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J. Eliot — The South-West Monsoon Storms 



[No. 2, 



14ith November. — The only feature of importance in the meteorology 

 of India was the depression off the Arakan and Burmese coasts. Pres- 

 sure was again giving way quickly over the Punjab, and to a less extent 

 in all other parts of the country, except at a few stations in Bombay, 

 South Madras, and in Arakan. The highest pressure (30'1) was over 

 Sind, and the lowest (29 "69) in Arakan at Akyab. Gradients were not 

 steep, except in and near the cyclonic disturbance. The storm centre 

 in the Bay was approaching Akyab at 10 A. m. The weather was 

 overcast with heavy rain in Burmah and Arakan. A considerable in- 

 crease of cloud had taken place in Lower Bengal. The sky had cleared 

 in the Punjab and North-west Himalaya, and weather was fine over the 

 whole of India, except in the immediate neighbourhood of the cyclonic 

 disturbance. The winds were more northerly than usual in Northern 

 India. In Bengal and on the Madras coast, winds were blowing chiefly 

 from the north west. They were, however, as during the previous week, 

 light in the neighbourhood of the Madras coast. 



The following tables give the observations relating to the weather 

 of the 14th taken at the land stations in the neighbourhood of the cyclo- 

 nic disturbance, and the meteorological information extracted from the 

 logs of vessels : — 





at 10 

 duced 

 el. 



o « 



Wind direction. 



Yelocity in miles 

 per hour since 

 10 A. M. previ- 

 ous day. 



1 



o 



Eainfall at 10 

 A. M. preceding 

 24 hours. 





Stations. 



Barometer 

 A. M. re 

 to sea le-v 



Change sin 

 A. M. pr( 

 day. 



10 A. M. 



4 p. M. 



Weather. 



Nancowry 



Port Blair 



Diamond Island 

 Akyab 



29-921 

 29-924 

 29-898 

 29-692 

 29-772 

 29-866 

 29-922 

 29-921 

 29-913 

 29-948 



— -019 

 + -028 

 + -072 

 -171 

 —•083 

 —•015 

 + •092 

 + •034 

 + •011 

 + •005 



S. W. 

 W.N.W. 



S. 



N. 

 N. W. 

 N.W. 



W. s. w. 

 s. 



S. E. 



N.E. 



S. W. 

 S. S. E. 



S. 



w. 

 w. 



S. w. 



s. 



S.S.W. 



w. 



N. 



2 

 6 



17 

 8 

 1 

 ? 



14 

 8 

 4 

 1 



8 



6 



7 



10 



8 



10 



10 



10 



1 



8 



0-63 

 0-61 

 0-64 

 2-44 



0-15 

 1-42 

 0-83 

 0-33 

 1-55 



Cloudy. 

 Cloudy. 



Raining. 



Gloomy. 



Showery, 



Overcast. 



Drizzling. 



Pine. 



Cloudy. 



Chittagong ... 

 Toungoo 



Rangoon 



Moulmein 



Mergui 





