910 SUPPLEMENT TO THE HONGKONG GOVT GAZETTE OF 2ND OCT., 1886.
28.94 at 10 a. and reached its lowest reading 28.82 about 11.30 a. From 9.30 to 10.15 a. there wa heavy rain and the wind but not the sea moderated, but it blew again with typhoon force from 10 t 11.45 a. with seas from various directions. At Noon the vessel was in 31° 13′ N, 131° 13′ E. In th course of the afternoon the wind backed from NW at 1 p. to W in the evening and the weathe moderated. There was rain with the breeze in the afternoon but in the evening the horizon was rathe clear.
The typhoon was very heavy in Japan. The barometer fell to 28.86 near the centre. The isobar were rather elongated in about the line of the track. In front of the centre the wind appears to hav incurved somewhat less than usually occurs in a typhoon in the China Sea, but behind the centre this wind blew much more straight towards it. The steepest gradients appear to have been 12 millimeter in 1° or more.
The following day, the barometer continued to rise along the Southern Coast of China. Gradient for SW winds were steep but decreased on the 5th. On the 3rd and the 4th the SW.monsoon reache the force of a moderate gale in the Formosa Channel. In Takow it rose even to a fresh SW gal Gradients for SW winds continued steep till the 10th. The temperature and humidity were high an the weather overcast. At 1 p. on the 11th July I wrote in the China Coast Meteorological Register "It is possible, that there is a typhoon in the Pacific, but it is not indicated with certainty. If so fin weather and light winds may be expected along the Coast of China." It now appears, that Typhoo, III was at the time 1500 miles SE of Hongkong, and the weather cleared and the wind decreased the following days. In Iloilo fine weather with moderate SW monsoon had prevailed in the beginnin of July. On the Sth and the 9th the barometer rose a few hundredths of an inch and began to fa distinctly on the latter day the evening of which was squally and wet. The weather became cloud? and a gentle N breeze was registered on the 13th. The barometer reached its minimum on the 14t having then fallen a tenth of an inch since the 9th.
On the 11th of July the barometer was rising except in Southern Luzon. Light SE breezes, bler along the Southern Coast of China and in the Formosa Straits. Gradients (for SE winds) amounte to about 0.1 ins. in 11°. Light NE breezes prevailed North of Formosa. The weather was cloudyi It may be surmised, that the centre of typhoon was in 8° N, 134° E at 10 a.
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On the 12th the barometer behaved as on the previous day. Gradients (for NE winds) had ne changed in amount. Light NE breezes prevailed in Southern China and over the China Sea. raining in Hainan and Tonquin. At 10 a. the typhoon was about 9° N, 133° E.
On the 13th the barometer began to fall in Formosa and along the SE Coast of China. Gradient had not changed perceptibly. Gentle NE breezes blew over the China Sea, Southern China an Formosa, and a light N breeze was reported at 4 p. from Bolinao. Detached clouds prevailed in Chine Formosa and Luzon. It was still raining in Hainan and in Tonquin. At 10 a. the typhoon wat about 10° N, 131° E. The Captain of the steam-ship Airlie at 6 p. in 20° N; 128° E noticed a peculia colour in the clouds at sunset. The wind blew fresh from E, but the weather was fine.
On the 14th the barometer was falling with detached clouds and light breezes from various direc tions at all stations in the Far East, from which returns are received. Gradients (for N winds) ha not changed in amount. A light NE breeze blew at S. Cape and a N breeze at Bolinao. At 10 a. th typhoon was about 12° N, 130° E. The Captain of the steam-ship Airlie at 4 p. in 17° N, 130 suspected bad weather to the SW. The weather too was squally with heavy rain. It blew a moderat gale from E by S.
On the 15th the barometer continued to fall, the sky had cleared particularly in the SE and ligh breezes blew from various directions. Over the China Sea gradients (for N winds) amounted now t about 0.1 in 5 degrees. A light NE breeze continued to blow at S. Cape and a light air from NW Bolinao. At 10 a. the typhoon was about 15° N, 128° E. The steam-ship Airlie which at noon wa in 15° 31′ N, 132° 7′ E had rather fine weather but a lumpy sea from S and strong SSE breeze in th morning. It fell and veered to S in the afternoon with SW swell.
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On the 16th the fall in the barometer was increased, the weather continued fine with light breeze from various directions. Gradients had not changed perceptibly. A gentle NW breeze was registere at S. Cape, a light air from W backing to SW at Bolinao. From Manila the lowest reading of th barometer 29.75 was reported at 4 p. The lowest reported from Bolinao on this and the following day was 29.71. At 10 a. the typhoon was about 18° N, 126° E. The steam-ship Airlie in 13° N, 135° had wind from WNW and swell from W with fine weather and the barque Nicoya in 14° N, 148° h
had ESE wind.
At 10 a. on the 17th the centre appears to have been in about 21° 23′ N, 124° 18′ E. Th barometer in Formosa had fallen about 0.2 ins. during the last 24 hours. Along the Southern Coast C China it had fallen 0.1, and 0.05 along the Yangtzekiang, but it had risen a few hundredths in Norther China. The temperature was high, the humidity comparatively low and the weather fine along th Coast. A fresh WNW breeze blew at S. Cape, where the weather was overcast and gloomy. A gent!