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At the lighthouses at the N entrance to the Formosa Channel gentle to fresh SSW breezes and fine weather prevailed with rising barometer and in N Formosa light variable airs and fine weather with rising barometer were the conditions. In South Western Japan moderate to fresh E & SE winds prevailed with rainy weather and the barometer which had been rather low during the past 24 hours was now slightly rising. Nagasaki had at 6 a. 29.64.
From the vessels in the area under the influence of the depression we have the following observa- tions:-The Airlie had the wind still backing from NNW the previous evening to WSW a strong breeze with squally appearance on the early morning of the 26th. At noon the wind was a fresh SW breeze and the weather was fine. She was then in 27° 56', 121° 53'. With the Levuka the wind was still a strong WSW breeze, at noon the weather being fine. The barometer read 29.65. The Charters Tower had at noon in 29° 35′, 126° 08′ a strong SSW breeze, barometer 29.65, but the sea was no longer confused though still high. The Verona during the early morning had a fresh SSW gale with overcast weather and confused sea. The direction had backed to Sat noon and blew a strong breeze. The barometer was rising and then read 29.59. She was in 30° 39′, 127° 14'. The Phra Nang in 30° 23′, 128° 31′ had a moderate S breeze and fine weather, barometer 29.64. The Picciola in 34° 35', 122° 47′ had a fresh NE breeze and squally weather with high confused sea,
The Yung- ping a little NW of the Saddles had a fresh NW breeze and heavy NE swell. The Richard Parsons bound from Shanghai to Hongkong was near N Saddle at 2 p. At midnight July 26th she had a fresh SW gale and high sea.
The centre was at noon on the 26th in about 31°0′, 12410.
On the East Coast at Steep Island
On the 27th SW winds were established at sea South of 30° lat, the wind at noon was SW 2, the weather fine and the barometer read 29.70 at 9 a. At North Saddle the wind remained at NW of force 5 until 3 a. At 9 a. it had backed to SW and was of force 4, barometer 29.63 and fine weather. The other stations at the mouth of the Yang-tze-kiang had much the same weather except that the NW wind was lighter in force and the change in direction came some- what later and was to SE in some cases. At the Shantung Promontory winds were light NE breezes Chefoo had NE force 1, and Howki NE 3 at 9 a. The weather was fine at all these stations. At NE. Promontory lighthouse the barometer read 29.48 at 9 a. At Chefoo 29.47 both falling slightly. These barometer readings are uncorrected the errors being unknown. They apparently read too low. On the SE coast of Korea at Fusan the wind was a light to gentle SW breeze with passing showers during the afternoon. In Western Japan moderate SE veering to S winds prevailed with fair weather. At Nagasaki the barometer read 29.72 at 2 p. and was almost steady.
The following observations at noon on the 27th July are from vessels :—
Bq. Levuka,
28° 25′
122° 42'
29.70
SW
6 b
"
Richard Parsons,
28 52
124 34
SW
high sea.
S.$. Phra Nang,
28 38
125 22
29.70
SSW
6
b
++
"
China,
31 12
"
Charters Tower,
......
"
Yung Ping,
A
181 06
32 34 131 01
34 40 122 15
29.84
SSW
5
с
29.76
SSE
2
finė.
N
4 heavy. E swell.
The China had the wind from SSE force 5 (barometer 29.84) with moderate sea and swell on the previous midnight and the Yung-ping had a fresh NW breeze with rough sea at the same time. No barometer readings were entered in the log of the latter vessel.
The centre of disturbance for noon on the 27th July cannot be stated from the foregoing data with any accuracy, but the circulation of winds indicate its existence and perhaps it may have been in about 33°, 125°.
On the 28th according to the Japanese Weather Maps the depression was situated over the Eastern Coast of Korea. The barometer had fallen generally over Japan and rain was falling on the W and NW Coasts with strong winds veering from S & SW to W. At Itsughara in the Korean Straits the barometer at 6 a. read 29.56 with strong S wind and rainy weather. At 2 p. the barometer was rising on the W coast of Japan and the wind had veered and blew strongly from the West. On the NW coast the barometer was still falling at 2 p. and winds which had been very light in the early morning now blew strongly from directions S to W. At Fusan in SE Korea the barometer read at 9 a. 29.50 (uncorrected) it had fallen 0.19 during the previous 24 hours. The wind was SW force 2, but during the night it had been SW of force 5. The weather was gloomy with drizzling rain. During the evening the weather cleared up and the barometer rose. At Jenchuan in NW Korea the barometer read at 3 a. 29.57 (uncorrected) the wind being from N of force 2. Later in the day the barometer rose and the wind backed through NW to WSW at 3 p. the force then being 3. The weather was fine all day. At Yuensan in NE Korea the barometer at 9 a. read 29.62 (uncor- rected) falling slightly. Light E airs and calms prevailed with very fine weather. Strong SW winds were blowing at sea between the East Coast of China and Western Japan. The centre of depression may possibly have been in 37°, 130°. There was at the time another area of low pressure in North Japan and the depression under notice probably moved NEward across the sea of Japan.