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No forecasts were issued on February 4 and March 13, owing to lack of telegraphic information.
The forecast comprises wind direction, wind force, and weather.
Complete success means correct in three elements. Partial success means correct in only two elements. Partial failure means correct in only one element. Total failure means correct in no element.
The method of analysis is described in the 1918 Report.
Storm Warnings.-At the request of the Chamber of Commerce the Hongkong government adopted the China Seas Storm Signal Code from 1920, June 1, in place of the Hongkong Non-Local Code introduced in 1917.
The following Ports are warned by a telegraphic adaptation of this code:-Sharp Peak, Swatow, Amoy, Santuao, Macao, Canton, Wuchow, Pakhoi, Hoihow, Phulien, Taihoku, Manila, Labuan, and Singapore.
As the China Seas Code includes a time signal at the mast head which formerly was reserved for the Local Typhoon Signals, it became necessary to select a new site for the Local Signals.
A Committee composed of the Colonial Secretary, the Harbour Master, the Director of the Observatory, the President of the Chamber of Commerce and representatives of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. and Messrs. Butterfield & Swire was therefore appointed by His Excellency the Governor to consider the matter. At the suggestion of the Director of the Observatory the Committee recommended that the Local Typhoon Signals should be transferred to the Observatory wireless mast. This was approved and the necessary gibbet and hoisting gear were installed by the Public Works Department. The Old Equatorial Dome was enlarged to accommodate the Local Typhoon symbols.
As the Observatory is farther from the town than the Signal Hill the height of the symbols was increased to 8 feet and the other dimensions increased in proportion.
The local day signals are repeated at the Harbour Office, H.M.S. Tamar, Green Island, the Godown Company (Kowloon), Lyemun, and Lai Chi Kok.
The local night signals are exhibited on the Observatory Wireless Mast and repeated on the tower of the Kowloon Railway Station, on H.M.S. Tamar, and at the Harbour Office.
A translation of the non-local and local storm warnings is exhibited at the Harbour Office, the General Post Office and the Star Ferry Piers, and also sent to the Cape d'Aguilar Wireless station
F 8
No forecasts were issued on February 4 and March 13, owing to lack of telegraphic information.
The forecast comprises wind direction, wind force, and weather.
Complete success means correct in three elements. Partial success means correct in only two elements. Partial failure means correct in only one element. Total failure means correct in no element.
The method of analysis is described in the 1918 Report.
Storm Warnings.-At the request of the Chamber of Com- merce the Hongkong government adopted the China Seas Storm Signal Code from 1920, June 1, in place of the Hongkong Non- Local Code introduced in 1917.
The following Ports are warned by a telegraphic adaptation of this code:-Sharp Peak, Swatow, Amoy, Santuao, Macao, Cantor, Wuchow, Pakhoi, Hoihow, Phulien, Taihoku, Manila, Labuan, and Singapore.
As the China Seas Code includes a time signal at the mast head which formerly was reserved for the Local Typhoon Signals, it became necessary to select a new site for the Local Signals.
A Committee composed of the Colonial Secretary, the Harbour Master, the Director of the Observatory, the President of the Cham- ber of Commerce and representatives of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. and Messrs. Butterfield & Swire was therefore appointed by His Excellency the Governor to consider the matter. At the sug- gestion of the Director of the Observatory the Committee recom- mended that the Local Typhoon Signals should be transferred to the Observatory wireless mast. This was approved and the necessary gibbet and hoisting gear were installed by the Public Works Department. The Old Equatorial Dome was enlarged to accom- modate the Local Typhoon symbols.
As the Observatory is farther from the town than the Signal Hill the height of the symbols was increased to 8 feet and the other dimensions increased in proportion.
The local day signals are repeated at the Harbour Office, H.M.S. Tamar, Green Island, the Godown Company (Kowloon), Lyemun, and Lai Chi Kok.
The local night signals are exhibited on the Observatory Wireless Mast and repeated on the tower of the Kowloon Railway Station, on H.M.S. Tamar, and at the Harbour Office.
A translation of the non-local and local storm warnings is exhibited at the Harbour Office, the General Post Office and the Star Ferry Piers, and also sent to the Cape d'Aguilar Wireless station
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