The Archive · 1938

Siccawei's Report

State on the morning of the 26th:—Normal anticyclone over China. Low pressures over Mongolia. The typhoon, over the China Sea, is apparently continuing west-north-westward, decreasing in intensity. Fine to cloudy weather with variable breezes over northern and central China, with northerly to easterly breezes over our regions and in the south. Regular winter monsoon at sea.

State on the morning of the 27th:—Anticycione falling over China. Depression over Mongolia. The typhoon, over the China Sea, is slowly advancing _west-north-westward.

Probabilities, 430 pin. yesterday:—Fine weather, cloudy at places, with southerly to westerly winds over northern China and over the Yellow Sea, variable over our regions and central China, from the northern quadrant in the south, over the Eastern Sea and Formosa. Local morning fogs along the Coast. Typhoon signal: Approximate position of the centre at 2 p.m. within 120 miles, latitude 13, longitude 109, direction west-north-west, intensity: unknown.

—Siceawei Observatory.

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