This page has been validated.
Chap. VI.]
METEOROLOGICAL ABSTRACT.
141
ABSTRACT OF THE METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP EREBUS.—November, 1840.
Day. | Mean Temperature of the |
Mean (corrected) barometer. |
Winds | Weather. | Remarks. | |||||||||
Air in shade. |
Sea at surface. |
Dew point. |
Direction. | Force. | ||||||||||
º | º | º | Inches. | |||||||||||
1 | 57.0 | 54.5 | 47 | 30.139 | N.W. | 2 | 5 b. c.† | Auckland off Hobart Town. W.L. Lat 42º 52′ S. | ||||||
2 | 59.0 | 55.0 | 50 | 072 | W.N.W. | 1 | 4 b. c. | |||||||
3 | 57.1 | 56.0 | 51 | 005 | a.m. N.W. p.m. East |
2 | a.m. 4 b. c. p.m. 2 b. c. d. | |||||||
4 | 54.8 | 55.9 | 45 | 103 | S.E. | 1 | 7 b. c. v. | |||||||
5 | 54.0 | 55.4 | 45 | 019 | Westerly | 2 | 5 b. c. v. | |||||||
6 | 55.6 | 57.3 | 45 | 102 | Easterly | 1 | 7 b. c. v. | |||||||
7 | 51.3 | 53.6 | 42 | 29.985 | a.m. N.W. p.m. S.E. |
1 | 7 b. c. v. | |||||||
8 | 57.4 | 57.7 | 52 | 728 | S.E. | 1 | 4 b. c. | |||||||
9 | 53.1 | 58.0 | 53 | 699 | S.E. | 1 | a.m. 3 b. c. p. r. p.m. 0 g. p. r. | |||||||
10 | 48.8 | 56.0 | *49 | 582 | Southerly | 1 | 0 g. r. | |||||||
11 | 45.6 | 53.8 | *43 | 630 | S.W. | 2 | a.m. 0 q. r. p.m. 3 b. c. | |||||||
12 | 49.3 | 54.3 | *50 | 879 | S.W. | a.m. 1 p.m. 4 |
2 b. c. g. p. r. | |||||||
13 | 52.7 | 52.8 | *53 | 755 | Westerly | 5 | a.m. g. r. p.m. 3 b. c. |
At sea. | ||||||
14 | 46.8 | 49.7 | *47 | 608 | Easterly | a.m. 1 p.m. 4 |
0 d. r. | |||||||
15 | 49.4 | 48.9 | 47 | 705 | Southerly | 2 | 3 b. c. g. d. | |||||||
16 | 50.6 | 49.2 | 48 | 941 | Westerly | 3 | a.m. 6 b. c. v. p.m. 2 b. c. g. p. r. | |||||||
17 | 51.2 | 47.4 | 50 | 462 | N.W. | 4 | 0 m. f. | |||||||
18 | 46.0 | 44.4 | 48 | 233 | S.W. | 5 | a.m. 1 b. c. g. p. r. p.m. 3 b. c. q. | |||||||
19 | 46.4 | 44.2 | 46 | 329 | W.N.W. | 5 | 2 b. c. g. q. p. r. | |||||||
20 | 44.6 | 42.7 | 43 | 332 | W. by S. | 5 | 3 b. c. p. q. r. | |||||||
21 | 47.0 | 45.5 | *47 | 468 | W.N.W. | 4 | 0 q. r. | Auckland Island. Lat 50º 32′ S. | ||||||
22 | 47.1 | 45.0 | 44 | 305 | West | 6 | a.m. 0 g. q. r. p.m. 4 b. c. q. | |||||||
23 | 46.2 | 44.2 | 48 | 553 | W.N.W. | 3 | 3 b. c. m. q. | |||||||
24 | 42.4 | 42.7 | 45 | 232 | Westerly | 3 | 3 b. c. q. r. s. | |||||||
25 | 40.0 | 40.1 | *40 | 051 | N.S.W. | 3 | 3 b. c. q. r. s. | |||||||
26 | 40.1 | 39.4 | 36 | 284 | S.S.W. | 2 | 3 b. c. q. r. s. | |||||||
27 | 42.4 | 42.4 | *40 | 562 | Westerly | 1 | 0 g. r. d. | |||||||
28 | 46.8 | 44.5 | *48 | 481 | W. by S. | 2 | 0 g. r. m. | |||||||
29 | 47.8 | 45.6 | 40 | 535 | Westerly | 2 | a.m. 1 b. c. m. p.m. 2 b. c. g. d. | |||||||
30 | 46.4 | 45.2 | 45 | 639 | N.S.W. | 2 | 4 b. c. p. b. | |||||||
49.23 | 49.38 | 46.2 | 29.6472 | 2.57 |
* Rain falling. † For the key to these symbols, see Appendix.