DECEMBER1941 MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW 363 NORTH ATLANTIC TROPICAL DISTURBANCES OF 1941 By HOWARDC. SUMNER [Weather Bureau, Washington, January 19421 The hurricane season of 1941, near normal in other The only disturbance associated with the respects, was of exceptionally short duration. During the area traversed the entire length of that body of water 37 days between the 11th of September and the 18t'h of from east to west, maintaining hurricane winds for almost October, 6 tropical disturbances developed in rapid suc- the entire distance. It then moved across the coast of cession, an average of approximately 1 storm every 6 Nicaragua and emerged into the Gulf of Honduras with days. The 21 disturbances of 1933, the highest number undiminished intensity. After crossing additional coun- ever recorded in a single season during the 55-year period tries of and the Bay of it of record, had an average of about 8.5 clays between moved inland, for the third time, and dissipated south of storms. Trzmpico, . Of the remaining disturbances, two The first and last storms of the past season were of slight crossed the Texas coast, two moved inland in Florida, intensity with only minor damage being reported. The and one spent its energy over the North Atlantic, with no remaining disturbances all developed winds of full hurri- destructive winds being reported on land. cane force. They took a combined toll of over GO lives, Two-thirds of these disturbances developed winds of and wrought crop and property losses estimated at well hurricane force. This proportion, though considerably over $10,000,000. An unusual situation developed Sep- above normal, is not unusual when all or most of the tember 23 when 3 hurricanes (11, 111, and IV on the disturbances develop during a short period at the height of accompanying chart) were in progress simultaneously at the hurricane season. widely separated points, one in the eastern Caribbean, A synopsis of the tropical disturbances of 1941 is given one in the , and another in the North in the following table. Their tracks, numbered I to VI Atlantic off Hatteras. chronologically, are shown on the accompanying chart.

NORTH ATLANTIC TROPICAL DISTURBANCES OF 1941 [Synopsis of tropical disturbrbanees of (number storm In table corresponds number of track on accompanying chart)] - 1R1 of to storm Date 1 Placewhere first Coast crossed Maximum wind Plam of dissipation Intensity Remarks reported velocity reported Low~\~~~~~ter

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Texas______._._. Form 8 ENE, a 1002.7 millibars East Texascoast Not of hurricane No property damage or ship. (29.61 inches), a intensity. injuries reported (A). ship ...-do ______Force 12 NE., a 970.5 dillibars (28.66 Southern Quebec 4 lives lost; $2,000,000 prop ship, 83 miles inches), a ship. Province. erty damage; crop losses per hour, Texas estimated in excess of City, Tex. $5,ooo.ooo (.4). Sept. 19-26. Off east central Flor- None ______Force 12 ESE, a 995.3 millibars ,(29.39 Near 38O N., 63O W. Caused considerable delay ida coast. ship. inches), a ship. in North Atlantic ship- ping (A). Sepf2330:. Between Barbados 992.9 millibars (29.32 Eastmu Mexico. 47 lives lost at sea' 3 and St. Lucia. inches), a ship. drowned at Cape Ok- Mpico. ias. heavy crop and prdperty damage in Cen- tral America (A). Oct.3-12 ... About 300 miles Florida- - - ___ - __ __ -. 123 miles per hour, 984.4 millibars (28.48 South of Bermuda 8 lives lost in the Bahamas north of Virgin Pan - American inches), Cat Is- and Florida; consider- Islands. Dinner hey land. able property and crop base. damage in Florida, 1 Georgia and the Ba- hamas (B). Oct. 18-31 About 100 miles off _._.do. ______45 miles per hour 1002.4 millibars North Florida Torrential rains wrought the west Florida WSW, a ship. (29.60 inches), a some Rood damage in coast. ship. northern Florida (B).

1 A late special report received from Mr. Alhert Krog Radio Operator of the Standard f Squally weather had moved across the southern Bahamas and through the Florida Fruit & Steamship Co., Puerto Caberas. Nicaragua, stktes that on September 27, about Straits during the preceding '.?days, but no deRnite cyclonic circulation could be detected M miles up the Rio Coco from Cape Gracias. the barometer on the schooner Rrauo fell to until the evening of Oct. 18. 28.25 inches (uncorrected), at about 3 P. m. Farther inland from the Cape, at Boom, the central calm of the hurricane lasted from 5 to 6 p. m. Complete reports of these disturbances may be found in MONTHLY wEATHEs REVIEW:(A) September 1941; 69: 264-266. (B) October 1941; 69: 303,304.

TYPHOONS AND DEPRESSIONS OVER THE , OCTOBER 1941 By BERNARDF. DOUCETTE,S. J. [Weather Bureau, ManIla, P. I.] Depression, October 18-23, 1941 .-About half way Two lives were lost on Marinduque Island as this between Yap and Mindanao a low-pressure area became a de- depression crossed the Archipelago. Considerable rain pression-moving in a west-northwesterly direction, October was reported from stations of southern Luzon and the 18 and 19. The afternoon and evening observations Visayan Islands. from stations near San Bernardino Strait indicated that As this center was approaching southern Luzan, October the storm was intensifying, yet the morning of October 20 19, Virac, Catanduanes Island reported 751.2 mm. (1000.5 showed only a depression, central over Bondoc Peninsula, mb.) indicating that the storm was intensifying to typhoon which had moved westerly across southern Luzon during strength. However, during the night, nothing lower than the night. This weak center moved westerly into the the above value was reported as the storm center moved China Sea. As a depression of minor importance, it moved across the Archipelago. northwest about 200 miles after leaving Verde Island The upper winds over Zamboanga and Cebu changed Passage, then westerly to Indo-China where it disappeared. from the east quadrant to the southwest quadrant on Unauthenticated | Downloaded 09/23/21 05:47 PM UTC