120 



WINDS OP THE GLOBE. 



(No. 50.) North Sea. 



Computed from observations collected and classified, from the logs of different sailing vessels, at 

 the United States Naval Observatory, under the direction of Capt. M. F. Maury, Superintendent, 

 as follows, viz. : — 



Summer : N. N. E. 11, N. E. 17, East 4, E. S. E. 10, S. E. 4, S. S. E. 2, South 13, S. S. W. 6, 

 S. W. 28, W. S. W. 2, West 5, W. N. W. 13, N. W. 3, N. N. W. 3 ; calm or variable, 3. 



Direction of resultant, S. 35° 38' W.(??) 



Ratio of resultant to sum of winds, .15. 



Number of days, 26. 



Autumn : North 2, N. N. E. 2, N. E. 2, E. N. E. 15, East 1, E. S. E. 9, S. E. 6, S. S. E. 4, 

 South 10, S. S. W. It, S. W. 19, W. S. W. 3, West 6, W. N. W. 2, N. W. 4, N. N. W. 2; calm or 

 variable, 34. 



Direction of resultant, S. 3° 22' E.(?) 



Ratio of resultant to sum of winds, .24. 



Number of days, 40. 



(Nos. 50(o) to 56.) Southern Nor-way. 



Observed at the following places, viz. : — 



Christiana, at the Observatory from April, 1837, to December, 1863, inclusive, and 1867. 

 Lindesnes, for 6 years, 1863 to 1868, inclusive. 

 Lister, for 6 years, 1863 to 1868, inclusive. 

 Mandal, by Hansen, for 7 years, 1861 to 1867, inclusive. 

 Sandosund, by Olsen, for 7 years, 1861 to 1867, inclusive. 

 Skudesnes, by Christensen, Storhoug, and Egeland, for 7 years, 1861 to 1867. 

 Spydberg, during the years 1784 and 1785. The author is in doubt in regard to the geographical 

 position of this place. 



Place of 

 observation. 



Time of the 



year. 



Relative Prf.valencp: op Winds from the 

 DiPPEBENT Points of the Compass. 



Direction of 

 resultant. 



^•3 



oS 



Monsoon 

 influences. 



•0 



.Q 



B 

 3 



217 

 197 

 217 

 210 

 217 

 210 

 217 

 217 

 210 

 217 

 210 

 217 

 644 

 644 

 637 

 631 

 2556 



2192 



1 



w 



1 





w 





^ 



■it 



S.3 

 



Direction. 



S 



s 



50(a). 

 Skudesnes. 



51. 1 

 Lister.' j 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



Spring 



Summer 



Autumn 



Winter 



The year 



65 81 

 83 63 

 111 71 

 235 41 



2411 23 

 290; 34 

 278 15 

 226 36 

 176 37 

 1391 76 



141 



117 



130 



63 



64 



67 



32 



39 



81 



77 



127 



88 



257 



138 



285 



346 



1026 



175 207 

 1471 188 

 144 215 

 77I 189 

 55 173 

 33 145 

 50 138 

 55 192 



159 



117 

 72 

 99 



68 



100 



65 



84 



56 



83 



75 



137 



48 



102 



117 



75 



65 



64 



48 



48 



72 



59 



71 



50 



257 



160 



202 



200 



819 





... 



.06 

 .25 

 .13 



.22 

 .08^ 



N. '2°"w. 

 N. 42 W. 

 S. 45 E. 

 S. 29 E. 



.04 

 .24 

 .10 

 .18 









144' 82 153 

 115' lOll 151 

 13l' 118' 190 

 14fii 102 15K 











93 241 137 82 81 





149 2201 inn fln 



90 

 78 

 104 

 365 

 497 

 249 

 243 

 1354 





132 

 106 

 587 

 794 

 447 

 254 

 2082 



78 

 45 

 185 

 85 

 191 

 189 

 600 



159 179 

 180 175 

 276 577 

 138 475 

 401 640 

 502 570 

 1317 2262 



1 



68 108 

 124 128 

 315 231 

 392 321 

 305 280 

 400 296 

 14121128 





S.7i°41''w. 

 N.61 28 W. 

 S. 4 47 E. 

 S. 7 22 E. 

 S.43 57 W. 





1 "■■ 





' Dr. Buchan, in his work on the prevailing winds of the glo 

 year, at Lister and Lindensues, as follows, viz. : — 



Jan. Feb. M.irch. April. May. June. 

 Lister, E. E.&W. E. N. W. N. W. N. W. 

 Lindeusnes, N. E. W. N. E. N. E. & W. N.E.&W. W. 



je, gives them, for the s 



July. Aug. Sept. 



N.W. N. W. N. W. & 



W. W. W. 



Bveral mot 



Oct. 



E. E. 



N.E. 



ths 



Nov 

 N.E 



3f the 



Dec. 



T. E. 



. W. 



