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J. Eliot — r^e South-West Monsoon Storms 



[No. 2, 





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Q 

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Wind. 





Date. 



.2 





Weather and Sea. 





w 





43 



2 "El 1^ o 









1 









June 28th.. 



13 



29-332 



K N. E. 



37 



Sea rongh. Threatening. 





15 



•389 



KE. 



38 



Dark gloomy weather. 





17 



•287 



N. K E. 



45 



Thunder and lightning at 

 distance. 





19 



•289 



N. K E. 



48 







21 



•327 



N. 



43 



Raining. 





23 



•286 



N. W. 



54 



Strong wind. 



June29tli.. 



1 



•204 



W. 



53 



Raining. 





3 



•126 



K K E. 



27 







5 



•176 



N. 



37 







7 



•183 



N. 



44 



Sea very rough. 





9 



•171 



E. 



18 



Dark gloomy weather. 





11 



•166 



E. 



34 







13 



•126 



N. K E. 



54 







15 



•129 



W. 



5 







17 



•162 



s. 



78 



Sea tremendous. 





19 



•242 



s. 



46 



Severe gale of wind. 



Hence a prominent feature of this, as of many of the storms of 

 the rains in the Bay, was excessively violent westerly and south-westerly 

 winds in the southern and eastern quadrants and comparatively feeble 

 winds in the northern and western quadrants. The great inequality 

 of the winds in different quadrants in the majority of storms of the rains 

 has caused them to be considered as mere westerly gales by seamen. 

 It is, however, now proved beyond doubt that they are cyclonic distur- 

 bances in which the winds are rarely violent and dangerous except 

 in the south and east quadrants, where westerly and south-westerly winds 

 of force 8 to 10 may be experienced, interrupted by squalls as violent in 

 character, so far as can be judged from the accounts of sailors, as are felt 

 in the largest and most intense cyclones of the Bay. 



The following additional illustrations are given of the difference of 

 the force of the wind in the different quadrants of the cyclonic disturbance. 

 It shoiild, however, be remembered that it is difficult to explain many of 



