1881] 



x)f the Bay of Bengal in 1883. 



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forming at the Head of the Bay to the south of Saugor Island. Pressure 

 ranged from 29'9 inches in Ceylon to 29'28 inches at Peshawar. 



The wind was from directions between south-west and west over 

 the Peninsula. In the neighbourhood of the two depressions, cyclonic 

 circulations were established. Up the Gangetic valley the wind had 

 a general easterly direction. The weather was cloudy and gloomy 

 in all parts of the country except in the upper districts of the Punjab. 

 Rain in small amounts had fallen during the preceding 24 hours, except 

 in the Punjab, Sind, and West Madras. The rainfall was heavier on the 

 Bombay coast than it had been hitherto, and strong monsoon winds were 

 blowing there. 



The following table gives the observations at the selected stations 

 on and over the coast of the Bay on the 27th : — 



Stations. 



• CO® 



bo a>rrt 



o3 .2 O 



Wind. 



10 h. 



16 h. 







so 



Is 



Nancowry 



Port Blair 



Diamond Island .. 



Akyab 



Chittagong 



Dacca 



Jessore 



Calcutta (Alipore) 



Sangor Island 



Balasore 



Cnttack 



False Point 



Vizagapatam 



29-912 

 29-853 

 29-763 

 29-606 

 29-578 

 29-566 

 29-604 

 29-529 

 29-532 

 29-537 

 29-565 

 29-544 

 29-634 



•003 

 -033 

 -038 

 -105 

 •082 

 •116 

 •069 

 •117 

 -115 

 -099 

 •061 

 -077 

 •034 



S. W. 



S. W. 

 S. S. W. 

 S. S. E. 



E. N.E. 



E. 

 E. N. E. 

 E. S. E. 



N.N. E. 



N. 



N. W, 



W. 



w. 



s. s. w. 



s. w. 



s. s. w. 



S. S. E. 



S. E. 



E. 



E. 



E. 



N.E. 



? 



N.N.W. 



w. s. w. 

 w. s. w. 



136 



118 



175 



150 



43 



38 



120 



83 



250 



? 



75 



70 



175 



8 



10 



8 



10 



4 



8 



10 



9 



7 



8 



10 



10 



10 



179 

 057 

 1^02 

 1-16 

 004 

 0-20 

 0-09 

 0-40 

 1-01 

 0-26 

 1-70 



The preceding observations show that pressure had decreased i-apid- 

 ly over the north of the Bay and the adjacent coasts during the prece- 

 ding 24 hours. The fall was greatest in South- West Bengal and more 

 especially at Saugor Island. The distribution of pressure, taken in con- 

 nection with the wind directions at the Bengal and Orissa stations, in- 



