A practical guide to the climates and weather of India, Ceylon and Burmah and the storms of the Indian seas . Fig. 19.—Weather Chart for 10 , 14th September 1882. stages, was somewhat gieater than usual, and its duration was moreprolonged. Figs. 20 to 23 represent four stages of a storm that followed analmost due westward track, at the beginning of the monsoon of thefollowing year, 1883. A full description of it, illustrated by charts ofthe weather for each day, was published by Mr. Eliot in the 53dvolume of the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. It originated !I4 CLIMATES AND WEATH
A practical guide to the climates and weather of India, Ceylon and Burmah and the storms of the Indian seas . Fig. 19.—Weather Chart for 10 , 14th September 1882. stages, was somewhat gieater than usual, and its duration was moreprolonged. Figs. 20 to 23 represent four stages of a storm that followed analmost due westward track, at the beginning of the monsoon of thefollowing year, 1883. A full description of it, illustrated by charts ofthe weather for each day, was published by Mr. Eliot in the 53dvolume of the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. It originated !I4 CLIMATES AND WEATHER OF INDIA on the 27tli June, between 20° and 21° north lat, and 89° and 90°east long., and during the next two days moved very slowly (at between2 and 5 miles an hour) on a north-west course to Balasore Bay,crossing the coast on the evening of the 29th. While still over thebay, the south-west and south winds of the south and east quadrants hadthe force of a strong gale (10 to 11 on Beauforts scale) ; while to the. Fig. 20.—Weather Chart for 10 , 29th June 18S3. north and west, the north-easterly and westerly winds were onlymoderate to strong (3 to 5) ; the barometric depression at the centreamounted to somewhat less than half an inch. On reaching the land its course became almost due west, and this
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