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COAST OBSERVATIONS.
South Cape,.
Hoibow,
Hongkong,
Breaker Point,
Lamocks,
Possibly the depression moved Westward about a hundred miles to the south of the entrance to the Gulf of Tongking.
Observations for noon on the 28th June:-
Bolinao,
NWORTH
C.
C.
b.
.29.82 + .02
SSW
-
.82 .02
NNE
.79 .02
ENE
.83 .00
E
.83 + .01
ENE
.86 .00
ENE
op.
c.
Turnabout,
.87 + .02
calm
C.
VESSELS.
S.S. Dardanus,
8° 30′
108° 59' 29.75
calm
S.S. Lennox,
..10
11
107 18
SE
1
b.
S.S. Mongkut,
.10 28
108 8
.76
S
1
fine.
S.S. Sverre,
.10 54
110 41
SSW
0.
S.S. Holstein,
12 44
109 31
.77
calm
S.S. Aglaia,
18 20
111 30
.75
NE
q. NE swell.
S.S. Kiel,
.19 17
112 47
NE
:
S.S. Elecktra,..
.19 82
113 34
NE
S.S. Activ,
.20 28
107 40
.83
E
S.S. Alwine,
*20 21
110 55
.76
ENE
S.S. Sunghiang,
.21 12
119 3
.83
ESE
S.S. Esmeralda,
..21 16
118 57
.80
SE
Sh. Sterling,
.20 53
115 16
E
fine.
At noon on the 29th the barometer at Hongkong showed the same reading as at noon on the previous day and was in fact rising for two or three hours about this time instead of showing the usual daily fall. At 2 p. it read the same as at 10 a. which, allowing for daily variation, shows a distinct rise of 0.04 inches. The barometer did not commence to fall until late in the evening.
The wind was from about ESE during the morning hours of force 2. At 10 a. it was E 4. About 12.30 p. the wind suddenly flew round to SSE in a sharp squall of wind and rain, but it backed to E/N at 4 p. force 4 and continued from about that direction for the remainder of the evening. The lower clouds came from SE and some higher clouds from SSE. The mean temperature for the day was 79°. At Victoria Peak the direction of the wind was from SE 4 to 5 the whole day. At Macao light SSW breezes blew during the middle of the day and towards evening a light E breeze. The weather was showery during the day; cloudy in the evening. On the whole the barometer was falling slightly. At Hoihow fine weather prevailed. The sky was clear the whole day and the wind from E force 4, lightning was observed to the S during the evening. The barometer showed a slight fall since the previous day, but it read the same at 3 p. as at 9 a. (29.76) and was thus rising at this time. Allowing for daily variation the rise between 9 a. and 3 p. would be about 0.05 inch. On the SE coast the barometer was almost steady, perhaps slightly rising and the wind which was chiefly light NE airs and breezes in the morning became more Easterly towards evening. The weather was fine generally with detached clouds.
Vessels in China Sea West of Bolinao had moderate SSE breezes. The Esmeralda reported a high SW swell. To the East of Annam the weather was fine with light variable airs. The Aglaia and the Alwine, a few miles to the SSW of Hongkong, had a strong ESE breeze with rain and a rough sea. The Presto, which left Hongkong for the SWard at 6 a., had a strong S breeze and squally weather with high S sea and SE swell. The Activ left Hoihow for Hongkong about 2 a.m. She experienced a gentle to moderate ENE breeze during the morning hours. A heavy bank of clouds was noticed in the SE and towards noon she had a SE swell. The barometer (4 a. 29.77, 10 a. 29.82) was not falling at this time.
During the evening the Canton and Taichiow, which left Hongkong bound East in the afternoon, had E and ESE gentle to moderate breezes with overcast showery weather and a heavy S swell. The Presto had the barometer (at 8 p. 29.75, midnight 29.71) falling during the evening and the direction of the wind $ 5 at 4 p. had become E 5 at 8 p. and E 7 at midnight. At the latter hour the weather was thick with rain and there was a tremendously high sea from E. The Activ had now the barometer falling and the wind had backed from E 5 during the afternoon to ENE 6 at night. There was a heavy swell from SSE at midnight.
The following are the observations for June 29th at noon :-
Bolinao, South Cape, Hoihow,
b.
Hongkong,
COAST STATIONS.
..29.83 + .01 .85 + .08 .76 .03 .72 .09 .83
E NNE
C.
1
-
E
SE
Breaker Point,
.00 .84 + .01 .86 .00 .88 + .01
E
NNE NE N
C.
C.
Haiphong,
Lamocks, Turnabout,
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