96 J. EYiot— The SoutJi-West Monsoon Storms [No. 2, 



The Captain of the Comet speaks as follows of the weather on the 

 29th : " Weather was very threatening. A heavy sea came up from the 

 south-east ; the wind was very variable, shifting all round the compass. 

 Rain squalls frequently came up. At midnight it was blowing a furious 

 gale." 



The Captain of the Meteor remarks of the weather he experienced 

 during the day : " The sea was very rough and a high squall from 

 south-west came up at 8 A. m. Frequent heavy rain-squalls passed over 

 the vessel. The wind shifted to south-west at lO'SO A. m. The barometer 

 began to rise at 2 P. M. During the evening a strong south-west gale blew, 

 and frequent terrific rain-squalls passed over the vessel. At 11 P. M. the 

 wind began to decrease in force and the squalls were less frequent." 



SOth June. — The depression off the mouth of the Hooghly on the 

 29th had travelled in a westerly direction, crossed the coast near Bala- 

 sore, and passed westward to the north of Cuttack. 



The depression was apparently smaller than on the previous day, the 

 lowest recorded reading of the barometer at 10 A. m. being 29"35". It 

 was, however, a well-marked depression of about a quarter of an inch 

 at the centre. The westward motion of the disturbance caused the baro- 

 meter to fall briskly at Cuttack and in the adjacent districts of Chutia 

 Nagpore and the Central Provinces, whilst, over the whole of Bengal, a 

 very rapid recovery of pressure occurred. The wind directions in North- 

 Eastern India indicated the continuance of cyclonic circulation in Bengal, 

 Orissa, the Central Provinces, and Chutia Nagpore. Winds were from 

 west in Orissa, south to east in Bengal, north in Chutia Nagpore, and 

 north-west in the Central Provinces. 



In other parts of India, the barometer rose generally during the 

 preceding 24 hours. The changes over the greater part of the North 

 Western Provinces and Bombay slightly exceeded a tenth of an inch, but 

 the relative distribution of pressure was unaltered, except in Bengal and 

 Orissa. The wind on the Bombay Coast had veered again to south-west, 

 and was moderating. Yery cloudy skies prevailed over the whole of 

 Northern India. Heavy rain showers had fallen in the North- Western 

 Provinces, and diminished the temperature over a large portion of Upper 

 India from 10° to 15°. 



Heavy rain continued to fall in connection with the cyclonic vortex 

 in Orissa and the western districts of the Central Provinces. 



The preceding remarks are illustrated by the following obser- 

 vations : — 



