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Chap. V.]
METEOROLOGICAL ABSTRACT.
153
1841

ABSTRACT OF THE METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL KEPT ON BOARD HER AJESTY'S SHIP EREBUS.—DECEMBER, 1841.

Day. Barometer. Winds. Weather.
Max. Min. Mean. Direction. Force.
Inches. Inches. Inches.
1 30.275 29.761 30.030 N.E. 4 a.m. 0 g.m.*
p.m. 3 b.c.g.
2   .410 30.254   .351 N.E. 4 2 b.c.g.q.
3   .416   .285   .367 N.E. by N. 2 a.m. 0
p.m. 1. b.c.g.
4   .279   .011   .138 N.N.E. 1 0 g.
5   .011 29.830 29.936 W. by N. a.m. 1
p.m. 3
0
2 b.c.
6 29.825   .636   .722 North 2 2 b.c.g.
7   .697   .604   .647 N.E. 2 2 b.c.o.g.
8   .660   .410   .541 Northerly 3 2 b.c.q.d.
9   .391   .115   .283 S.S.W. a.m. 4
p.m. 6
2 b.c.p.q.s.h.
10   .575   .134   .341 Southerly 6 4 b.c.q.r.
11   .861   .606   .789 S.S.E. 2 1 b.c.g.
12   .848   .664   .777 W.N.W. a.m. 2
p.m. 4
0
0 g.d.
13   .625   .388   .473 N.W. 4 0 d.f̣.
14   .380   .294   .322 N.W. by N. 2 0 d.f̣.
15   .417   .335   .380 N. Easterly 1 0 d.f̣.
16   .563   .410   .486 N.N.E. 3 0 f.
17   .797   .564   .683 E.N.E. a.m. 4
p.m. 3
0 g.p.s.
18   .956   .798   .883 E.S.E. 2 a.m. 0 g.
p.m. 3 b.c.g.
19   .988   .941   .965 S.E. by E. 2 a.m. 2 b.c.g.
p.m. 4 b.c.
20   .963   .838   .901 S.E. by E. 2 0 g.f.
21   .833   .755   .794 E. by S. a.m. 3
p.m. 1
0 m.p.s.
4 b.c.f.
22   .910   .793   .837 E.S.E. 2 a.m. 3 b.c.f.
p.m. 0 m.p.s.
23   .992   .927   .961 E.S.E. 1 0 g.p.s.
24 30.009   .971   .990 E.S.E. 2 0 g.
25 29.976   .749   .875 N.E. 2 0 g.p.s.
26   .732   .395   .559 N.E. 4 0 g.p.s.
27   .366   .181   .245 N.E. by N. a.m. 4
p.m. 1
0 p.q.s.
0 f.
28   .222   .135   .185 W. by N. 1 a.m. 0 f.r.
p.m. 0 f.
29   .133 28.939   .004 Northerly 1 0 m.d.
30   .096 29.001   .047 Northerly 1 a.m. f.d.
p.m. f.
31   .146   .071   .091 N.N.W. 1 f.p.s.
30.416 28.939 29.6646 2.42

* For explanation of these symbols, see Appendix to Vol. I.