1000 A Seventh Memoir on the Law of Storms in India. [No. 131. 



Storm of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th June, 1842. — Notes by H. Piddington, 

 published in the Englishman and Hurkaru Newspapers. 



During the latter part of May the weather was excessively close 

 and oppressive, particularly during the nights. It was on the 27th 

 that we had the first North-Wester, after which the weather was 

 calm. 



Generally, before this the white hazy appearance of the sky was 

 very remarkable, and in countries subject to earthquakes would have 

 been called earthquake weather, i. e. shocks would have been expected. 



On the 1st June. — At 6 a. m., the Barometer had fallen from 

 29.625, at which it had previously been (the usual average of May 

 being about 29-72) to 29.465. The wind was E. N. E. in variable 

 puffs, scud rising from heavy nimbi and cumuli to the Eastward, and 

 flying fast from about due East to West. Clear, and rather dark 

 blue sky, with light cirrhi and strata above the scud. Cloudy and 

 squally during the day, and threatening a heavy S. Easter* about 

 noon, which seems to have fallen to the Eastward, for it did not 

 reach us. The scud not remarkable in the afternoon, but always 

 coming from E. and S. E., a thick bank hanging to the Eastward. 



2nd June — After midnight, squally from the East, with rain. 

 Daylight heavy and rapid scud from N. E., wind rising and falling, 

 Ear. at 5-30 a. m. 29.355. 



Wind rising and falling very remarkably, at varying intervals of 

 15, 17 and 5 minutes, with the peculiar moaning noise which accom- 

 panies high and variable winds. 



At 10 a. m., Wind N. E. by N. strong squalls, and Bar. 29.355. 

 Noon 29.355, strong N. E. gale, rapid white scud, with breaks of 

 dark blue sky and masses of white cumuli. 



2 p. m., squalls at intervals, Bar. 29.265, calms and squalls to 7 p- m. 

 when Bar. 29.245, but light puffs and calms till 10 p. M.,t and 

 towards midnight, when Bar. about 29.17? squalls increasing from 

 N. E. 



* I use this term to express a heavy burst of wind and rain from that quarter, such 

 as we have from the North-west, and which lasts from half an hour to 3 or 4 hours. 



f This is another of the frequent, and indeed almost constant, instances in which 

 these hurricanes appear to moderate for a few hours after their commencement. 



