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Floods. The heaviest rainfall occurred at the Observatory as follows:--
Period. Amount. Duration. inches. hours. June.. 7 26a July 12.4 3d 8 to 14.2 22h July... 5.200 20 14h to 8d 14h August... 11.740 51 5h to 29.4 14h August... 7.600 43 23h to 11 20h 6.825 32 15h to 24 13h 7·420 40Typhoons. The tracks of 13 typhoons and 12 of the principal depressions which occurred in the Far East in 1919 are given in two plates in the Monthly Meteorological Bulletin for December, 1919. A depression, in the shape of a feeble typhoon, passed over Gap Rock on the early morning of June 13th. It caused no damage. A typhoon, which had been violent near the Paracels on July 30th to 31st, passed within a few miles to the south-west of Gap Rock on the evening of August 1st. It caused no damage here, as by this time it had nearly filled up. Typhoons of moderate intensity passed over Swatow in the early mornings of July 4th and August 10th, the first in a north-westerly and the second in a westerly direction. The centre of a severe typhoon passed about 150 miles to the south-west of Hongkong on a WNW track on the morning of August 22nd. A strong easterly gale occurred in Hongkong which caused a certain amount of damage to the shipping. A squall at the rate of 84 m.p.h, was recorded by the Dines-Baxendell anemograph at 1.17 p.m. on the 22nd.
IV.-PUBLICATIONS.
Daily Weather Report and Map. A weather map of the Far East for 6 a.m. of the 120th meridian, and the Daily Weather Report (containing meteorological observations, usually at 6h, and 14h., from about 40 stations in China, Indo-China, Japan, the Philippines, and Borneo), and daily weather forecasts for Hongkong to Gap Rock, the Formosa Channel, the south coast of China between Hongkong and Lammocks, and between Hongkong and Hainan, were issued as in former years. Copies of the map were exhibited on notice boards at the Hongkong Ferry Pier, the Blake Pier, and the Harbour Office. One copy was sent daily to the Director of the Meteorological Observatory, Macao. Forty copies of the Daily Weather Report were distributed to various offices, etc., in the Colony, and a copy was sent daily to the Director of the Meteorological Observatory, Macao. Copies were sent every week to Lieutenant Pradiyat, Royal Siamese Navy.
A charge of $10 a year is made for supplying private firms and individuals with the Daily Weather Report, and $36 for the Weather Map. No maps were published on January 1, March 23, April 3 and 23, May 2, 4, 10, 12, and 13, June 22, 27, and 29, July 1, 10, 15, 25, and 26, August 13, September 15 and 21, October 5, and December 6, owing to the late arrival of the weather telegrams. On many other occasions the map, though published, contained but meagre information.
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Floods. The heaviest rainfall occurred at the Observatory as
follows:--
Period.
Amount.
Duration.
inches.
hours.
June.. July July... 26a August... 7 August... 174
124 3d
8 to 142 22h
5.200
20
14h to 8d 14h
.11.740
51
5h to 294
14h
7.600
43
23h to 11
20h
6.825
32
15h to 24
13h
7·420
40
Typhoons. The tracks of 13 typhoons and 12 of the principal depressions which occurred in the Far East in 1919 are given in two plates in the Monthly Meteorological Bulletin for December, 1919. A depression, in the shape of a feeble typhoon, passed over Gap Rock on the early morning of June 13th. It caused no damage. A typhoon, which had been violent near the Paracels on July 30th to 31st, passed within a few miles to the south-west of Gap Rock on the evening of August 1st. It caused no damage here, as by this time it had nearly filled up. Typhoons of moderate intensity passed over Swatow in the early mornings of July 4th and August 10th, the first in a north-westerly and the second in a westerly direction. The centre of a severe typhoon passed about 150 miles to the south-west of Hongkong on a WNW track on the morning of August 22nd. A strong easterly gale occurred in Hongkong which caused a certain amount of damage to the shipping. A squall at the rate of 84 m.p.h, was recorded by the Dines-Baxendell anemograph at 1.17 p.m. on the 22nd.
IV.-PUBLICATIONS.
Daily Weather Report and Map. A weather map of the Far East for 6 a.m. of the 120th meridian, and the Daily Weather Report (containing meteorological observations, usually at 6h, and 14h., from about 40 stations in China, Indo-China, Japan, the Philip- pines, and Borneo), and daily weather forecasts for Hongkong to Gap Rock, the Formosa Channel, the south coast of China between Hongkong and Lammocks, and between Hongkong and Hainan, were issued as in former years. Copies of the map were exhibited on notice boards at the Hongkong Ferry Pier, the Blake Pier, and the Harbour Office. One copy was sent daily to the Director of the Meteorological Observatory, Macao. Forty copies of the Daily Weather Report were distributed to various offices, etc., in the Colony, and a copy was sent daily to the Director of the Meteoro- logical Observatory, Macao. Copies were sent every week to Lieutenant Pradiyat, Royal Siamese Navy.
A charge of $10 a year is made for supplying private firms and individuals with the Daily Weather Report, and $36 for the Weather Map. No maps were published on January 1, March 23, April 3 and 23, May 2, 4, 10, 12, and 13, June 22, 27, and 29, July 1, 10, 15, 25, and 26, August 13, September 15 and 21, October 5, and December 6, owing to the late arrival of the weather telegrams. On many other occasions the map, though published, contained but meagre information.
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