1837.] 



Meteorological Observations. 



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XIV .—Meteorological Observations registered at the Madras Observa- 

 tory during the Storm which occurred on the 30th of October 1836. 



Time. 



Baro* 

 meter. 



Cor- 

 rec- 

 tion. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 reduc- 

 ed. 



Wind. 



10 A. M. 



Noon 

 2 p. M. 

 6 „ 

 8 » 

 10 „ 



6 A. M. 



7 „ 

 7.30 „ 



8 „ 



9 „ 



10 „ 



11 „ 



Noon 



1 P. M. 



2 „ 



3 „ 



4 „ 



5 ;; 



6 h 



7 „ 



Inch. 

 30,050 

 30,050 

 29,970 

 ,940 

 ,956 

 ,950 

 ,940 

 ,880 

 ,8641 

 ,852| 

 ,850| 

 ,795! 

 ,750 

 ,707 

 ,586 

 ,560 

 ,510 

 ,360 

 29,150 



28,980 

 ,915 



0,000 



28,915 



29,280 

 ,500 

 ,650 



,239 

 ,241 

 ,249 

 ,259 



Inch. 

 30,050 



29,321 

 ,269 

 ,111 



28,891 



N. 

 N. 



N. N. W. 



x. w. by n 

 n. by w. 

 n. by w. 



N. 



N. N. W. 



n. by w. 



N. 

 N. 

 N. 

 N. 



N. 

 N, 



,253 

 ,242 

 ,235 



29,027 

 ,258 

 ,415 



Weather, &c. 



Brisk breeze. 

 Do. do. 



Strong wind atintervals 

 Do. do. rain. 

 Do. do. heavy rain. 

 Do. do. rain. 

 Do. do. do. 



Approaching to a gale. 



Brisk gale — rain, 

 do. do. 



At times a violent gale. 



Very violent gale — rain 



Approaching to a hurri- 

 cane. 



Do. do. 



Up to I before 7 the 

 wind continued to blow 

 a perfect hurricane ; 

 from this time up to 

 7 o'clock it gradually 

 abated, and from 7 till 

 | before 8 a perfect 

 calm ensued ; from \ 

 before 8 the wind be- 

 gan to blow from the 

 south, moderately at 

 first, but increasing in 

 strength every mo- 

 ment. 



Blowing a perfect hur- 

 , ricane. 

 A violent gale. 

 Do. 



A strong wind. 



