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On October 12th moderate NE monsoon prevailed on the West Coast of China and in the China Sea with fine weather. Weather was also fine at the stations surrounding the Formosa Channel where light to moderate N to NW winds prevailed with a great rise in the barometer since the previous day, On the East Coast in the neighbourhood of Shanghai a considerable reduction of pressure had taken place and in North China. Korea and W. Japan the fall amounted to between two and three tenths in the 24 hours. At the East Coast stations near the mouth of the Yangtze there blew a moderate to fresh gale from NNE with rain during the early morning. In the afternoon the weather cleared up, the wind backing to NNW and NW and decreasing in force. Fine weather prevailed along the Yangtze with light NE to NW breezes. In Korea NE breezes prevailed, fresh to strong breezes in the South with rain. In W. Japan light to moderate E breezes veering and increasing during the day with wet weather prevailed.
The Benlarig at noon on the 12th was about 240 miles WSW of the centre and she had then a moderate NW gale with sea going down. Earlier in the morning at 4 a. she had a strong N gale (barometer 29.60 lowest).
The Taisang left her anchorage (28° 28', 121° 50′) for the North at 4 a. the wind having decreased and backed with rising barometer. At 5 a. she had a fresh WNW gale decreasing.
The Wosang also proceeded on her course Southward at 4 a. the barometer rising and the wind moderating from a strong NNW gale at 4 a. to a strong NW by N breeze at 8 a.
The Soochow had a strong N gale at 4 a., but later it moderated and backed a little. At noon she was in 28° 4', 121o 5'.
The Empress of Japan was at noon in 28° 12′, 121° 54′ steaming northwards. The barometer was rising and she had fine weather with a strong NNW breeze decreasing and backing to W at midnight.
The Meefoo was hove to near Barren Island (30° 43', 123° 7') during the morning of the 12th and experienced a fresh N backing gale with a very heavy sea from NNE to ESE. The barometer was rising after 6 a. and towards noon the weather was improving.
The Chi Yuen in 33° 47′, 126° 37′ at noon had a strong NNE breeze with falling barometer and wind backing and decreasing in the evening. The weather was squally and showery.
The Nurnberg which left Nagasaki for Hongkong on the evening of the 12th met a moderate S gale with rain squalls soon after leaving port and barometer at 8 p. 29.54. On the 12th at noon the centre was in 30° 40′, 126° 40′. It continued to move in about a NE by N direction with increasing speed and in the evening the centre was near the coast of NW Kiusiu (Japan). It had become now an ordinary depression. From the Japanese weather maps it is seen that the depression on the 13th after passing along the northern shores of the Inland Sea quickly traversed central and northern Japan and disappeared towards the NE.
The following gives the position of the centre from October 7th noon to October 13th 2 p:—
Date and Hour.
Latitude. North.
Longitude. East.
Date and Hour.
Latitude. North.
Longitude. East.
October 7, Noon
1510
130°
October 11, 3a.
24° 10'
120° 36'
8,
16°
127°
6a.
24 50
120 55
33
9,
19°
12330
9a.
25 18
120 56
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10, 6a.
20° 50'
121°
0'
Noon
25 50
121 25
9a.
21 20
120 50
6p.
26 40
122 30
Noon
21 47
120 45
Midt.
27 45
124 0
3p.
22 13
120 35
12, 6a.
29 0
125 15
6p.
22 30
120 33
Noon
30
40
126 40
9p.
22 40
120 36
10p.
33 40
129 40
Midt.
22 57
120 30
13, 6a.
34
45
134
2p.
4310
141°
The average angle between the radius and the direction of the wind within a distance of 250 miles of the centre from October 10th 9a. to October 11th noon inclusive, was as follows:-
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WSW
22
WNW
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NNW
A
Mean,
370
61
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55
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