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At 6 a. on the 2nd the centre of the typhoon passed a few miles to the eastward of Pedro Blanco moving northwards. The Orestes making for Hongkong encountered the central calm.
After passing through the calm she had first NE 2 and then a fresh NW gale. At noon the centre was in 2310, 115°, it having struck the coast about 9 a. Then the depression filled up quickly as usual.
On the 9th and 10th August light airs and calms prevailed over an area of which 30°, 126° may have been about the centre. The Nürnberg and the Benlarig navigating the area comprised by 28° and 32° lat. and 123° and 130° long. had similar weather with high barometer on the 9th but falling on the 10th during the latter part of the day. The same weather reigned in Japan.
On the 11th a small and insignificant depression appears to have been formed between the East Coast of China and SW Japan. For two or three days previous, S and SE light winds and fine weather had prevailed on the East Coast. The barometer was rather high and slightly rising. Similar weather prevailed in N Formosa.
The following are some of the noon observations on the 11th (the reading at Nagasaki refers to 2 p.) :-
COAST STATIONS.
Keelung, Tamsui,
Foochow,
.29.85 .09 .94? .07 .80 .05
NE
C.
ENE
2
b.
SE
C.
Steep Island,
.82 .05
E/S
ст.
North Saddle,.
..80 .06
ESE
3
Cv.
Woosung,
.74? .00
SE
b.
Nagasaki,
.89
.02
S
b.
VESSELS.
Bq. Levuka,
.25° 21'
Richard Parsons,
......26 50
S.S. Deuteros,
.26 27
121° 03' 120 167 122 15
E
...
4 b.
SSW 4
29.83
NE 2
fine.
Benlarig,
.27 12
121 37
SSW 2 b.
Oceana,
126 58
.77
"
J
Woosung,
123 07
.84
E SSE
6 0. 2 b..
rising sea.
These observations show the barometer to have been falling over the entire area, but more particularly over the southern portion. Fine weather prevailed. Towards evening the wind at the stations near the mouth of the Yangtze backed to E and rose somewhat, the barometer falling rather smartly at the same time. Steep Island had 29.78 and North Saddle 29.75 at 9 p. The Deuteros travelling NE had an increasing NE breeze and rising sea towards evening. The Oceana proceeding SW had the wind veering and increasing. At 1 p. she was hove to and did not proceed on her course till 9.30 p. At 4 p: SSE 8 with frequent heavy squalls of wind and rain and a high sea rising. At 8 p: S7 with lightning to SSE and SW. At midnight SE 6. The glass was not read.
No
on
proper cyclone is indicated, but the centre of the depression may have been in 29°, 126°, the 11th, and at noon on the 12th in 314o, 1241°, but it was ill defined and very uncertain and the track is, therefore, merely dotted for the two days.
Observations at noon on the 12th August were as follows:-
COAST STATIONS.
Keelung,
.....29.82
<
.03
NNW
c.
Tamsui,
.89? .05
SSW
b.
Foochow,
.78
.02
WSW
b.
Steep Island,
.82
.00
SW
cm.
North Saddle,
.75 .05
SSW
3
cm.
Woosung, Nagasaki,
.70 .04
N
b. E swell.
.91 + .02
C.
VESSELS.
Bk, Richard Parsons, S.S. Oceana,
27
Woosung,
"
Deuteros,
"3
Verona,
.25° 03' 119° 34′ 28 52 125 25 .28 56 122 04 .29 07 125 49 .30 50 126 33
SW
29.90
S/E
45.
sea moderating.
.81
SS W
b.
.84
S
.84
SSE
7
moderate sea. high S sea.
In North Formosa the winds remained light and variable and the barometer rose after noon. At Steep Island gentle W breezes in the morning backing to SSW in the evening prevailed. The baro- meter was at 3 a. (29.72). After which it rose. North Saddle had the lowest barometer at 3 a. (29,68) and SW and S 4 blew all day. Woosung and other places near the river mouth had N 3. At Shaweishan the wind backed from NE (3a) to NNW (9a). The barometer was lowest in the morning, steady or perhaps slightly rising towards evening. In Western Japan the barometer was steady, weather fine, with S 2. The Oceana had $ 5 all day. The Woosung proceeding S ran into bad weather on the evening of the 11th. Her log gives the following information :--
August 12, 2 a.,
122° 00'
29.64
W
3 a.,
.65
W
8 a., Noon,
.78
SW
.28 56
122 04
.81
SSW
00 00 00
8
high choppy sea from E.
8
do.
6
fine and clear.
do.