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J. Eliot — The Soutlt-West Monsoon Storms 



[No, 2, 





10 A. M. 



Barometer reduc- 

 ed to sea level. 





Wind direction. 



Wind velocity of 



previous 24 hours 



miles per hour. 



Percentage of 



wind amount to 



average. 



o < 



Rainfall 



Stations. 



10 h. 



16 h. 



of 

 previous 

 24 hours. 



Cuttack 



False Point ... 

 Vizagapatam 



29-695 

 29-722 

 29-672 



+ -015 

 + -005 

 — •027 



W. S. W. 



Calm. 



W, 



S. 



E. 



W. by S. 



3 

 11 



6 



75 

 110 

 150 



9 

 8 

 8 



101 

 003 



Pressure had. increased rather rapidly over the province of Bengal 

 during the previous 24 hours. The general result of the changes of 

 pressure since the dispersion of the disturbance of the third week of the 

 month had been to give a high barometer, which culminated on the morn- 

 ing of the 25th in excessively high readings. The barometric readings 

 at 10 A. M. of that day in Bengal were above the average by amounts 

 which varied from '19" at Saugor Island to '09" at Durbhunga. Winds 

 were, however, generally normal in direction, blowing from south in 

 South-West Bengal, south-east in East Bengal, east in North and Cen- 

 tral Behar, and south-west in Chutia Nagpore. 



The unusual weakness of the wind is shown by the following com- 

 parison table : — 





Wind amount 

 of 24 hours 

 preceding 



10 A. M. 



Average 



daily wind 



amount June. 



Percentage 



of actual to 



average wind 



amount. 



Saugor Island 



Calcutta 



Berhampore 



256-9 

 104-0 

 132-6 

 1621 

 118-3 



71-5 

 110-7 



40-0 

 263-3 



332-4 

 152-3 

 132-3 



183-7 

 118-3 

 168-3 

 124-2 



96-3 



247-2 



77-3 



68-3 



100-2 



Dacca 



Jessore 



88-3 

 100-0 



Chittagong 



Burdwan 



Cuttack 



False Point 



42-5 



89-1 



41-5 



106-5 







The average rainfall in each of the seven meteorological divisions 

 of Bengal for the 24 hours preceding 6 p. M. of the 25th June is 

 given in page 58. 



The following table gives the meteorological information for the 

 25th extracted from the logs of vessels : — 



