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
Date:
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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    inquiry in the higher latitudes and towards Europe, is here sub- joined. 165. R. HI. steamer Britannia, Oct. 3d, 1844, at 12h. 15m. received the mails at Halifax and proceeded to sea ; wind S. S. E., increasing; midnight, strong breeze and cloudy. Oct. 4th, wind S. 8. E., strong breeze and cloudy ; 9 a.m. strong breeze and weather fine; noon, same, lat. 44° 54', Ion. 59° 10'. Distance run, 196 miles. 1 p. m. strong breeze and clear weather ; 3 p. M. wind S. E., increasing; cloudy ; 8 p. m. fresh gale and squally, sea getting up ; midnight, strong gales and squally with rain. Oct. 5th, begins strong gales from S. S. E. and heavy squalls with a high sea; 4 a.m. the same ; 8 a. m. gale increasing, ship laboring and shipping much water over all, reefed the fore and aft-sails ; 10 a. m. hard gale and heavy sea, with thick hazy weather. [First Cuba gale.] Noon, wind and weather the same; lat. 45° 58', Ion. 55° 30'. Distance 163 miles, p. m. strong gales from S. S. W., and squally weather with a heavy beam sea and constant rain ; 4 p. M. more moderate, set the topsail and shook out reefs ; 6 p. M. wind in- creasing again, in first reef of topsail; 10.30 p. m. out reefs and set foresail ; more mod- erate, and clear. [Remission, and approaching westerly change of the first Cuba gale.] Oct. 6th, wind S. W. moderate, and clear weather, with a heavy beam sea ; 7 a. m. wind W. S. W., set topmast and lower studding-sails ; 8 a. m. light breeze and fine clear weather with a heavy beam sea; noon, lat. 46° 44', Ion. 51° 3'. Distance 198 miles. Cape Race, N. F., bearing VV. l S. 78 miles; p. m. moderate breeze from W. S. W. and clear weather ; 4 p. m. increasing breeze and hazy weather; 8 p. m. blowing strong breeze; midnight, wind W., more moderate. [Rear side of first gale not strongly developed, as a surface wind.] Oct. 7th, moderate and hazy, wind W., inclining to N. W.; 2 a. u. wind W. N. W.; 8 a. m. wind i\. N. VV. ; 9 a. m. breeze increasing, cloudy ; 10 a. m. wind N.; noon, fresh breeze and cloudy, lat. 48° 5', Ion. 45° 41'. Distance 233 miles. [330 miles R. of sup- posed axis line.] p. m. moderate breeze and cloudy weather, with a heavy N. E. swell; 2 p. m. wind N. N. W.; 5 p. M. passed packet ship Independence, standing S. W.; 7 a.m. light variable winds and rain ; in all fore and aft-sails; midnight, light breeze and dark rainy weather. [This N. E. swell shows the strength of the gale to have been on the left of the axis, in a higher latitude.] Oct. 8th, light breeze from E., dark and rainy with a heavy N. E. swell; [second Cuba storm ;] 4 a. m. same ; 7 a. m. increasing breeze from E. by S., down top gt. yard and mast and lore-yard ; 11, set the fore and aft-sails ; noon, moderate and cloudy ; lat. 48° 43', Ion. 40° 28'. Distance 213 miles. [350 miles R. of supposed axis line.] 1 p. si. wind E. by S., cloudy, with a heavy N. E. swell; 8 p. M. light wind and clear; ends the same. [The easterly winds of second storm had taken effect but moderately this day.] Oct. 9th, light winds from S. S. E. with a heavy N. E. swell; 8 a. m. light airs from S. W.; noon, light winds and cloudy ; lat. 49° 14', Ion. 35° 6'. Distance 212 miles. [448 miles R. of supposed axis line.] p. m. light breeze from S. W. and clear weather, with a heavy N. E. swell; 6 p. m. wind S. S. E.; 8 p. m. light wind and rain ; 9 p. M. wind S. VV.; 10 p. m. wind shifted to N. W.; ends moderate and clear. [Easterly part of gale lightly felt, and westerly part but just commenced.] Oct. 10th, moderate breeze from N. W. and clear; 6 a. m. increasing breeze and cloudy, with a very heavy cross swell; noon, lat. 49° 46', Ion. 29°. Distance 237 miles, p. m. fresh breeze from N. W. and fine clear weather; 8 p. M. wind dying away; midnight, light breeze and dark cloudy weather. [Apparent end of the observations on the second Cuba gale ; unless viewed as a remission, with a renewal on the 11th.] Oct. 11th, light winds from S. VV. and cloudy, with heavy showers of rain; 4 a. m. in- creasing breeze and a heavy sea; 7, in first reef of fore-topsail; 8, strong gales and cloudy, close-reefed fore-topsail, and furled fore and aft-sails ; noon, strong gales and a heavy cross sea; lat. 50° 26', Ion. 22° 50'. Distance 240 miles, p. H. strong gales and dark weather with frequent showers of rain and a cross sea, sent down topgt. mast; 5, set reefed fore- sail ; 8 p. M. more moderate, with heavy rain ; 10 p. m. wind hauling forward, in foresail, dark and threatening weather. [A third storm approaching, probably from the lower lati- tudes of the Atlantic]