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J. Eliot — The South-West Monsoon Storms 



[No. 2, 





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Wind. 







Stations. 





Amount in 



miles per 



hour since 



10 a. m. 



Cloud amour 

 4 p. M 



Weather. 



Kurrachee 



Mount Abu . . . 



Dcesa 



Eajkote 



Bhuj 



29-490 

 25-856 

 29-667 

 29-653 

 29-581 



+ -186 

 + -258 

 + -163 

 + -199 

 + -366 



E. S. E. 

 S. S. W. 

 E. N. E. 



S. W. 

 S. S. w. 



38-7 

 18-5 



? 



28-7 

 230 



10 

 10 

 10 

 8 

 10 



Strong wind. 

 Gloomy. 

 Strong wind. 

 Strong wind. 

 Strong wind. 



The history of the cyclone ends with the evening of the 4th, as 

 the observations of the 5th and subsequent days shew that normal winds 

 were established in Sind, and no further evidence of the existence of 

 the cyclonic whirl is furnished by the land observations. 



CHAPTER III. 



Discussion op the more important features op the Storm of the 

 26th June to the 4th July, 1883. 



The cyclonic storm of the last week of June and the first week of 

 July is interesting in several respects. It occurred after the rains had 

 fully set in over Bengal, and was of unusual intensity in the Bay for 

 a storm of the rains. After it passed into the Central Provinces, it ac- 

 quired fresh energy, and advanced slowly across the Head of the Penin- 

 sula into Guzerat. During this part of its motion, it gave excessive 

 rain, and presented in a marked degree the phenomena of a south-west 

 monsoon storm on land. It was thus one of the most complete storms 

 of the rains that has occurred in recent years, and as such is deserving 

 of careful study. Before discussing its more important features in detail, 

 it appears desirable to give a brief connected history of the antecedents, 

 the formation, the progress, and the dissolution of the storm. 



The south-west monsoon proper of 1883 commenced a few days 

 earlier than usual at the Head of the Bay and in Bengal. The Bombay 

 branch of the monsoon current was first felt in force on the Bombay coast 

 on the 24th and 25th of June, when strong winds, almost approaching to 

 a gale, were blowing, and general rain began and extended to the Central 

 Provinces. Very shortly after the commencement of the south-west 



