The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-10-06
Review Of September.

The weather over the North Atlantic
curing the first nine days of the montb
was line excepting from the 9Th to 10th
uetween bermuda and the American
coast when a tropical cyclone Of hurri-
cane violence prevailed.
on the 9TH a. low area was central0ear
~ ueG. north 10 deg. west, accompanied
DIV strong winds. 1t moved SLOWLY tho
next two DAYS toward Cape Clear, and
on me 10Th was to the west of Ireland.
,no, me meantime another low area
moved southwark from toward Green
E-ha ana was central on the 10th near
30 eag. north. 20 deg. west 1t continued
IN the above direction and united on the
lith with the first mentioned low Vns-
Seis III the vicinity of the iiftieth par
az iei ana between % deg. west and 40
ucE. west OIL the night of September
lo-ll. reported fresh. to strong gales VIII
violent SQUALLS. force 10-11. The depres-
Sions. after uniting, lost energy and
moved to the eastward and northvord
as shown. "
Fresh to whole westerly gales pre-
vailed on the 18th and 18th from New-
.nnndland to the British Isle. On the
10Th and 18th they moderated to force
seven and on the 18th shifted to north
west and disappeared.
a depression that was central near
Anticosti on the 18th from Newfound-
ianu causing strong TO whole gales fro,,,
southeast TO southwest on the 10Th, fol-
lowed on the Goth by westerly raIas
force So. AT II y. m. c. NJ. r. Septnm,
her IL. lat. "a deg north. long. a. dog
MtS'' inc barometer was about 2SS7
GcheS' ON the 2lst this depression
seems TO nave united near "a deg. north
- deg. west. with one moving NORTH
caSterlV. Southwest gales prevailed on
me list between 20 deg. west and 70 deg
t:eSt and from 80 deg. north TO 50. north
southwest To northwest gales were also
experienced on that day by vessels on
inc steamship tracks between 30 deg
west and 10 deg. west, due to storm,
area central at noon. G. NJ. T. of that
near ~ deg. north. "a deg. west. On
Inc I'd northwest gales force rs. pre-
vailed north Of 30 deg. north, an east of
the thrtieth meridian
y late report from the Eng (C;ar-
man Steamship. September 9G. a. deg
west indicates that Il storm moving
HortneaStcrlN passed between the above
nosition and the Azores on that date.
y tiohical cyclone. moving from to-
Ward me l'ahamas, was central. Sep
-nner ~. near - deg. north, II deg
west. The steamers "Casctleve.,tr v''
ana 'M&n:inelN" encountered il about
y D. m. 'G. NJ. t. of that date. lat. Sc
deg. north. long. 81 deg. west the wind
smiling from south To west and blow
dne WIN hurricane force; barometer
2S5O inches Uncorrccted) AS the CEN
ter aDproachcd Newfoundland. vessels
on the steamship tracks reported whole
Ghies with SQUALLS of hurricane force
Nv The 18th the storm had disappeared
To the northeast OF Newfoundland.
Another tropical cyclone that moved
nori n across the Gulf OF Mexico west of
FLORIDA. September IS. caused great
uamhfe rs ii moved northward The
pam or The center before reaching the
FLORIDA coast can not be plotted with
accuracy till reports from vessels are
received.
Fog was reported frequently between
me Grand Banks and Nantucket, as
iccherGs have continued TO he report
ed III the vicinity of Belle Isle.