53
441
.17° 41′ 144° 51′ ..........17 21
142 50
On the 22nd July there was a depression S of Japan of which a few details will be given later on. In this connection the log of the barque Velocity proceeding from Honolulu to Hongkong is given below as she encountered bad weather between the 16th and 21st of July. No readings of the barometer were entered in the log.
July 14, Noon, 15, Noon, Midt..
var. SE
...
16, Noon,
..........16 57
140 39
S
6
squally. mist and rain.
6 P. Midt., 17, Noon, Midt., 18, Noon, Midt.,
SSE 17
S
9 heavy squalls-decks flooded.
136 40
S
7
hard squalls.
SWS
8
overcast, lightning all round.
.....17 26
135 0
SW/S 6
19, Noon,
4 Pag Midt.,
20, Noon, 21, Noor,
...18 08
133 54
SW SW/W
8
heavy squalls-lightning all round.
8 rain squalls.
:
heavy squalls.
SW
8
decks flooded.
.18 04
133 58 134 29
SW/W
8
heavy squalls.
WSW
8
hard rain squalls.
Midt.,
22, Noon,
heavy squalls.
......16 11.
134 48
W/S
5
The weather prevailing during this period on the China Coast and in Luzon has been already described.
In the absence of any other data within a distance of 1000 miles of the Velocity and for lack of any barometric observations taken on board that vessel it is impossible to determine whether the bad weather was caused by a typhoon in the Pacific or whether the bad weather was a burst of the SW monsoon due to general low pressure to the northward of the vessel.
It is, however, not unlikely that the depression to the S of Japan first indicated by the Japanese weather maps' on the night of the 21st and which subsequently passed over Central Japan was connected with the bad weather experienced by the Velocity. It may be that the stations in Formosa were included in the area under the influence of a typhoon in the Pacific on the 19th and two or three previous days. The winds had been chiefly N and NW though light in force.
The observations of the Phra Chom Klao about this time are appended together with those of the Pathan.
heavy water on board.
4 mod", sea decreasing.
S.S. PHRA CHỌM KLAO.
July 19, Noon,
.29° 00′
129° 00' 29.70 NE/E
0.
high head swell.
20,
*.30
10
132 28
.68
NE
0.
nasty head sea.
21,
.32 45
135 15
.59
NE
0.
rising head sea.
"
Midt.,
.58
E
q.
22, Noon,
...34 00
138 03
.57
E/N
Midt.,
.62
SE
23, Noon,
.33 09
138 02
.77
SSE
S.S. PATHAN.
July 21, Midt.,
29.62
SSE
22, 4 a.,
.67
SE
...
8 Bay
.68
ESE
6
Noon,
...............33° 38'
136° 54'
.62
E
8
4 P.
.47
E/S
9
8 P1, Midt.,
.44
>>
.45
***
23, 4 a.,
.54
כל
8 ay
.59
SE
Noon,
..33 11 136 09
77 SE/S 5
~ ~ 00 00 00 00 00 05 IP LO
4
or.
8
T
rough confused swell.
rough swell from S.
high beam sea-rollnig heavily.
do.
ship's head to wind..
or. rolling violently.
same weather.
wind and sea decreasing.
The S.S. Nürnberg, from Hiogo to Nagasaki, had NE to N winds on the evening of the 21st and morning of the 22nd with fine weather. At midnight on the 22nd, near Nagasaki, she had a strong NNE breeze with showery weather (barometer 29.46).
On the morning of the 22nd, according to the Japanese weather maps, light to moderate N winds prevailed in Western Japan and strong NE winds in Central Japan with rainy weather. Later in the day winds had about the same direction but had increased much in force. During the evening NE and E gales and strong gales prevailed with rainy weather over Central Japan and strong N breezes in Western Japan with falling barometer. At noon on the 22nd the centre was in 311°, 1321°. The centre of the depression had entered the S coast of Japan and was a little N of Kochi at 6 a. on the 23rd. It afterwards crossed the inland sea and NW Japan, and entered the sea of Japan during the afternoon. At 2 p. the centre was near Sakai on the NW coast.
A path from the 16th to the 21st has been dotted in merely as a rough indication of the possible track.
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