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Chap. VI.]
METEOROLOGICAL ABSTRACT.
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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.