A literature search was conducted with the objective of assimilating information from widely diverse sources to provide the operational Navy forecaster with a single reference text for the Bay of Bengal. To avoid presenting conflicting points of view about the various phenomena discussed, the author has given the viewpoint which, at this time, seems most reasonable. The approach adopted has been to describe and discuss the various large-scale and synoptic scale features and then to link all the components together in a description of the "March of the Seasons." Mean climatic charts are presented and, wherever possible, typical satellite photographs are presented to illustrate various features.

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