On three several hurricanes of the Atlantic, and their relations to the northers of Mexico and Central America, with notices of other storms / by W.C. Redfield.

  • William C. Redfield
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1846
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    sea. On the contrary the weather was fine on the coast of Columbia, for the last ten days of September and the first week in October, with light westerly winds.* A ' norther' of moderate force visited the eastern borders of Mexico during the latter days of September, of which I have found subsequent traces in the basin of the Mississippi. At Tampico and Vera Cruz two northers appeared between the 21st of September and the 1st of October, followed, at Vera Cruz and the southern part of the Gulf of Mexico, by a norther which was cotemporaneous and perhaps connected with the Cuba storm, prelusory to the great hurricane. An abridged extract from the logbook of the U. S. steamer Union, in the early part of Octo- ber, from off Velasco to Pensacola, is given below, and her track will be found on chart IV, which illustrates this storm.f See also the abridged log of the R. M. steamer Trent. Various accounts have been obtained from the tract of ocean lying east of the storm's path, by means of marine reports, vessels spoken, logbooks, &c. ; and the positions of some vessels are marked on the chart. But we have no evidence of the prevalence of a storm in this region at that period, other than appears in our recitals. * Statements of shipmasters from that coast. t U. S. steamer Union, Lieut. McBi.air, at anchor off Velasco, Sept. 26th ; p.m. fresh breeze from N. E. and squally; wind increasing with rain;—27th, increasing from southeastward till 8 a.m.; moderating till noon. Velasco W. by N. 6 miles. p. m. winds light and variable; from 4 p. m. fresh gales from northward arid cloudy. Sept. 28th, a.m. fresh gales from northward with rain; p.m. fresh from northward and N. W. and cloudy, with a high sea. Sept. 29th, a. m. moderating and sea going down. Lat. obs. 28° 50'; p. m. at sea, moderate breeze from N. E. and pleasant. Sept. 30th, lat. 27° 48', Ion. (chr.) 94° 43', moderate breeze E. N. E. ; ends squally from N. E. Oct. 1st, moderate winds E. N. E. and pleasant; lat. 27° 53', Ion. 94° 15', p. m. fresh breezes from N. E. by E., and E., pleasant. Oct. 2d, moderate and light winds E. N. E. and pleasant; lat. 28° 46', Ion. 94° 38'; p. m. same. Oct. 3d, light winds from N. E. and pleasant weather; lat. 28° 32', Ion. 94° 11'; p. m. light wind from N. and pleasant. Oct. 4th, moderate from N. E., clear and pleas- ant; 8 a.m. to noon fresh, N. N. E. and pleasant; lat. 27° 57', Ion. 92u 51'; p. m. moderate breeze from N. E. Oct. 5th, wind from N. E.; from 8 a.m. a heavy swell from northeastward; lat. 27° 22', Ion. 91° 30'; p. m. light winds from northward and pleasant. Oct. 6th, light winds N. W., N. and S. W. and pleasant; lat. 27°50', Ion. 89°40'; till 4 p. m. N. W. light and pleasant; evening, squally. Morning of 7th, N. W. pleasant; noon of 7th, lat. 28° 31', Ion. 87° 13'. [For a further account of the Northers on the coast of Mexico, near the close of September, see the re- port from R. M. steamer Trent in the recitals, case 2c]