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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Credit: 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. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    had entirely yielded ; and on the 6th at 9 a. m., the barometer stood at 2980, and the weather was tranquil. 35. At Cardenas, 26 miles eastward of Matanzas, [lat. 23° 2', Ion. 81° 15', about 27 miles L.J at half past 11 of the 4th, after a heavy shower it began to blow a violent hur- ricane. The wind first prevailed at East, and went about to S. W. and K. with continual rain. The wind [hurricane] lasted for 24 hours.* [I have no accounts from Port Cabayrien, Neuvitas, and other ports on the north coast of Cuba, in the right side of the gale, where the wind would be found blowing off the shore and therefore less violent in its effects. For the character of the precursory storm off the N. side of Cuba, near Ion. 77°, see 456.] 36. Schr. Tusso, off Havana, bound northward through the gulf of Florida. Capt. Hows says: The gale commenced with me Oct. 1st, in lat. 23° 30', Ion. 82° 40', the Mariel Ta- bles bearing nearly S., wind E. S. E. On the 5ih at 2 a. m., it increased to a perfect hurricane ; at 4 a. m. lost boat and sixty bales of cotton by the boarding of a sea, wind at this time E. N. E.; at 6 a. M. wind N. E.; at 8 A. m., N. N. E.; at 10 a. m., North, and the heaviest of the hurricane ; at 2 p. m. of Saturday the 5th it had abated considerably, then blowing N. N. W. to N. W. and so continued till 4 p. M. when it changed to N. W., and at midnight 1 once more made the land, bore up for Havana, and arrived at 10 a. m. Sunday the 6th. 37. Ship Columbo, for New Orleans, took the gale at lip. M. of Oct. 4, near Cat Keys, (west edge of Bahama Batik,) which increased to a severe hurricane on the 5th from S. E., [shipping report of the time says E. S. E.] which suddenly abated at about 5 p. m. when off the Double Shots, between Salt Key Bank and Florida Reef, [ ? lat. 24° 15', Ion. 80° 30', about 30 m. L. 7J and in twenty minutes came out from N. N. W. and N. W., and finally abated at 2 a. m. of Sunday, Oct. 6th. Lost sails, bulwarks, &c. [These winds, with the lull and shift to the opposite quarter, prove the ship to have been in the axis path and not far from its center.] 33. From the military post at Key West [lat. 21° 27', Ion. 81° 50', about 118 miles L.] we have the following observations. Date Barometer, (average.) Wind. Oct. 1st. 2d. 3d. 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 2012 3000 3017 at 9 a. m. 30 26 30-10 E. N. E. to N. N. E.; a gale. 30-01 southeasterly ; strong. 29-94N. E.; light. 29 84 E. to N. E. increasing; strong E. N. E. to VV. ; severe gale. N. W. strong ; moderate. E. to N.; light. N. ; moderate. Kain. 'I hermomet* i Wet bulb 1 P. M. thermometer. 83° 80° 0 17 in. 78 76 1-96 7S 76 1 75 75 75 9-62 72 72 79 73 84 77 84 79 The following hourly observations made during the hurricane are added by the medical officer, commencing at 1 a. m. Oct. 5th. These are highly valuable.! Hours 1 A. M. Barometer. Winds and 1 Hours. 12, noon. Barometer. 29217 Winds and siren N. E. by N. gtb. 9 ^9-768 E. N. E. 7 2 •729 E. N. E. 7 1 P. M. •166 N. E. by N. N. by E. 9 3 •516 E. by N. 8 2 •134 9 4 •457 E. N. E. 8 3 •185 N. 9 5 •433 E. N. E. 8 4 •264 N. by W. 9 6 ••io-3 E. N. E. 8 5 •410 N.N. W. 8 7 •335 N. E. by E. 7 6 •455 N. W. 8 8 •418 N. E. 7 7 •520 N. W. by W. 6 9 •536 N. E. 8 8 •551 W. N. W. 8 10 •331 N. E.by N. 9 9 •537 W. 7 11 •272 N. E.by N. 9 10 ■642 w. 6 The gale was blowing in strength, from E. N. E., at 9 P. M. of the 4th. Sky wholly obscured from 1 a. m. to 5 p. m. of 5th. Rain from 1 a. m. 797 in. [Crisis of the gale about 2 p. m of the 5th, according to the barometer.] * The order of changes, here appears like a typographical error. Possibly it may have been written S. W. by the N.; or, 8. W. and W. t The scale of the wind's force adopted for the meteorological returns from the military posts, is from 0 to 10. No. 4 denotes a brisk wind and 9 a hurricane.