85
VESSELS.
S.S. Phra Chula Chim Klao, 12° 28
109° 25'
29.88
N
""
Taksang,
15 31
118 46
SSW
Picciola,
15 36
118 49
.81
SW
"Zafiro,
17 43
117 47
,70
var.
Sch. Santa Cruz,
17 57
118 15
SE
S.S. Else, .
18 25
117 1
.80
ENE
Bq. Penshaw, S.S. Triumph, Sh. Albania, Bk. Sachem, S.S. Achilles,
18 47
122 12
.86
var.
19 30
111 51
.89
NE by N
20 15
113 26
**
NE by E
20 43
113 57
NE
22 48
""
Esang,....
116 32 23 33 117 57
.86
NE
NOOG
4267∞∞∞
473
orq.
high sea.
swell from WNW. N swell.
or.
fine, high sea.
0.
or.
heavy sea.
high sea.
b.
0.
.92 NE by N
The observations for the 23rd September show that the barometer had continued falling at Hoihow and S. Cape while at the stations on the SE coast it was almost steady. On the East Coast it was inclined to fall and at the Yangtze stations there had been a considerable decrease of pressure since the previous day. That probably determined the course of this typhoon to the N. Moderate to strong NE breezes prevailed between Hoihow and Turnabout, but at some of the Channel stations there was a moderate NĚ gale. The weather was cloudy. In Luzon the barometer was inclined to rise slightly. At Bolinao there was a light to gentle SSE breeze with overcast sky.
The Koushing which left Manila for Hongkong at 1 p. had a moderate SW breeze during the evening with falling barometer. The Picciola and Taksang in about 154°, 119° had strong SW breezes with heavy rain and high sea and swell. The Zafiro at noon in 17° 43′, 117° 47′ (barometer 29.70) had light to gentle variable breezes with showery weather during the morning, but in the afternoon the wind became NNE 5, weather squally with heavy rain and N swell. The barometer had fallen rapidly since the previous midnight, but commenced rising again during the evening of the 23rd (at midnight 29.72). Since the previous day this vessel steering NW had passed from an area where gentle SW winds blew to one in which the winds were light and variable and the weather showery with low barometer and thence to a district where fresh NNE breezes were blowing with heavy rain and rising barometer. The Else was at noon on the 23rd about 60 miles NW by W of the Zafiro, she had then ENE 4, (barometer 29.80). She was steaming SSE and was passing into the area which the Zafiro had just left. At midnight the barometer (29.74) had fallen and the wind was ESE 3 rapidly veering to SSE. The schooner Santa Cruz, a little to the ENE of the Zafiro, at noon had SE wind with very heavy rain and high sea. At midnight a thunderstorm was encountered with heavy squalls of wind and rain. Some vessels about 100 miles SSW of Hongkong had moderate NE gales and high sea. The observations point to a depression in the initial stage, perhaps in 17°, 117° and about 60 miles SW of the position of the Zafiro at noon on the 23rd. There were no vessels at this time to the W and SW of this position, but probably there was a trough in about the latitude of 17° extending to the Westward with squally wet weather and variable winds while NE winds prevailed to the North and SW winds to the S of this area.
The following are the observations for noon on the 24th September :-
COAST STATIONS.
Bolinao, Hoihow,
.29.82 + .01 .91 - .02
SE by S NE
心
C.
Hougkong,
.91
-
-.04
calm.
0.
Breaker Point,
.88
.06
NNE
Lamocks,................
.90
. .03
NNE
South Cape,
.82 · .02
NE
Fisher Island,
.81
-.06.
NNE
Chapel Island,
.88 .04
Turnabout,
.95 ..08
NNE NNE
Steep Island,
.04
NE
North Saddle,
.06
..00
E
Ichang,
.29.90
- .08
SE
COCIONAM --
3
C.
6
C.
4
C.
7
cm.
6 c.
7
om.
CY.
3
CV.
1
0.
VESSELS.
S.S. Else,
15° 14'
119° 15'
SSE 180 29.76
39
25
Phra Chula Chạm Klao, lã 41 Kowshing,
110 26
WSW 450
.86
SW NNW
6
or. high sea.
17 36
118 4
ESE
50
.71
SW
4
Sch. Santa Cruz,
17 57
117 57
E by N
40
SSE
...
S.S. Picciola,
17 53
116 25
W by N
60
.76
NE
وو
Taksang,
Bq. Penshaw,-
Sh. Albania,
Bk. Sachem,.
S.S. Triumph,
18 39
116 52
NNW
70
NE
19 0
122 16
ENE
300
SW
4 0. s well.
ог.
or. high cross sea.
high sea and swell.
high cross sea. fine.
--
19 48
114 11
NW
220
NE
20 18
113 57
NW
260
.81
NE
6
21 6
112 27
NW
350
.89 NE by N
5
high sea. fine.
ور
Zafiro,
» Ancona,
21 26 22 56
115 3 116 46
.79 NĚ 3 330 .92 NNE 4 b.
fine.
On the 24th the barometer was almost steady in Luzon with light S and SE breezes and cloudy weather. Pressure was decreasing slightly at Hoihow moderately fast on the SE coast and in the Formosa Channel. A further fall had also taken place at the Yangtze stations. Winds were NE to NNE on the China Coast, moderate breezes on the S and E coasts, strong breezes in the Formosa Channel. The weather was generally cloudy but fine.
NNW 270
N