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earlier storm made it possible on July 31st to anticipate to some extent 

 the change of direction. 



Period C. 



A single extract from the Indian Daily Weather Report, of Septem- 

 ber 4th, will give the necessary information regarding the storms of this 

 period. 



" The present storm is the third of a remarkable series of storms 

 which have formed in the Bay since the 19th August and have followed 

 an almost identical course." 



The first storm was over Guzerat or the north-west dry area, on 

 August 22nd, the second on August 28th, and the third on September 

 3rd. 



Period D. 



What appeared to be a fourth in the above series was over the 

 north-west of the Bay, on September 5th, and was expected to advance 

 into the east of the Central Provinces during the next thirty-six hours, 

 but it moved northwards, and on September 8th and 9th became diffused 

 over West Bengal and the adjacent part of Central India. The following 

 extracts are taken from the Indian Daily Weather Report because they 

 support my contention already expressed, that recurving or in fact the 

 direction of motion at any time is not directly indicated by the ground 

 level observations of the day. 



September 6th. — "The storm at the head of the Bay is likely to 

 advance into the east of the Central Provinces during the next thirty- 

 six hours and will probably give moderate to heavy rain to Orissa, 

 Chota Nagpur, West Bengal, and the east of the Central Provinces. 

 Weather may become feebly unsettled in Kashmir within the next day 

 or two." 



(Sd.) J. Murray, 

 Offg. Meteorological Reporter to the Govt, of India 



and Director- General of Indian Observatories. 



September 7th. — " The storm at the head of the Bay has hardly 

 changed in position during the past twenty-four hours and now shows a 

 tendency to advance northwards into Bengal in which case rainfall will 

 increase in Lower Bengal." 



September 8th. — " The cyclonic storm in Bengal will probably 

 continue to advance in the same general northerly direction and give 

 moderate to heavy rain in East and North Bengal and Assam." 



The next storm in the Bay began towards the end of the third 

 week of September and w r as well denned over the north-west angle on 

 the 24th. From there it moved north-westward into Chota Nagpur, 

 then north wards, and on the morning of the 26th was recurving towards 



