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J. Eliot — The South-West Monsoon Storms 



[No. 2, 



Vessel. 



Hour. 



4 





Probable re- 

 duced baro- 

 meter. 



Winds. 





Dir. 



Force. 



Remarks. 



Asia 



4 a.m. 



Noon 

 4 p.m. 



8 p.m. 



Port 



Blair. 





Variable 

 E. N. E. 



Light 



Light 

 Fresh. 



Light and variable airs, 

 fine weather. 



Light breeze and fine 

 clear weather. 



Mount Stuart 



4a.m. 



8 a.m. 



Noon 

 4 p.m. 



Midnt. 



16° 24' 



92° 00' 



29-890 



N. N. W. 

 N. by E. 



N. N. E. 



NBbyN 

 NNE to 



NEbyN 



1 



lto2 



"2 

 2 



1 p. m. Smooth with 

 light N. swell. 4 p. m. 

 Heavy clouds all 

 round the horizon. 

 5 P. m. Weather set- 

 tled looking. 



Midnight. Cle^ fine 

 weather. 



Scottish Hill 



8 a.m. 



Noon 

 8 p.m. 



18° 03' 



92° 48' 



29-900 



N. W. 



NNWto 



N. 





Light winds and swell 

 from N. N. W. 



Light winds and clear 

 sky. 



Loanda 



Noon 



18° 38' 



92° 30' 



29-800 



WbyN. 



5 





The observations caH for little remark. The rapid recovery of 

 pressure at Akyab, and the lightness and irregularity of the winds in 

 Arakan and Burmah, indicate the complete disappearance of the cyclonic 

 vortex. The land observations show that the winds were very unsteady 

 during the day. For instance, at Nancowry, they were from east at 

 10 A. M. and south at 4 p. m. Similarly, at Port Blair, they shifted 

 from N. N. E. at 10 A. m. to S. S. E. at 4 p. m. It is probable that 

 these were light local winds, for the logs of the vessels prove that, over 

 the greater part of the Bay, north-easterly winds were again established. 

 The Clan Macpherson, at the entrance to the Bay, in Lat. 6° N., had 

 moderate north-easterly winds. 



Hence the cyclonic circulation had not only broken up, but the south- 

 westerly winds which had, as shown by the Nancowry registers, prevailed 

 steadily up to the afternoon of the 14th, although they had decreased in 

 strength considerably during the 12th, 13th, and 14th, had given way so 



