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SUPPLEMENT TO THE HONGKONG GOVT GAZETTE OF 2ND OCT., 1886.
At 6 a. on the 6th the centre appears to have been in 32° 42′ N, 127° 10′ E. The constant ale blowing out at the Korea Straits was evidently now deflecting the typhoon from the path it itherto followed and causing its course to be turned NWestward, thus furnishing an analogy affect so frequently, though not invariably, produced by a heavy NE gale in Northern Formosa yphoon proceeding northwards in the Channel. Nagasaki reported the lowest reading 29.41 barometer in Japan and a S gale. SE winds prevailed with rain in the west. Strong NE gales in Southern Korea, but the rain that fell during this typhoon does not appear to have been as heav in tropical, hurricanes. From 9 a. on the 5th till 9 a. on the 7th there fell 3.72 inches in Fusan 1.40 in Yuensan.
At 10 a. on the 6th the centre appears to have been in 33° 12′ N, 126° 7′ E. A strong Sb blew at Nagasaki, a fresh SE gale in Southern Korea, a strong ENE breeze in Northern Korea fresh NNE gale in the Yellow Sea SE of the Shantung Promontory, at which a strong NE b was registered. Between Chinkiang and Ningpo fresh NW breezes were registered. Light bre and partly clouded weather prevailed in Southern China, where the barometer was nearly steady. had risen over Formosa and also over Luzon.
At 2 p. on the 6th the centre appears to have been in 34° 42′ N, 125° 12′ E. Being shelt towards NE by the mountainous land of Korea, it had resumed its course towards the north. Af SSE breeze was registered in Southern Korea. strong S breezes in SW Japan, moderate WSW between Shanghai and Nagasaki, a fresh W breeze at Steep Island and fresh NE gales at Shant and at Yuensan in Northern Korea.
On the 5th and the 6th the isobars were very nearly circular. The radius of the isobar corresp ing to 29.60 was about 285 miles, the radius corresponding to 29.50 was about 230, to 29.40 180, to 29.30 about 120, to 29.10 about 100 and to 28.90 about 80 miles. It
that appears whole a gradient of 0.02 inches in 15 miles corresponded to force 6, a gradient of 0.03 to force gradient of 0.05 to force 8, a gradient of 0.07 to force 9, a gradient of 0.10 to force 10 and a grad of 0.20 to force 11. Full typhoon force was not reported. The radius of the area with windfor least 6 was about 310 miles.
The average angle between the direction of the wind and the gradient was 70° in the left: 39 in the right front, 76° in the left back and 77° in the right back quadrant. The greater incurv of the wind in the right front quadrant was due to the wind there blowing from the mounta hores, being thus subject to great friction and also to the steady NE wind in the Korea Strait vidently caused the typhoon to avoid the Strait. The mean of the other quadrants is 74° or 70 front of and 77° behind the centre.
The rain that fell in connection with this typhoon does not appear to have been so heavy rule in a tropical hurricane, nor was it surrounded by a well defined area of fine weather and
It was raining within 200 miles of the centre on the 5th and during the following night utside of this limit showers fell in many places, and about 10 a. on the 6th the rain at Port Hami
ased to be continuous although the centre was within about 70 miles.
At 9 p. on the 6th the centre appears to have been in 37° 15′ N, 124° 25′ E. The N win E Shantung Promontory had reached the force of a strong gale and the barometer had fall 48, the lowest reading reported. The weather was overcast, squally and wet. At Newchwa ew a gentle NE breeze. At Yuensan it blew a NE storm with hurricane-like gusts. The we as bad as in Shantung. About 3 p. the sea had broken in and had overflowed the settlement med from 2 p. on the 6th till 3 a. on the 7th. Then fog set in and lasted till 10 a. after which ather remained overcast and gloomy. In Southern Korea it blew a moderate SW gale at 9 p. on the At 10 a. on the 7th the centre appears to have been about 39° 30′ N, 124° 10' E just- bering the land, but the depression was filling up and the wind had calmed down except at Shan montory where a W gale was registered. The weather was overcast and wet with drizzling the north and also overcast, gloomy and damp in Southern China, where gentle SW breezes
ed with a rising barometer. It blew a fresh SW breeze in Southern Korea.
At 10 a. on the 8th the centre may have been about 44° N, 127° E. It blew a strong SE b Vladivostock, where the weather was overcast and rainy. At 3 p. the lowest reading of the b 29.69 was reported from there. It was then blowing a moderate SE gale. At Newchwang ometer was steady at 29.86. The wind had backed through W to S. but it was nearly calm. owing day the barometer had risen at these stations. On the morning of that day a moderate
was reported from Wladivostock. Between 5 and 6
p.
p. on the 5th September the P. M. S. S. City of Rio de Janeiro in abou The wind shifted from SSE to NNW, N, 148° 37′ E passed through the centre of a storm.
The lowest reading of the l quarter a storm was experienced when the centre was past. reported was 28.75.
On the 9th of October the barometer began to fall in Luzon, Gradients were moderate for ads and increased during the following days. The humidity continued moderate over the Philip in SEastern China. The weather was fine. On the morning of the 13th the lowest readi barometer was registered at Iloilo. It was blowing moderately from SW, which continued di next few days, and the weather was squally. At 10 a. the centre of Typhoon IX may about 16° N, 132° E. At 4 p. the lowest reading of the barometer 29.77 was reported ila. It blew a gentle NW breeze accompanied by detached clouds between there and Bolina
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