670645-1885-Weather-Report-September-1884- — Page 4

563 SUPPLEMENT TO THE HONGKONG GOV" GAZETTE OF 27th JUNE. 1885.

At 10 a. on the 11th the center appears to have been in 29° 52′ N, 112° 33′ E, but by this time the disturbance had lost the character of a typhoon. From Manila and from ships in the China Sea a gentle SW breeze accompanied by rain was reported. Gentle E breezes with overcast weather prevailed in the Straits of Formosa and along the const as far north as Shanghai, in which place the barometer continued high. At S. Cape the breeze was NE and the weather fine. The disturbance appears about this time to have taken a northern course, but no strong winds or unusually heavy rain are reported from inland stations. As early as the 8th I forecast in the China Coast Meteorologic.! Register, that this typhoon would move northwards, and in answer to enquiries I stated on the following day, that ships might safely leave for Singapore or Tonquin, but that they would run some danger if steering towards E or NE, and that especially the Formosa Straits were likely to be visited by strong winds and high sea.

At 10 a. on the 12th the center may have been about 26° N, 1134° E and at 10 a. on the 13th in 29° N, 116° E, but it is almost impossible to trace its whereabouts on these days. On the 12th a strong NE breeze with drizzling rain and wet weather next day was experienced in Kiukiang.

At 10 a. on the 14th the center appears to have been about 31° 14′ N, 120° 5′ E. At 6 a. a gentle NW breeze with rain blew at Waliu, where the barometer had fallen nearly 0.2 inches in the previous 24 hours. At Chinkiang, where it had fallen nearly as much, a moderate NE breeze with overcast and wet weather was registered at the same hour. The typhoon passed north of Shanghai- within perhaps 30 miles--later in the day and proceeded then towards east, as shown by the following observations. On the morning of the 15th another typhoon, whose course may have been influenced by Typhoon XII, made its appearance in the sea south of Hiogo in Japan.

SICAWEI.

SHAWEISHAN.

GUTZLAFF.

NORTH SADdle.

STEEP ISLAND.

Wind.

Wind.

Wind.

Wind.

Wind.

Date.

Dir.

Dir.

Dir.

Dir.

Dir.

1884. Sep. 12,

4. 29.892 | ENE

10

.925 ENE

23

J

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4.p

.862

112

3 a. 29.841

E

.837 ENE

19.00

E

3

p.

,857 ENE

6 a. 29.951

oon

p.

E

.952 ENE

.925 ENE 3

33

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.839 ENE

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10. 4a.

10,

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1

3 a.

.826

E

2

9

.851 E 3 .827

E

3Midt.

6 a. 3 Noon

.920 ENE

.880 ESE

.846 ESE

2

725

E

1

3 p.

.753 E

4

.735

E

I

.655 SE

4

6 p. Midt.

.794 ESE

3

.767 SE

3

,643 SSE

3 a.

.665 S 5

.676 SSE

.627 ssw 4

6 a. Noon

,740 SSE

3

.722 SSE

4 p.

.616 WNW

p.

.647 ssw

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9

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4a.

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4

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.747 N

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3

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.651 N 5

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1

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4 p.

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N

3

23

35

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.907 NW

2

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2 NW .916 N 1 3 p. .968

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.883 N 6 .735 N

6

.840 NNW 5

.751 N

.845 N 4

6 a. Noon 6 p. Midt. 6 a. Noon 6 p. Midt. 6 a. Noon

.692 NNE 2 .725

742 NNE 2 .798 N

N 2

.808 NNE 5 .861 NNE

.864 NNE 6 .893 NNE 6

.879 NNE 6 .908NNE 6

.921 NNW

.984 NNE 3

.843 X. 4 .871 N 3

6 p. 29.980 NNE 2

Midt. 30.017 N

30 01 30 21 - ∞ ∞ 00 00 00 NNN 10 0 0 0 0 CT CO ON O

3 a. 29.954 ENE

3 a. 29.885 NE

.921 ENE

4

.867 NE

841 ENE

.839

E

.885 ENE

3

885 NE

.829 SE

.869

E

.843 ESE

.817

E

CO 10 10,1 10 Co

p.

.744 ESE

4

749

SE

.744 ESE

.749 SE

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3 a.

.698 SE

.699 8

3

.702 ssw 3

.706 S

39

35

3 p.

.626 ssw

4

3 p.

.614 6

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2

.694 ssw .651 3 a.

SW 2

.733 N 3

2

9

.690 S

3 a.

.732. NW 3

.716 NW

*3

.718 NNE

6

3 p.

.743 NW

6

.771 NNE

8

9

.798 N

.790 NNE

3 a.

.812 N

.839 NNE 8 .804 NNE

9

.816 N

p.

.776 N

.829 N 7.

.831 NW

2 9

.816 N 6 .924 .902 NN W .956 N

.872 NW

N

.906. NW

.906 NW

.966 NW

The barometer-readings at the four lighthouses have been corrected and reduced to 32° and to Se Level or very nearly to Sea Level, according to data supplied by the Imperial Maritime Customs of China. The index-corrections have not been determined by comparison with the standards at this Observatory. The Sicawei observations have been copied from one of the newspapers published in Shanghai.

Already in the early morning hours on the 11th the wind at S. Cape (Formosa) was backing towards NE, from which direction it then continued to blow for three days varying between a light air and a gentle breeze. The barometer reached a maximum on the 11th and fell then slowly till the 14th, when it had fallen about 0.15 inches in three days. At the same time the temperature was rising slowly. On the 12th a fresh NE breeze was encountered in the northern entrance to the Formosa Straits. The barometer began to fall and rain set in in Manila, where a light SW breeze w blowing. At 4 p. on the 13th a strong WSW breeze with close, misty and wet weather was report from there. The barometer had reached a minimun, 29.73 inches. At the same hour next day a fr SW breeze was reported. The barometer had then fallen several hundredths of an inch along the southern coast of China, where detached clouds with rain in places and variable winds were observed