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JANUARY1938 MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW 25 OCEAN GALES AND STORMS, JANUARY 1938-Continued - ~~ ~ Position at time of Direc- Direction Voyage lowest barometer Gale Time of Qale Low- tion of and force mgan lowest ended St ba- wind ofwind Vessel Jan- barometer Jan- rom- when at time of m>-- ranuary- uary- eter gale lowest ba- From- Tc- Latitude et- began rometer I I I--- - ~- NORTH PACIFIC1 OCEAN-Continued eror rnCnes Minnesotan Am. 6. S--. Los Angola____ Balboa _________ 30 12 N. 116 42 W. 20 4 p, %I----20 29.93 WNW. WNW,8- WNW- IVNW, 8-- None. Pres.Mchiniey,Am. 6.5. Victoria, B. C-- Yokohama_____ 51 39 N. 143 03 W. 19 6a, !XI.-.- 22 28.51 s.______ w, 10___- w .___._ w 10 _____ sw-w. Amagisan Moru, Jap. Yokohama _____ Los Angeles____ 43 25 N. 167 13 W. 21 Noon, 2% 23 29. eo ESE.-. NE, 0____ NNW-- N,'8 _______ N-NE. M. S. Tatsuno Maru Jap. 8. 8. ____.do__________ _____do__________ 37 05 N. 160 18 E. 24 6 p, 24---- 26 29.83 NW---- NW.6--- WNW. NW E---- EmDrcss of Cs)nada. Br. Victoria, B. C-- Honolulu. _____ 38 58 N. 139 59 W. 24 7a, 25.--. 25 29.61 SE _____ W, 6_____ NNW-- NN~V',9.. SE-W-NW sls. West Cactus, Am. 8. S-- Champerico____ Los Angeles____ 15 06 N. 93 31 W. 25 68, 25.--. 26 29.89 NNE.. NNE,5-. Vermont, Am. S. S Balboa San Diego 15 00 N. 94 00 W 25 28, 25-.-- 25 29.85 NNW-. NNW,6. ______ _________ ______ 29.87 E NE, 9 Minnesotan, Am. S. S--- Los Angeles____ Balboa_________ 15 00 N. 96 34 W 25 6p, 25-.-. 26 ______ ____ Coloradan, Am. 8. S.- _____do _____do 11 20 N. 89 00 W 25 4 p, 26---- 26 29.84 ENE.- NE,&.-. __________ __________ 28.64 SE 7 PresMcKinley,Am.9.8. Victoria, B. C-- Yokohama _____ 60 20 N. 178 05 E. 24 loa, 28--- 27 _____ SW, ____ Golden Sun, Am. 8. S--- Iloilo, P. I---__ San Francisco-- 38 00 N. 164 35 E. 26 11 p, 26--. 26 29.30 ssw--- ssw,7... 26 2 a, 27.--- 27 20.17 sw ssw, 11-. Sa?- Pedro M~N,Jap. Yokohama _____ _____do__________ 38 10 N. 156 15 E. ____ 29.32 6,lO_._-- NW S 10 Vladivostok ____ _____do__________ 40 48 N. 166 06 E. 26 2 p, 27---- 27 e ____-__ ____ ______ 6-NW. Victoria, B. C-- Yokohfrna.____ 49 07 N. 171 47 E. 27 8 p, 27--.. 38 29.16 SSE ____ SSE, lo-- SW____ SkE, ll--. 5-SW. NNE-. E, 9 E NE, 11 Manila _________ Los Angeles_.__ 3 32 50 N. 162 20 IV 26 3 p. 29---_ 30 30.14 ______ ______ ____ ENE-E. 48,23..- 29.50 ___.___S,ll_____ s, 11 ._____ Yokohama _____ Victoria, B. C-- 48 50 N. 177 00 E. 27 25 s s_______ 4 p, 29---. 29 29.98 NNE.. E, 5------ E _.__._NE, 7 NE-E. Balboa_________ Los Angeles 10 40 N. 87 10 w 29 _____ ____ 29.49 S.8 _.____ s __.__ San Francisco-- Honolulu ______ 35 30 N. 129 25 W 30 1 p, 30-.-- 30 s _______ wsw.- sw, a-wsw. 31 2p, 31 .... 31 29.52 SE ENE, 7.. NE ...- E 8.______ E-NE. Victoria, B. C-- Yokohama _____ 40 52 N. 146 23 E. _____ 31 2 p, 31 .... 31 29.91 N ____._NNE, 8.. NE ____ N~E,Q--- NNW-NNE. Balboa _________ Los Angeles____ 15 48 N. 94 55 W I - Extra.tropica.1cyclones a,nd gales.-January 1938 was a stormy month on the North Pacific, with gales of practi- cally daily occurrence on some part of t'he ocean, and winds of the higher forces, 11 to 12, reported on the 3d, 5th) 9th, IObh, and 26th to 2Sth in middle and high htitudes, to the westward of the 165th meridian of west longitude. During the 2d to 5t,h of the monbh w-iclely scattered gales were, encountered between about 140' JV. and the const of Japan. The. principal storm area of the period, however, lay to the westward of the 180th meridian, with re,ported gales occurring between latit'udes 30' and 45' N. On t.he 2d the ce,nter of a cyclone of sonie magnitude lay east of the island of Hokushu, whe,nc,eit moved east- northeastwnrd, and on the 6th crossed the central Aleutians. The heaviest winds reported in connection with the storm occurred fa.r south of the center. The Jn.panese motorship Sm Pedro Mwu, nea.r 34' N., 145' E., on the 3d, met a west hurricane while the storm center lay nea.r 45' N., 160' E., and the Brit,ish motorship Silverbelle enc.ountered a like wind near 37' N., 165 E., while the c.e.nter was close to 46' N., 150'. On the 7th anot8he.rstorm lay to the immediate east of Japan. It rapidly developed in dept,h and extent as it moved eastwa.rd, but no