374 MONTHLY WEA
On the 25th a LOW of slight intensity and extent devel- oped near latitude 55' N., lon itude 30 W.; this moved but little during the next 24 h ours the wind increasing sl' htly in velocity. %itA S. S. Siamese Prince:
Gale began on the 25th; wind SSW. Imwat barometer 29.35 inchea m. on the 35th, wind SSW.. 7. in latitude 55' 18) N., longitude
iio6k End on the 26th; wind W. Highest force of wind 9, W.; ahift~ W. by N.-W.
Storm logs fodow:
British S. S. Kenbana Head:
Gale began on the 25th; wind WNW. Idmeat barometer 38.84 inchea at 5 p. m. on the 25th, wind W., 8. in latitude 56' 15/ N., longitude 30' 3W W. End on the 27th; wind SW. Highest force of wind 10,
On the 26th the American S. S. Tivives encountered northeasterly winds of ale force near the coast of Colom-
W.; shifts WNW.-W.
bia, as shown by the fo 5 owing report:
Left Santa Marta. Colombia, at 10 p. m. on the 26th. Ve heavy
BBB and wind of gale force. P. M. of the 26th wind and sea mo%ratzng. Poeition. Greenwich mean noon of the 26th. latitude 10' 46/ N., long- tude 76' W. Barometer 29.88 inches. Wind ENE., 7.
On the 30th and 31st there was a LOW in the vicinity of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, with light to moderate winds in the southerly quadrants, no reports having been received up to date from vessels north of the 50th paral- lel and west of the 50th meridian.
NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN.
By F. G. TINQLEY.
Five typhoons occurred in the Far East in July-one from the 3d to the 9th, another from the 9th to the 13th,
a third from the 23d to the 25th, a fourth from the 26th to 29th, a fifth from the 25th to 31st. Inasmuch as the last one of these storms continued into Au ust, causing
pro erly belongs to that month. Ordinarily sonie three
The first of the typhoons appeared to the eastward of northern Luzon, near latitude 18' N., longitude, 126' E., on July 3. It mored alniost due northward, the center passing near Okinawa Island the Eastern Sea on the 6th During the afternoon of the 7th i t eastern coast of Chosen and thence, into northern Manchuna. On the 7th this typhoon caused a heavy rainstorm in western Japan. The second typhoon was a small one which ap arently
It moved in a westerly direction and passed over the Philippines on the 19th. Thus far little is known of its history. Details of the other typhoons of the month will appear in the August REVIEW. Conditions over the eastern part of the Pacific were characterized b high pressure over the Aleutian area
steamer routes. In the region of t e Aleutian Islands the hi hest pressure of the year ordinarily occurs in July. %or the years 1912-1920 the average of the p. m. barometer readmgs at Dutch Harbor is 30.02 inches, as
the destruction of Swatow on the 2d, ita a istory more
or P our typhoons occur in July.
formed to the westward of the Ladrones on t fl e 18th.
%
and more than t 1 e usual amount of fo along the northern
pressure was
.THER REVIEW. JULY, 19%
recorded was 30.16 inches on the 22d, the lowest 29.86
on the 17th. At Honolulu pressure was above normal by somewhat more than 0.01 inch. The highest reading was 30.11 on the 26th, the lowest 29.92 on the 13th. Aside from the iduence exerted by the typhoons in waters of the Far East the month was characteristically quiet. Only on a few occasions did the wind reach the force of even a moderate gale. Of these perhaps the most interesting, on account of the re 'on in which encountered, was the gale experienced on Ydy 31 by the American S. S. Pacijic, Capt. William Me ham, durin a voya e from Honolulu to Panama. 8 A. Martel&
report :
About 4:30 p. m. (L. M. T.) of the 31st, when in latitude 15' 05' N., longitude 119' 01' W., the eastern horizon began packing up with A. St. and Nb. clouds, wind ENE., force 4, barometer 29.81 (corrected). At 5 p. m. clouds increased to 6 with "Bcud" flying violently from E., wind increaRing to 5-6, shifting to E. by N., barometer dro ping. At 5:30 sky overcast with A. St. and Nb., wind ahifting from%. by N. to E., to E. by S., to ESE. in a period of 10 minutes, force 7, violent and heavy rain. Barometer now reading 29.74 (lowed point), ver rough, confused sea rising. At 6 p. m. wind dropyed to force 2 ani
shifted to SE., clouds the m e . At 0:30 clouds c earing, barometer ndngto 29.8lj, wind SE. -4t 6:45 clouds 10 Nb., heavy rain, barometer 29.84, wind SE., 2. At 7:15 barometer 29.99, paeaing rains, wind SE., 3, clouds Nb. 10.
The weekly weather reports of the Imperial Marine Observatory, Kobe, show that anticyclonic conditions prevailed over the ocean area immedmtely to the eaab
ward of Japan until the 19th, the date of the latest report received. From the 1st to the 19th, with the exception of the ty hoon of the first week, but three
d l continental in type. The first of these appeared in Siberia on the 3d, the second in Mongolia on the 12th, the third in northern China on the 17th. All three niored northeastwardly in the direction of Kamchatka and their influence was only slightly felt over the western portion of the steamer routes. Several vessels on the northern steamer routes reported an unusual amount of fog. The British S. S. Em ess o
and 26th. G. M. N. ositions on those days, respectively, 46' 39' N., 169' 03' E. and 48' 47' N., 179' 56' E. The Amerioan S. S. AZZowuy reports as follows:
Dense fog, continuous from 9 p. m. July 2 to 3:14 a. m. July 4. July 5 and 6, w i n g fog banks, lastin 20 minutes each. July 7 and 11, continuous fog. Part of time dense, heavy fog; mall
portion of time passing banks.
G. M. N. positions of the AZloway were &I follows: 2d, 41' 27' N., 151' 41' E.; 4th, 45' 39 N., 161' 40' E.; 6th, 48' 04' N., 169' 28' E.; l l t h , 48' 59' N., 164' 38' W. The British S. S. Waitemata reports that from noon of the 2d to 9:30 a. m. of the loth fog prevailed nearly all the time. When it lifted a t times visibilit was very poor and mist was alwa s present. G. M. d positions: 2d, 43' 10' N., 157' 49' 6.; loth, 50' 22' N., 157' 53' W.
chief o B icer and observer, has submitted the following
cyclones affecting t K e weather of Japan were charted,
Asia had continuous thick fog for 34 hours on t S I ? e 25t
SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN.
The British S. S. Waidunu, Capt. A. T . Norton, Ob- server H. A. Brockett, Wellington for Tahiti and San Francisco, experienced heavy weather on July 6 to 8, the wind reaching the force of a strong gale, accompanied by high seas. The lowest barometer, 29.64 (corrected), occurred at 4 a. m. of the 6th, in 35'S., 174' W., shifts E. to ESE.