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At noon on the 30th October the centre appears to have been in about 19°, 125° :-
COAST STATIONS.
497
Ockseu,
NW
500
29.98 .01
.....
Fisher Island,
WNW 400
.88 + .04
NNE NNE
c.
cm.
Hongkong,
WNW 600
30.01 + .03
N by E
b.
South Cape,
NW
300
29.89 + .07
NNE
C.
Bolinao,
SW
350
.79 + .24
N
0.
Pta. Santiago,
.80
NW
C.
Manila,
SW
350
.76 + .04
W
b.
VESSELS.
S.S. Esmeralda,
Bq. Xenia,
*
Altair,...
16° 52′ 20 21
1189 1'
35 59 124 2
29.80
.75 NE .88 NW
NNE
4•
10
oq.
high sea.
at 2
At noon on the 31st the centre may be estimated to have been in about 20°, 128°. The Xenia p. in 20° 20′, 121o 59′ had NNE 7, a very rough sea and great quantities of water on board. The weather was cloudy and squally. The barometer was rising at all the stations and there was a regular NE monsoon, blowing hard in from 6 to 15° latitude in the China Sea, where the ships Dorothea and Continental, and the barques Nicoya and Harvard had moderate NE gales.
NOVEMBER.
0
On the 5th November the barque Nicoya in 121° N, 1154 E had a fresh NE breeze, squally weather, a rapidly falling glass, and increasing sea. The lower topsails were reduced. On the 6th November there was a depression forming over the neighbourhood of Palawan in 10° N, but it was not well defined. The barometer in that latitude read about 29.75, and 29.95 in 15° N, and 29.90 in 4o N. There was a swell in the southern part of the China Sea, hazy horizou, squally and wet weather. The Nicoya in 13° N, 116° E registered strong NE wind, squally weather and high cross sea. On the 7th fine weather was experienced on board all vessels south of 10° N with SW monsoon. Vessels north of 13° N had moderate NE monsoon. On the 8th fine weather continued with moderate NE monsoon north of 14° N, W wind south of 5° N, and variable light breezes between these latitudes. On the 9th a very light NE monsoon appeared to extend itself to the southward. On the 10th the barque Harvard in 13° N, 1164° E had increasing N by E wind and squally weather.
At noon on the 11th November the Captain of the barque Harvard remarked the appearance of a typhoon but the barometer was "not falling" . e. the readings are not entered in the log-book and therefore the fall was not ascertained. The barque was in 12° 59′, 118° 2'. The centre of the typhoon was probably 250 miles to the SW. The wind was NE 7 and hauled to the E the following midnight. The centre of the typhoon which may have been in the neighbourhood of Palawan about the 10th or 11th was at noon on the 12th in about 11° 40', 112° 15′ and at noon on the 13th in about 14° 2′, 110° 20'. It then moved towards SW Hainan, but it seems it ceased to blow before it reached the Gulf of Tongking. On the 12th the barometer was high and had risen a tenth in southern China. The weather was cloudy, cool and dry. Fresh NE breezes prevailed. On the 13th the barometer had fallen a tenth. A fresh NE gale blew throughout the day at Hoihow with occasional showers of rain (barometer 30.08 at 10 a. in Hongkong 30.16 at 10 a.) It moderated during the following night. Gentle SE breezes prevailed in Luzon. At Cape S. James it blew a moderate SW gale accompanied by a high sea and squally weather. At sea it appears to have blown a strong breeze within 400 miles towards the N of the centre, and within 300 miles towards the S, and it blew a moderate gale at least within 100 miles of the centre. There was a more or less heavy swell everywhere in the China Sea.
The following are some of the principal observations copied from ships' log books concerning this typhoon :-
Nov.
11, Noon Midt. 12, Noon 13, Noon
12° 33'
15 36 18 27
S.S. HONGAY.
120° 48′
118 45 117 3
29.83
NE
high sea.
.89
ENE
.91
ENE
6
confused swell.
30.00
ENE
"
S.S. DONAR.
Nov.
11, Noon Midt. 12, Noon Midt. 13, Noon
18° 12/
19 36
20 31
111° 36'
112 30
113 19
30.02 .05
NNE
NE
.06 NE .04 .02
NE
NE
10 10 00 C3 CO
rising sea.
8 opq. high sea.
S.S. DON JUAN.
Nov.
11, Noon Midt.
12, Noon
16° 31'
19 39
119° 15'
116 39
29.90
NE
.94
$0.05
NE
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