important gales occurred in connection wit'h it until the 9th when the American steamer Tems eastbound toward San Franc.isc.0ran into heavy gales which increased to force 12 in the afternoon, near 38' N., 172' E., continuing until the morning of the loth, lowest barometer 28.72. On the sBme date also the Dutch motorship Saparoea., far to the northeastward near 44' N., 171' W., was also involved in hurricane winds, lowest barometer 28.69. During the 9th and 10th the cyclone area extended over two-thirds or more of the width of the oce.an in high latitudes, and caused scattered 31 gales of force 9 to 10 as far to the eastward along the 0,12 28 northern routes as about longitude 150' W. Similar 31 conditions prevailed until the 15th, with low pressures 3 and strong to whole gales sc.atterec1 0ve.r a wide area of 11 30 the upper routes in west longitudes. By the 15th and 28 2 16th the gale region had estended w-ell toward t,he coast of the United States, as indicated by the report of the Nom.-Data based on 1 daily observation only, except those for Juneau, Tatoosh motorship Saparoea which encountered a force-10 wind Island, San Francisco, and .Honolulu, which are based on 2 observations. Departures are computed from best available normals related to time of observation. from southeast on the 15th, near 46' N., 134' W., followed Unauthenticated | Downloaded 09/25/21 01:53 PM UTC MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW JANVABY1938 by lessening gales which were still of force 8 on the 16th northeast. On the 31st, in the same locality, there was a close to the Oregon coast. The cyclone center on these gale of force 9. Oft' the Costa Xican coast northeast dates lay close to the Alaskan Peninsula. From the 17th Chubascos of force 7 were reported on the 26th and 29th. to 22d it fluctuated over the Gulf of Alaska, with narrowed Fog.-There was little fog on t.he North Pacific this sphere of influence, although it continued to cause strong month. The only coastal fogs rep0rte.d by ships were westerly gales a day's journey or less out from the Oregon those of the 8th and 27tmh off southern and Lower Cali- coast on the 18th and 19th. On the 20th, also, Washing- fornia, and of the 31st in the Gulf of Tehuantepec. Along ton coastal winds were strong, with a velocity of 61 miles the strip 30' to 50' N., 130' to 140' W., scattered fog was for a 5-minute period from the south reported at North observed on the 3d to 6th and on the 9th. It was observed Head. on one day near 44' N., 179' E. On January 25 a rather deep cyclone, central in the Japan Sea, mused strong southwesterly gales in west a,nd TYPHOONS AND DEPRESSIONS OVER THE FAR EAST east coastal waters of Honshu. The stomi center, with By F. DOUCETTE,5. great rapidity and increasing intensity, moved northeast- BERNARD J. ward across t'he Kuril Islands and on the 26th and 27th lay [Weather Bureau, Manila, P. I.] near the east coa,st of Kamchatka, lowest pressure 28.35, Depression, January 6-10, 193S.-During the last few where it merged with another disturbance of the 24th-25th days of December 1937 and the following days in January from the western Aleutians. The western part of the 1938, there was a persistent low pressure trough extending northern steamship routes was strongly affected by the from southern hfindanao eastward to the Western Caroline major storm, the heavy weather extending as far eastward Islands, and perhaps farther. At various times, pressure on the north as the central Aleutians, and on the south, at at Yap would fa.11 and the winds would shift as though a approximately 35' N., as far east as about 170' E. On depression, even a typhoon, were forming. For a day or the 26th and 27th the Japanese motorship San Pedro so, these conditions would last and then the ordinary Maru met southwesterly gales of force 11 near 46' N., normal weather would be reported. Reports from Java 156' E., and the Americm steamship Presiht AIciGnley and nearby regions indicated the presence of a rather had westerly to southwesterly gales of fames 11-13 be- strong, steady southwesterly current of air during these tween 49' and 50' N., longitudes 178' to 172' E., lowe,st days.

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