LRichard's ..Comprehensive geography of the Chinese empire and dependencies ..translated into English, revised and enlarged . the South-China Sea, the wind during this monsoon blows frequently from In the Formosa channel, at the same period, July-August-September, aviolent wind blows at times from the during the typhoons. At Shanghai, according to the Sicawei Observatory, the direction of the wind isas follows : 1° Diurnal variation. During the Winter monsoon, September-March,the wind tends to blow from W. in the morning, then from N., and from E, in theevening, as if the atmo
LRichard's ..Comprehensive geography of the Chinese empire and dependencies ..translated into English, revised and enlarged . the South-China Sea, the wind during this monsoon blows frequently from In the Formosa channel, at the same period, July-August-September, aviolent wind blows at times from the during the typhoons. At Shanghai, according to the Sicawei Observatory, the direction of the wind isas follows : 1° Diurnal variation. During the Winter monsoon, September-March,the wind tends to blow from W. in the morning, then from N., and from E, in theevening, as if the atmosphere were attracted sunwise. From G p. m. to 6 a. m., thebreeze does not complete the circle, but backs to W. During the Piimmer monsoon, June-July-August, the wind blows from S,towards midnight, shifting to the E. at sunrise, It then bftcjjs to the S, dbout 10 ft. m., 244 SECTION IV. THE COAST-LINE OF CHINA. veers again towards the E. until sunset, and backs once more to the S. in the the transition period, March to May, the direction passes progres-sively from one system to the other. Winter Monsoon. F. The letters J. F. indi-cate the months of the year :January, Febraarj-, Marchetc. Summer Monsoon. Direction of the Wind. 2° Annual variation. From November to .Januarj, the wind blows , the greatest sally to the W. being in December ; in November and January,the wind blows from the same direction, bearing closely on the N. In February, itblows from , and in March, from ; from April to August, it comes , July giving the most Southerly resultant; in September and October, it blowsfrom , bearing closer and closer on the N., which it crosses again in November. In the annexed diagram, as given by the same Observatorj, the length ofthe lines connecting each apex of the polygon with the centre (c) of the marinerscard, is proportional, not to the force of the resultant (which may be very small), butto the aggregate of the wind for
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