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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1938.
"Detective" Methods Used To Forecast West Indies Hurricanes
(By Harry W. Franta) United Press Staff Correspondent
During August 72 per cent of tro-i pical cyclones were of hurricane Washington. Intensity: In September 69 per cent;
Approach of the season of tro-|
One Stowaway,
pical storms In the Caribbean, and in October 39 per cent, Then-
which normally starts in May, Tannehill's account of hurricane finds the United States well pre-
pared for the most dramailo epl-forecasting indicates that weather 2-3-4-5-6-7-8
Bodes of the annual weather,
reporting has improved step by step
Like G-Men seeking clues and with the available communications reports on a nationwide detective facilities, and that the next great ad- Job, the experts at the United
on
on
States Weather Bureau are ready Vance may be made basly for the seasonal "sleuthing" of the balloon soundings of the upper at- hurricanes which sneak from the mosphere. equatorial "Doldrums,” and follow
perty.
Dover.
44TOWAWAY found in
the two
the
hold, sir." shouted a seaman to Captain Mantzovinos, master of the Greek steamer Andreas as she neared Dover, the Antillean chain into the Gulf of The development of radio-ship to-
Captain Mantzovinos Wos not Mexico от горг northward along shore contact vastly enlarged the pleased. He had a crew of lålity- the Atlantic seaboard with occa-network of communications in
and there is neither food nor sional terrifle loss of ilfe and pro-weather observation received by the ship
burricane orens, The first radio necommodation aboard his 8,560-ton for slowaways during the The mystery and terror of these United States Weather Bureau from thirty-day trip from Antwerp to
ship at sea was | tropical cyclones have been greatly
December 3, Montevideo with a cargo of cement. reduced as sclentide reporting of 1905, from the steamer New York, their origins, progress,
Up they brought the stowaway and the first hurricane report by shabby Lithuanian. He had hidden and inten- sltics has enabled timely precautions wireless from ship came from the in the hold just before the Andreas against their lashing force. Ships steamer Cartago off the coast of left Antwerp. and airplanes now usually have Yucatan on August 20, 1900. |ample opportunity to avoid the hur-
of
vost
storms
was
ut
on
and
Bald.
"Better search the ship," decided, Captain Mantzovinos.
A few minutes later up came stow- away No. 2-a shabby Frenchman. He had crept aboard the ship at Antwerp. He had never seen stow- away No. 1 before,
Then up came stowaway No. 3-a shabby
Itussian the Frenchmani and the Lithuanian,
ricane paths, white landsnien along "A System of twice-daily observa. the Gulf, Carribean and United lons from ships, with provision for States Atlantic Const gret ample special observations at intervening
hours,
Soon developed warning impending riske
The steady gains made by science proved a great assistance in charting in the
Caribbean "detective Thus, wireless did for ocean wea-
Tanachil! RCA," Hare" are recounted by Ivan Rayther reporting what the telegraph Tannehill, chief of the marinc division, United States Wenther had already done for the continentai to Bureau, In "Hurricanes: Their Na- weather service." ture and History," published by the Princeton University Press,
This is the most complete summary
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Captain Mantzovinos sent a radio During the last five years special message to Dover, telling of his trou- attention has been given to the pro-bles. The search went on.
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of historien! and scientifle informa- tion concerning hurriennes yet writ- ten for the general reader, and was derived from 20 years experence In
THEN A CHILIAK hurricane forecasting plus the data "Observers at strategle points in Stowaway No. 0 was a Chillan. on the subject contained in the 50-the South Atlantic and Gulf States Stowaway No. 7 sald, "I'm a Greck." 000 volumes at the United States Jare notified to release balloons when And slowaway No. B was a Por- Weather Bureau library.
a hurricane approaches. The metea-tuguese. And not one of them knew The bouk
deals tropical cyclones, typhiouns and hur-graph makes an automatic record that any of the others was aboard. atmosphere conditions us ricanes (which in Australla are cull-balloon rises. The balloon constantly ed willy-whites, and in the Philip expands as it reaches higher levels pines, ingulos), but is particularly until it bursts, dropping the meteoro- concerned
rned with the hurricanes of the graph which is equipped with West Indies and the southern coasts small parachute. A reward is offer- of the United States,
ed the finer for returning it for a STARTS IN MAY
study of the record. charts showed that the
tions in the upper levels of the stowaway No. another shubby hurricane, employing small balloons | Lituanian. No friend his coun- carrying a small meteorograph. tryman.
West
of
the
4.
Captain Mantzovinos was very worried by now. He can speak English but there was no man on board who could speak to the Lithuanians, to the Russian, the Frenchman, the Italian, the Chilian and the Portuguese.
The Lithuanians could talk to one) another but most of the others
"While this method may yield im- tropical cyclones usually
stowaways.
begin in
In May, when their intensity is portant information us to the struc-could speak only by signs.
Dover Harbour officials sent a mo- low,
and become progressivaly more ture of the hurricane the record is not numerous until a peak is reached in avaliable in time to be used for fore- torbont out to the Andreas and back the Immigration Omces Camc September, then decline to very in-casting. Efforts are now being con-to frequent occurrence in December. centrated on the development of the Captain Mantzovinos with his eight
The book in the following table radio meteorograph which will send gives the number of storms in each signals as the balloon rises. month, 1887 to 1930, Inclusive, and signats are emitted on high frequency also the number of those known to to indicate the pressure, temperature have had hurricane intensity.
and humidity at various levels."
Aug. Sept. Oct
May June July
Number of storma
Number of known
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Three hours later the decision was given. England would not accept the Frenchman, the Italian, the Greek, the Lithuanians, the Russian, the Chilian, the Portuguese or any one of them.
Captain Mantzovinos went back with his unwanted eight to the All- dreas, and began his thirty-day trip to Montevideo.
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