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‘The weather has taken this week almost as sudden a change as it did last, but 
on the present occasion fortunately it is in the right direction. The rain, which 
continued to pour in torrents till early on Saturday morning (upwards of two inches 
of rain fell during Friday night—making a total fall of nearly six inches during 
November), faired up on that day, We have now in fact fairly got into the cold 
season with all its nipping freshness; a coat is at no time unpleasant—blankets 
overnight indispensable. ‘The thermometer ranges from 72° to 79°. So thoroughly 
drenched have been the paddy-fields that we have still two or three inches of water 
all over the surface of the flatter portions of the ground,’’——-Ibid. Nov. 10. 
‘The weather has now set in steady and cool, the thermometer ranging from 
70° to 79°—water in exposed situations falling as low as 65° overnight. The sea 
and land winds are fresh and strong.”’—Jbid. Noy. 13. 
«From out stations we gather the following items :— 
“Surat.—A letter from Surat informs us of an unexpected flood which had oc- 
curred on the Taptee, which had commenced at noon on the 7th, the river continu- 
ing to rise for about twenty hours, when it had attained near the town a depth of 
fifteen feet above its previous level. The cut connecting the river from Burcutcha 
with the sea relieved the flood and saved the city from desolation similar to the visi- 
tations of this sort which formerly afflicted it in cases of freshes in the river. Seve- 
ral pattimars had been driven from their anchorages ; some cattle had been drowned, 
and three carts on their way from Broach were said to have been carried away. -A 
heavy fall of rain in the Malwa district was supposed to have been the cause of the 
flood. The-rains which prevailed here betwixt the 3rd and 5th must in fact have 
been very general: the commencement of them at the former date on. the Coro- 
mandel coast is mentioned by our Madras contemporaries: at Poona upwards of 
three inches of rain fell; and a heavy fall occurred at Belgaum; while all along the 
Ghauts the storm seems to have prevailed. Jt is curious that at Poona more than 
_ twelve inches of rain have this year fallen in April and November—both falls in the 
| fair season.’’—Times, November 13, 
These notices of atmospheric disturbances, which I could yery considerably in- 
crease, I have thought to be suitable precursors of a notice of a remarkable storm 
in Bombay on the 6th of April last, in which the barometer rose instead of falling ; 
_ the facts being supplied by the Magnetic Observatory, and the comments by that 
very zealous and able promoter of scientific research, Dr. Buist, LL,D,, the Editor 
of the Bombay Times. 
THE Storm oF THE 6TH or APRIL 1848. 
State of the Weather. 
April 6th, 9 a.m, Nimbi, cirrocumuli and cirri throughout, except in the S,W., which 
' is clear. : 
sveeee 1OA.M. Overcast by nimbi and cirrocumuli, 
seoeee 11 A.M, Overcast by nimbi and cirrocumuli; a few breaks in the N. 
seorees 12a.mM. Nimbi scattered throughout. 
sseeee 1 P.M. Nimbi in the horizon from N.E. to 8, W. (by E.) ; masses of fleecy 
clouds scattered throughout the zenith. 
«sss.  2P.M. Nimbi scattered; clear in the S.W. 
«sss. 3P.M, Nimbi all round the horizon, and cirri in the S,W.; zenith clear. 
vse» 4P.M, Nimbus and cumuli all round the horizon, very dense in the S.E. ; 
‘zenith clear. 
Bares: 5 p.m, Nimbus; cumulostratus extending from N.E. to S,E.; cirri scat- 
tered throughout the whole of the sky, 
sees» 6 P.M, Electrified cumuli extended from N. to S.E., and nimbi scattered 
throughout ; masses of scud coming from the S. and W. 
sesss P.M. Nimbus and scud coming from the S.W. and forming into dense 
masses in the N.N.E. and S.E.; lightning at intervals of 5 min. 
veces 8 P.M. Densely overcast; thunder in continued peals, N. and E, of zenith; 
vivid lightning, flash after flash, from N. to S.W. (by M.); rain 
in large drops since 7 30™. 
teosee OPM, Densely overcast; thunder and lightning increased, and in all 
