436 



WINDS OF THE GLOBE. 



(Nop 



. \1\a) to 175(6).) 





Azores. — 



'Continued. 





























Relative Prevalence of Winds from the 









Blonsoon 







Different Points op the Compass. 





3? 









W 





H 





fs 





■ i 











Kind of 



obaerv.itions. 



Time of 

 the year. 



















t-3 



Direction 

 of resultant. 



— g 



Di 



rection. 











a 





° a 



J3 



tjS 



^ 



^l 



.-'2 





O ED 







<u 









WS 



"« 



MS 





IsS 



s 







-.- O 







^ 







^ 



%l 



N 



ml 



(B 



^l 



^ 



^'t 



O 





K 







P4 



f ( 



.•-ipring 



•il- 



59 



16 



14 



9 



78 



19 



27 



25 



N. 63°31'W. 



.10* 











f . 



Summer 



ls 



51 



5 



19 



26 



68 



20 



8 



58 



S. 34 41 W. 



.12i 













Autumn 



35 48 



25 



43 



3(1 



44 



14 



8 



20 



S. 66 19 E. 



.16 









~ § 



1 



Winter 



29 74 



15 



22 



53 



36 



15 



9 



17 



S. 80 3 E. 



.13* 









?• i 





The year2 





















S. 38 20 E. 



.04+ 









l2 £ 





Spring 



17 



45 



13 



9 



6 



69 



20 



33 





N. 74 58 W. 



.20 









« <£ 



S'S 



Summer 



33 



25 



5 



14 



25 



62 



31 



14 





S. 70 52 W. 



.26 









s •§ \ 



■1 § ] 



Autumn 



IS 



21 



16 



4 



14 



33 



22 



14 





N. 83 11 W. 



.15* 









a ° 



o 



Winter 



Ifi 



43 



2 



5 



31 



23 



A 



15 





N. 39 1 E. 



.06 









. ° 



The year' 





















N. 87 W. 



.14 









5 ^ 



^^ {\ Spring 

 6 i 1 Summer 



43 



104 



29 



23 



15 



147 



39 



60 





N. 7(1 21 W. 



.15* 



M 



52*^W. 



.12- 



S 5 



!■>! 



76 



10 



33 



51 



130 



51 



22 





S. 57 11 W. 



.20 



S. 



46* W. 



.15* 



a 





Autumn 



53 



69 



41 



47 



44 



77 



36 



22 





S. 49 58 E. 



.06 



s. 



80 E. 



.09 



— 3 



Winter 



45 



117 



17 



27 



84 



59 



19 



24 





S. 89 51 E. 



.10* 



iN 



81 E. 



.15 





:-^ O 



The year' 





















S. 60 30 W. 



.05 









-. 



■ 



Spring 



,302 



687 



106 



270 



141 



1181 



263 



333 





S. 75 22 W. 



.16 









!»>" S 



Summer 



248 



390| 12 



180 



235 



8S9 



144 



54 





S. 42 42 W. 



.21* 









• ^ -i 



Autumn 



34(i 



629| 255 



843 



368 



462 



174 



42 





S. 58 26 E. 



.26* 









Horta F 



wind i 



^5G and 



!§ 3 



Winter 



305 



1172 252 



277 



843 



515 



305 



249 





S. 77 48 E. 



.10^ 











The year' 





... 















S. 13 12 E. 



.08* 









.5 .'"' 



Spring 



n.fi2 



11.64 



6.62 



19.29 



15.67 



15.13 



13.84 



12.33 













^ O r-l 





Summer 



13.78 



7-65 



2.40 



9.47 



9.04 



13.07 



7.20 



6.75 













^■s £ 



> 31 



Autumn 



9,89 



13.10 10.20 



19. 6C 



12.27 



10.50 



12.43 



5.25 













^'^ >; 



Winter 



10.52 



15.8416.80 



12.59 



15.91 



14.31 



20.33 



27.67 













• From the preceding tables we obtain the following summary of results :— 



rin 



1 





Spring. 



Summer. 



Autuir 





■V 



ter. 



The year. 



Average velocity of all winds in miles per hour .... 



13.24 



10.01 



12.6: 



15.49 



12.84 



Velocity in mean direction, on the supposition that tlie winds from 















every point of the compass move with the foregoing avei-age velocity. 



1.39 



1.24 



2.00 



2.11 



.59 



True velocity in mean direction, ijiving to the winds from the several 















points of the compass eacli their own average velocity, as shown in 















the table above 1 2.09 



2.14 



3.36 



1.63 



1.08 



Excess of the latter over the former +■70 



+ .90 



+1.36 



—.48 



+ .49 



2 Computed from the resultants for the seasons. 



(Nos. 176 to 180.) Atlantic Ocean, longitude 0° to 25° W. 



Coffiputed from observations for an aggregate period of over two years, collected and classified, from 

 the logs of uumerons sailing vessels, at the United States Naval Observatorv under the direction 

 of Capt. M. F. Maury, Superintendent. 







Relative Prevalence of Winds from the 







Monsoon 





Place of 



Time of 



Different Points of the Compass. 



Direction of 



^•o 

 l-"^ 



influences. 



































> 







observations. 



the year. 





« 





^• 





W 



W 



.c 



^ 

 m 



N 





"So 



^ 



^ 

 ^ 



8 



resultant. 



O 3 



Direction. 



o" 



s 







&: ^ 



^ 



M 



w 



H 



•/i 



a> 



ai 



m 



K 



^ 



^'^'1^ 



^ o 





w" 





& 



fc 



, 



Spring 



7 24 



19 



4 3 



2 



1 



1 



2 



10 



4 



6 



6 



5 6 



7 







N. 4°29'E. 



.30 



N. 25° E. 



.32 



36 



176. 



Summer 



8| 8 



5 



12 2 



3 



9 



4 



10 



31 



14 



19 



4 



1410 



19 



8i S. 72 44 W. 



.23 



S. 55 W. 



.14 



60 



Longitude \ 



Autumn 



10 8 



1 



13 3 



4 



2 



7 



20 



6']8 



1 



10 



7 1 



11 



4iS. 43 13 W. 



.12 



s. It; E. 



.10 



42 



20 no 25° W. 



Winter 

 The year" 



111 



9 



9 1 



3 3 



6 



18 



12 5 



16 



6 



10 4 9 



5 S. 60 15 W. 

 ... N. 83 23 W. 



.16 

 .11 



S. IS* W. .09* 



43 



181 



' Computed from the resultants for the seasons. 



