invisible at 200 yards. 





3 



821 



31-7 



31-5 



0-2 



0-0 



00 



16 





10-0 



Id., id. 





:> 



825 



31-2 



30-9 



0-3 



0-0 



0-0 



17 





100 



Id., id. ? 





1 



827 



29-7 



30-2 





01 



0-0 



23 





50? 



Less fog ; stars dim. 





i 



824 



290 



29-2 





0-0 



0-0 



22 





3-0? 



Fog variable in density ; stars brighter. 





) 



828 



27-9 



28-2 





00 



0-0 



22 





1-0? 



Id. ; lunar corona. 



> 



) 



823 



27-4 



27-8 





0-0 



0-0 



22 





8-0? 



Fog ; cirro-cumuli ; id. 



> 



I 



817 



27-3 



27-8 





00 



0-0 



18 





9-8 



Id. ; cirro-strati. 



> 



I 



810 



26-4 



26-9 





0-0 



0-0 







7-0? 



Id. ; lunar corona. 



> 



I 



29-801 



26-2 



26-4 





0-0 



00 



24 





8-0? 



The same ; fog rather denser. 



> 



I 



783 



27-3 



27-4 





0-0 



00 



18 





10-0? 



Id. ; id. 



> 



> 



776 



28-0 



28-0 





0-0 



0-0 



22 





10-0 



Id. ; id. 



> 



i 



755 



27-7 



27-8 





00 



00 



20 





10-0 



Id. ; id. 



> 



• 



756 



27-6 



27-7 





0-0 



00 



20 





10-0 



Id. 



> 



i 



736 



27-7 



27-6 





0-0 



0-0 







10-0 



Fog ; cirro-cumuli, or cirro-strati above. 





) 



727 



28-1 



27-9 



0-2 



00 



00 



16 





100 



Id. ; id. ; much hoar-frost. 





1 



730 



27-8 



'27-8 





00 



00 





— : 16: — 



6-0 



Cirro-cumuli ; cirro-strati ; fog nearly away. 



D 





730 



26-6 



26-4 



0-2 



00 



0-0 





— : 15 : — 



8-0 



Id. ; id. 





! 



736 



27-0 



26-8 



0-2 



o-o 



0-0 







70 



Id. ; id. ; cirri ; foggy. 







732 



28-0 



27-8 



0-2 



0-0 



0-0 



20 



— : 23 : — 



9-0 



Cirro-cumulous scud ; cirro-strati ; cirri ; foggy. 





8 



727 



29-7 



29-5 



0-2 



01 



00 



20 



20 : 24 : — 



10-0 



Fog or stratus ; cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirrous haze 



• 





716 



310 



30-8 



0-2 



0-0 



00 





8 : — : — 



100 



Id. ; id. ; cirrous mass 







695 



320 



31-7 



0-3 



0-1 



0-0 



4 





10-0 



Dense fog, objects invisible at 150 yards. 







689 



320 



31-8 



0-2 



0-1 



00 



4 





10-0 



Id., id. id. 







677 



32-3 



32-0 



0-3 



00 



0-0 



2 





10-0 



Id., id. 100 yards. 







673 



32-3 



32-3 



00 



01 



0-0 



20 





100 



Id., id. id. 







670 



32-1 



31-9 



0-2 



0-0 



0-0 



22 





10-0 



Fog less dense. 







658 



32-3 



32-1 



0-2 



00 



00 



22 





10-0 



Dark. 







653 



330 



32-6 



0-4 



0-0 



0-0 



18 





100 



RainO-2 







644 



34- 1 



33-7 



0-4 



00 



0-0 



4 





10-0 



Rain 1 







639 



33-9 



33-5 



0-4 



o-o 



0-0 



18 





100 



Id. 







627 



34-0 



33-7 



0-3 



00 



00 



18 





100 



RainO-2 







620 



36-2 



35-7 



0-5 



0-0 



00 



17 





10-0 



Cirro-stratous scud. 







29-668 



39-6 



39-2 



0-4 



0-3 



0-1 



22 



22 : — : 26 



3-0 



Loose misty scud ; cirri. 





' 



29-738 



32-7 



32-6 



01 



0-2 



0-0 



18 





4-0 



Cirro-strati ; cirrous haze. 



D 





740 



330 



32-8 



0-2 



0-0 



00 



18 





3-0 



Id. ; id. 



D 





763 



31-6 



31-4 



0-2 



0-0 



00 



17 



— : 30 : — 



5-5 



Cirro-cumuli ; cirro-strati ; haze. 



* 





762 



34-4 33-9 



0-5 



0-0 



0-0 18 



1 



9-0 



Cirro-cumulous scud ; cirro-strati. 





■ 



i direction o 



f the wind is indicated by the number 



of the point o 



f the compass, reckoning N. z= 0, E. = 8, S. = 16, W. = 24. The 



mot 



— . 



ree strata of clouds, Sc. (scud), C.-s. (cii 



ro-stratus), an< 



I Cir. (cirrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 





