1884.] 



of the Bay of Bengal In 1883. 



137 



The only alteration in the wind directions that deserves notice 

 occurred at Diamond Island and Akyab, where the wind had shifted 

 round to south-east. This of course indicated the further northward 

 extension of the south-west monsoon current which had commenced on 

 the 4th at Nancowry. 



The following table gives the 10 A. m. reduced barometric readings 

 of the recording stations on the coast of the Bay : — 



Stations on west coast of the Bay. 



Stations on east coast of the Bay. 



Stations. 



Barometer 



10 A. M. 



reduced to 

 sea level. 



Stations. 



Barometer 



10 A. M. 



reduced to 

 sea level. 



Sa,n croT Island 



29-977 

 29-983 

 29-976 

 29-983 

 29-978 



Chittao-oner 



29-953 



False Point 



Akyab 



Diamond Island 



Moulmein 



29-930 



Vizagapatam 



TVTa.dras 



29-930 



29-928 



Npcra.na.tam . 



Port Blair 



29-936 





Nancowry 



29-922 



The differences of pressure along the west coast were much smaller 

 than on the 7th, and pressure was very approximately uniform. It was 

 slightly lower at the east coast stations, but, even there, the differences 

 were extremely small. 



The following table gives the 10 A. m. observations at stations in 

 the neighbourhood of the area in which the storm was generated : — 





Barometer at 

 10 A. M. re- 

 duced to sea 

 level. 



Change since 

 10 A. M. pre- 

 vious day. 



Wind direction. 



Velocity in 

 miles per horn- 

 since 10 A. M. 

 previous day. 



o 



O 



Rainfall at 10 

 A. M. preced- 

 ing 24 hours. 





Stations. 



10 A. M. 



4 p. M. 



Weather. 



Nancowry 



Port Blair 



Diamond Island 



Akyab 



Chittagong ... 



Toungoo 



Bassein 



29-922 

 29-936 

 29-930 

 29-930 

 29-953 

 29-980 

 29-941 

 29-965 

 29-928 

 29-965 



— •021 



— •009 



— •040 



— •045 

 — -041 

 + -Oil 



— •036 

 — -039 

 — -030 



+ -009 



S. W. 



W. S. W. 



E.S.E. 



S. S. E. 



N. 



S. W. 



S.E. 



E. 



S.E. 

 E. 



S. W. 



w. s. w. 



s. 

 ? 



E. S. E. 



S.E. 

 S. S.E. 

 S. S. E. 



N. W. 

 S. 



7 



5 



13 



2 



1 

 ? 

 4 

 2 

 2 

 2 



10 



9 



10 



6 







10 



10 



10 



7 



10 



1-14 

 018 

 2-35 

 0-16 



0-10 

 0-41 



0-25 



Thunder. 



Rangoon 



Moulmein 



Mcrgui 



Showery. 

 Thunder. 



