SUPPLEMENT TO THE HONGKONG GOVTM Gazette of 2ND OCT., 1886.
At 9 a. the centre appears to have been in 22° 2′ N, 121o 19' E and at 10 a. in 22° 9′ N, 12 E. It blew a fresh W gale at Bolinao, where the weather was overcast and squally. A light breeze was registered at Iloilo. It blew a strong S breeze to the Eastward of Luzon. At S.C blew a strong WNW gale and drizzling rain was falling. North of Formosa it blew a NE storm a NW typhoon at Fisher Island and as far north as Steep Island it was blowing a strong NE hi Moderate NW breezes prevailed along the SE Coast of China. It was raining in the Formosa Ch but the weather was fine elsewhere, detached clouds covering Southern and Eastern China. temperature was high and the humidity rather low along the Coast. The barometer had fallen in mosa and to a less extent along the SE Coast. It was steady in Tonquin and had risen in Luzon also at stations north of Shanghai.
p. in 23° At noon on the 24th the centre appears to have been in 22° 27′ N, 120° 43′ E at 3 120° 28′ E and at 6 p. in 24° 4′ N, 120° 23′ E. Between these hours it was moving northwards t the western slope of the chain of mountains. The fact that the centre of this typhoon, which is a have been an unusually widespread disturbance, was able to cross heights of about two thousand and that the centre for hours remained on high mountainous ground, deserves to be noted in conne with the fact that a disturbance so suddenly calms down, when the centre enters the main This typhoon, while its centre was situated on the Island of Formosa was however surrounded sea, from the dampness of which its store of aqueous vapour was recruited, while a typhoon mainland is generally surrounded by dry land. The fact that the centre's situation on the mou did not cause a decrease in the violence of the stormn indicates likewise that the nucleus of the bance is in tropical hurricanes situated at a considerable height above the ground, a fact that isj by various other considerations.
When the centre crossed the parallels of Takow and Anping (Taiwan-fu) it caused a N ba to W typhoon in those places with heavy rain.
About 6 p. the centre turned NW and WNW and crossed the Channel, which cau furious N veering NE typhoon to be felt north of the centre and a W typhoon at Fisher Island,
progr N and NE gales at the Northern entrance to the Channel did not veer as quickly as the the centre would have led one to expect. They blew with the steadiness pointed out in pre reports as characteristic of that locality, but began to veer towards E shortly after the passage
p. mu centre. To the energy of these N gales the fact of the centre turning Westward at 6 attributed.
At 9 p. the centre appears to have been in 24° 39′ N, 119° 42′ E. at midnight in 24° 54′ N, 56′ E and at 3 a. on the 25th in 25° 25′ N, 118° 17′ E. At midnight the force of the disturbance much decreased, the lighthouses and vessels between which it passed registering only strong gale a whole E gale blew still between Foochow and Tamsui and a SW storm was experienced by the a Ballaugh in 22o 8′ N, 120° 2′ E. At 3 a. it blew a whole SE gale at Foochow and a stron a breeze about Swatow. In the middle of the Formosa Channel it blew fresh SSW gales.
The amount of cloud was rather irregularly distributed round the centre of this typhoon b
Of course the was on the whole densely overcast within 200 miles in front of the centre. extend always much farther behind the centre, where the wind blows from S and SW. The rai was also irregular. There fell 8.5 inches at Takow, 4.3 inches at Fisher Island and nearly as between Foochow and Keelung but only 1.7 inches at S Cape. The strong wind was likewise in larly distributed as it blew in some places far from the centre with greater force than in others near centre. The area with strong wind was unusually extensive, and this characterised this typhoon its first appearance in the Pacific till it was lost. It is on account of the uncertainty of the inde rections and for other reasons impossible to ascertain the gradients corresponding to each win but the following appear to be on the whole nearly correct: A gradient of 0.08 inches in 15 miles ponded to force 11, 0.05 inches to force 9, 0.03 inches to force 6 and 0.02 inches to force 4. average the angle between the wind and the gradient amounted to 39° in the semi-circle in front centre and to 45° behind the centre. The temperature was about 77° near the centre and 85 distance of 500 miles from the centre.
At 10 a. on the 25th the centre appears to have been about 26° 15′ N, 117° 5′ E. The bar had risen over Luzon (Manila at 10 a. reported 29.86), where the weather was hot and rather Strong S breezes blew round Northern Luzon. Round the Gulf of Tonquin it blew gentle W be The barometer had fallen at Pakhoi and risen slightly at Haiphong. Moderate S gales and
At Foochow it blew a whole gale from SE; weather prevailed in the Forinosa Channel. midway between Foochow and Ningpo it blew a whole gale from E. and between Ningpo and Shi it blew a strong breeze from ESE. Along the Yangtzekiang the barometer had fallen. At Chi the sky was blue and it blew a strong E breeze, but at Kiukiang it blew a moderate NE gale an weather was overcast and showery. The weather was foggy in places in the Yellow Sea. The meter was rising slightly in Korea and the weather there was fine.
At 10 a. on the 26th the centre may have been in about 30° N, 115° E. that is about mi between Hankow and Kiukiang. Moderate to fresh SW breezes prevailed over the Southern Chin Over the China Sea. The barometer had risen and the temperature and humidity were mod Thunderstorms were frequent to the south of the centre of the typhoon. Moderate SE breez
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