912 SUPPLEMENT TO THE HONGKONG GOVT GAZETTE OF 2ND OCT., 1886.
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slowly along the Yangtzekiang Gentle E or SE breezes and overcast weather with passing showere were registered between Shanghai and Nagasaki. During the previous night the steam-ship Menmuir in about 24° N, 123° E encountered a rapidly increasing E gale, which backed to NE at 3 a. and rapidly falling barometer (29.70 at 2 a.) The weather was overcast and threatening and the increasing. At 2 p. in 22° 44′ N, 123° 40′ E the barometer had fallen to 29.15, the wind blew with typhoon force from N and the sea was tremendous. At 8 p. it blew a strong gale from W by S and the barometer had risen to 29.18. At one o'clock next morning it blew a fresh SW gale and the sea was still heavy. At noon on the 24th in 21° 10′ N, 126° 33′ E it blew a fresh SW breeze. It is evident that the disturbance had in the course of the week expanded and it is highly probable that the central depression was much less steep.
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During the early morning hours on the 24th the steam-ship Cicero in 30° N, 1264 E experienced strong, increasing E wind and heavy squalls, which increased to a furious gale and high sea at 6 a. At 10 a. the centre appears to have been in 27° 5′ N, 124° 8′ E. The barometer had risen about 0.10 inches in Luzon. It read 29.84 in Manila and 29.72 in Hongkong. Light W breezes prevailed with rain in Luzon. The temperature continued high and the humidity moderate along the S Coast of China. It blew moderate NW gales and the weather was cloudy and squally in Formosu. In the Channel moderate NW breezes prevailed and the weather was fine. In Ningpo it blew a gentle NE backing to NW breeze with wet weather. Along the Yangtzekiang the barometer had fallen a few hundredths of an inch and moderate NE breezes and fine weather prevailed. At Port Hamilton there blew a gentle ENE breeze and the weather was cloudy and misty. The barometer, which had been rising up to 7 a. was just beginning to fall slowly. At 3 p. it blew a strong NW gale at S. Cape This would seem to have been due to the high mountain range of Formosa confining the air, that had entered the Channel through the Northern entrance, which on finding an exit at the Southern extremity of the island, blew there with, under the circumstances, unusual force, seeing that the centre of the typhoon was long past. This feature is perhaps of some importance to the climate of this region, the air pent up in the channel increasing the frequency and force of E winds in Hongkong and W winds south of Formosa.
The steam-ship Cicero at 2 p. on the 24th in about 29° N, 125° E, finding it impossible to run any longer, hove to. The storm was then blowing from ENE and increasing in force till it blew a most terrific gale at 5 p. At this time the effect of oil on the water was tried and found to be of great. service in calming the sea alongside the vessel. At midnight it blew a typhoon, and the barometer fell to 28.49 (reduced) at 1 a. on the 25th. Half an hour after, a rise was noticed. The greatest force of wind occurred at 6.30 a, when it blew with full typhoon force from W. At 8 a. the wind showed signs of moderating, but the sea ran with great force, subsequently the wind backed to SW.
The British brig Bessie bound from Newchwang to Hongkong, encountered a furious ENE squall at noon on the 24th in 29° 9′ N, 123° 49′ E. At 4 p. the storm blew with great force from NE with terrific squalls and mountainous sea. At 10 p. the heaviest part of the typhoon, from N, occurred. It lasted 2 hours. The barometer fell to 29.20. Then the wind began to back. At noon on the 25th in 28° 21′ N, 123° 57′ E it still blew a strong breeze from WNW.
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In the morning on the 24th a moderate ENE breeze, a slowly falling barometer and misty partly overcast weather were registered at N Saddle Lighthouse. In the afternoon squally weather set in andy the wind backed and increased in force. It blew a fresh NE gale at 9 p. and with the same force from NNW at 3 a. on the 25th. At this hour the barometer reached its lowest reading 29.48 (corrected and ] reduced to sea level). In the afternoon the wind backed to NW and calmed down in the evening.
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The P. & O. steam-ship Kashgar at noon on the 24th in 30° 25′ N, 126° 38′ E had a moderate breeze from E. The barometer was falling and the weather thick and rainy. In the afternoon the sea rose high, the sky was overcast and heavy rain fell and the wind backed towards SE and blew a fresh gale in the afternoon. At 1 a. it had reached SSE and increased to storm force and at 4 a. it blew withi strong typhoon force from S. The barometer reached its lowest reading 28.50 between 6 a. and 8 s. The sea was mountainous and the rain poured down in torrents in heavy squalls. Thereafter the wind veered to SW and at noon on the 25th it still blew a whole gale from SW by W, and the weatherl was but slowly moderating, the barometer remaining still at 28.89. At 4 p. it blew a fresh gale from: W with a high confused sea Then the wind began to back towards SW.
At 10 a. on the 25th the centre appears to have been in 31° 30′ N, 125° 58′ E.
From Luzon light S breezes were reported. The barometer (29.90) continued to rise. The sky was clearing and the weather was improved. In Formosa and in Southern China light SW breezes prevailed. The barometer was rising (29.77 in Hongkong), the temperature had fallen and the humidity had increased. The sky was cloudy and thunderstorms occurred along the Coast, as often happens after a typhoon has passed northwards. The weather was fine with light variable winds along the Yangtzekiang. where the barometer was falling slightly. At Shanghai it blew a moderate NNW breeze.
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At Ningpo and at the lighthouses between that port and Shanghai it blew inore or less fresh breezes from NW. Round the Gulf of Petchili the barometer had fallen a tenth of an inch. The breezes were variable and the weather fine. But at NE Shantung Promontory it blew a fresh NE breeze and the weather was partly clouded. In Wladivostock the barometer had risen to about 30.02 and the air was
calm. In Northern Korea the weather was overcast and wet with a slowly falling barometer and a gentle N
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