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as from local cyclonic winds prevailing over Northern Italy 
and Austria, although the observations do rtot show any such 
system of winds near Carlsruhe. In these five cases the great 
rain-fall occurred at a distance of from 600 to 800 miles from 
the center of the low area in which it nm 
In the other case (No. 34) the local effect uopn 
the barometer was not distinctly marked. In No. 65, Oct. 
23d, the low center was about 100 miles N.E. of Valona. On 
the 22d the wind was S.E. and 1°30 inch of rain was reported ; 
on the 23d the wind was north and 2°36 inches of rain were 
reported. The observations do not clearly show whether this 
rain fell chiefly before or after the change of wind. 
f the five cases in the table which are marked with an ? in 
ic du Midi. 
inches of water in twenty-four hours. 
- t H * } . . 
| 2 | Sa / sg | 28 | 88 [28] $4 
z, Date. 5 33 | 53 5 | ca > aa 
: e| 2 | 2 | &s | a3 | 88 |“2) a8 
1/1879. Jan. 6INW| W | N | NW|NW/| NW |NE| E 
2 Jan. 7INW|SSW!| N | W |WNW| NE | E| E 
3 April 3|NW| W | NW! W | W | W |NE| SE 
4 April 4INW| W | N |NW/| NW) WINS 
5/1878, Mar. 25NW|WSW| NW WNW|WSW W |NW/ NE 
6 . 2NW) .. |NNE WNW sw i E | N |WNW 
71880. April 3SW| NW| S | W |WSW| W INE; 8 
8 April 27|NW| W INNE| N WNW WNWINW E 
9] May c6INW| W | NE | SB [WNW EB INW 8 
10 May "INW| W | W INNW!] W | W |NW) SSW 
11 Sept. 20'NW|] W w | NW iwsw! W 'NE! SSE 
Th 1880, the direction of the wind on the Pic du Midi was 
not reported, and the winds shown for that station in 1880 are 
the directions of the lower clouds. At Mont Louis the lower 
Clouds were reported from S. in case 1; from S.E. in case oe 
