148 J. FAiot—The South-West Monsoon Storms [No. 2, 



falls during the previous 24 hours were the following: — Simla 2-15 

 inches, Peshawar 1*22 inches, and Rawal Pindi 1*20 inches. 



The sky was overcast, and the weather unusually cold, in Upper 

 India. The winds over a large part of Northern India continued to in* 

 dicate feeble cyclonic circulation about a centre in the north-eastern dis- 

 tricts of Sind, Over the whole of Bombay (excluding Sind), Bengal, 

 the Central Provinces, and Central India, the weather was fine, skies 

 cloudless, and the winds blowing from the usual quarter. 



Round the coast of the Bay, from Saugor Island to Madras, the 

 differences of pressure were unusually small. The following statement 

 gives the 10 A. m. reduced readings at the more important stations : — 



Saugor Island 29-940 



False Point 29-955 



Vizagapatam 29-945 



Madms 29-948 



The winds at the Bengal stations near the Head of the Bay blew 

 from directions between north and north-east, the easterly component 

 being probably due to the cyclonic circulation in the middle of the Bay. 

 They were very light. On the Madras coast, the winds were not only 

 more northerly than usual, but were unusually feeble. The data are 

 given in the following table : — 



Stations. 



Vizagapatam. 

 Masulipatam . 



Madras 



Negapatam . 



Salem 



Madura 



Amount of wind 



in miles per 



hour since 10 



A. M. previous 



day. 



Daily average 



amount of wind 



(miles per hour) 



of November. 



2-5 

 6-0 

 6-8 

 5-6 

 3-6 

 41 



Over the Coromandel coast, the weather was fine with passing 

 clouds, and rain had entirely ceased. 



