308 





Hourly Meteorological Observations, 



December 29—31, 1844. 







Thermometers. 



Wind 











Gott. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 











Clouds, 



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



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maximum 

 force in 



Prom 













1\ 



10 m . 











d. h. 



in. 



o 



o 



° 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. pt. 



0—10. 





29 17 



29-765 



34-7 



33-9 



0-8 



01 



00 



18 





9-9 



Cirro-cumulous scud ; cirro-strati. 



18 



765 



34-7 



34-0 



0-7 



00 



00 



17 





100 



Id. 



19 



778 



34-7 



34-1 



0-6 



0-1 



0-0 



18 





100 



Scud and cirrous clouds ? 



20 



792 



34-8 



34-2 



0-6 



0-0 



00 



18 





100 



Id. 



21 



807 



35-3 



34-7 



0-6 



00 



00 



18 



— : 0: — 



100 



Thick cirro-cumulous scud. 



22 



820 



34-8 



34-3 



0-5 



0-0 



00 



18 



— : 0: — 



100 



Id. 



23 



822 



35-7 



35-1 



0-6 



0-0 



0-0 



6 



— : 2:28 



5-0 



Cirro-cumulous scud ; cirri. q 



30 



823 



37-4 



36-7 



0-7 



0-0 



00 



24 



— : 1 : — 



8-0 



Id. ; id. 



1 



822 



38-7 



37-7 



1-0 



0-0 



0-0 







9-5 



Id. ; id. 



2 



826 



401 



39-1 



1-0 



0-1 



00 



18 





9-5 



Cirro-stratous scud ; cirro-cumulous scud. 



3 



835 



39-4 



38-6 



0-8 



00 



00 



17 



— : 0: — 



9-8 



Id. ; id. 



4 



837 



39-4 



38-5 



0-9 



0-0 



00 



17 



— : 0: — 



9-9 



Id. 



5 



841 



37-7 



37-2 



0-5 



00 



00 



17 



— : 1 : — 



100 



Id. 



6 



853 



36-7 



36-2 



0-5 



01 



00 



17 





80 



Id. ; stars dim ; drops of rain. 



7 



863 



36-7 



36-2 



0-5 



01 



0-0 



17 





50 



Id. ; id. ; 



8 



869 



36-5 



36-1 



0-4 



0-0 



00 







100 



Id. ; dark. 



9 



881 



36-2 



35-8 



0-4 



01 



00 



15 





90 



Id. ; id. ; stars dim. 



10 



878 



35-5 



350 



0-5 



0-0 



00 



16 





100 



Id. 



11 



868 



35-5 



35-2 



0-3 



00 



00 



16 





100 



Id. 



12 



867 



35-7 



35-4 



0-3 



0-0 



00 



20 





100 



Id. 



13 



29-859 



35-4 



351 



0-3 



0-0 



00 



16 





9-9 



Cirro-stratous scud. 



14 



862 



36-3 



360 



0-3 



0-0 



0-0 



20 





100 



Id. 



15 



866 



35-9 



35-6 



0-3 



0-0 



0-0 



16 





9-8 



Id. 



16 



872 



35-6 



35-1 



0-5 



0-0 



00 



20 





100 



Cirro-cumulous scud. 



17 



873 



35-1 



34-8 



0-3 



00 



00 



4 





100 



Id. 



18 



871 



35-6 



35-2 



0-4 



00 



00 



20 





100 



Id. 



19 



875 



35-7 



35-1 



0-6 



00 



0-0 



19 





10-0 



Id. 



20 



885 



35-4 



35-0 



0-4 



00 



00 



19 





100 



Id. 



21 



895 



35-5 



35-0 



0-5 



01 



00 



21 



— : : — 



100 



Id. ; cirrous clouds above. 



22 



910 



35-4 



34-9 



0-5 



0-0 



0-0 



22 



— : : — 



9-9 



Id. ; cirro-strati. 



23 



916 



36-8 



36-2 



0-6 



01 



0-0 



18 



— : 0: — 



9-8 



Id. ; id. 



31 



913 



37-9 



37-2 



0-7 



00 



00 



21 



— : 29 : — 



60 



Cirro-cumulo-strati. 9 



1 



908 



39-7 



38-7 



1-0 



01 



0-0 



22 





0-5 



Id. ; cirro-strati. G 



2 



910 



41-6 



39-8 



1-8 



01 



00 



21 





0-2 



Id. G 



3 



918 



41-2 



38-6 



2-6 



0-1 



01 



21 





0-5 



Cir.-str. ; cirri on hor. ; patch of scud on Cheviot. G 



4 



933 



37-8 



37-0 



0-8 



0-1 



0-1 



20 





0-5 



Cirro-cumuli ; cirro-strati ; cirri. 6 



5 



934 



35-2 



34-6 



0-6 



0-1 



01 



18 





0-2 



Cirro-strati ; cirri ; haze on horizon. 



6 



945 



324 



32-2 



0-2 



01 



00 



20 





01 



Faint streaks of cirri to NE. 



7 



953 



31-4 



311 



0-3 



00 



0-0 



22 





0-2 



Thin cirri. 



8 



960 



31-3 



31-1 



0-2 



0-0 



00 



20 





0-2 



Id. 



9 



977 



30-8 







00 



00 



20 





0-2 



Cirro-strati on NE. horizon. 



10 



29-995 



29-4 



29-7 





0-0 



00 



16 





0-3? 



Slight fog. 



11 



30005 



31-3 



31-2 



01 



0-1 



0-0 



18 





9-8 



Cirro-cumulo-strati. 



12 



29-999 



31-0 



30-9 



0-1 



0-1 



0-0 



17 





20 



Cirro-cumulo-strati. 

 Id. 



13 



29-999 



30-9 



30-7 



0-2 



0-1 



00 



18 





2-5 



14 



30004 



31-2 



31-0 



0-2 



0-0 



00 



20 





8-2 



15 



013 



29-3 



29-5 





00 



0-0 



20 





1-0 



Id. ; faint aurora to N. ? 



16 



013 



28-2 



28-4 





0-0 



00 



20 



20 : — : — 



10 



Misty scud ; cirro-cumulo-strati ; aurora to N. ) 



17 



010 



29-4 



29-2 



0-2 



0-0 



00 



17 



— : 8: — 



60 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; fog just gone. 



18 



009 



28-8 



28-8 





0-0 



0-0 



20 



— : 8: — 



5-0 



Id. ; lunar corona. 



19 



008 



28-0 



28-0 





0-0 



00 



24 





3-0 



Id. ; id. 



20 



017 



27-3 



27-3 





00 



00 



22 





3-5 



Cirro-cumulous scud. 



21 



038 



26-8 



26-7 



0-1 



0-0 



00 



22 



— : 4: — 



6-0 



Id. ) 



22 



050 



28-2 



28-0 



0-2 



00 



0-0 



24 



— : 7: — 



70 



Id. 



23 



052 



29-2 



28-7 



0-5 



0-0 



0-0 



22 



— : 6: — 



7-0 



Id. 



The 



direction of the v 



rind is indicated by the ] 



lumbe 



r of the point 



of the co 



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



motioi 



is of the three stra 



ta of clouds, Sc. (scud), C 



-s. (cii 



-ro-stratus), an 



d Cir. (ci 



rrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



