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MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW.
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NORTH ATLANTIC STORMS FOR SEPTEMBER, 1893.
[Pressure in inches and miUimetsrs; 'Mind-force by Beaufort scale.]
The paths of storms that passed over the western portion Ion the 7th, was central to the east of Iceland, while seva
of the north Atlantic Ocean are shown on Chart I, so far as!northwest gales prevailed between N, 45° and 55°, and 1
can be traced from information received up to the 25th of.	°>‘	the 8th the low was central over the nor
w	,	i	. tt f	Baltic, whence it moved southeastward into Russia.
October, through the co-operation o, the Hydrographic Office q Qn	the pressure was diminishing at the Isthmi
and the “New York Herald Weather Service.” j	,of Panama, and on the 6th in western Cuba, at which time^
The nOTmal pressure for September over therforth Atlantic hurricane center probably existed in the western portion"! Ocean, as a^own by the international simuljmieous meteoro- the Gulf of .Mexico. 1 he tract oi tms hurricane js
small oval satisfactorily shown by the marine reports, but it is undonb a, ,	„	_n.	,	„	‘	,lT	_or.	edlv the same that passed northeastward along the coast
between parallels Is. 3<. and . ^9 ai/t meridians . ~2 Louisiana until it entered and crossed that state on the 71
«e isobar of 30.10 (76|^extends from W. 11° . 8th.	——------------------------------'- -’
On the 9th a storm-center passed over the Gulf of Sail Pressure is lowest\29.70 (754). taim N. 58c, W, 25° north- i Lawrer.ee, and on dhe 10th was apparently east of Labrada
ward over Iceland,Greenland. an6 Nova Zembla. As com-! No further details V ^ given as totl/e center of this ar > x	/	,r.f	yie I3th5 whan it was apparent
frparcntlv central at! r. 48°, \Y. 42°. On ' in not be traced, but I /low over the Baltic
,	.	, ,, x ,	/	„	o A ,	•	nr,r'of	low	pressure	untH
pared with August the>norinal pressure for September is C.U5 : e?st 0j fce]&n<].
less in the mid-AtlantiXover A narrow belt extending from E. On the 12th a sto^n-center '
N. 20°, W. 65° to N. 35°,	43°,	W. 54°. On the
The tracks of storms foryfeeptember may be classified as: 13th, N. o4°, ’tt . 40°. :
(I) these that pass frony4h\equatorial Atlantic westward : the 16th the isobars of ^preceding v' '	.	„„ . -1	\,	...	~	. stretched westward as though the p/resent low was about
over tne \\est Indies an/1 Jie Ganbbean ^,ea „o .he Gulf of ioin *jia£ Qne^ an(j 0K +}->e igfo pressure was again lowest o»
Mexico, or at least to Florida, arid then recurve toward the ; the Baltic. On the 17th. andvthenrfe until the 22d, low pr northeast, passing ov&r the Atlantic iBtates and Labrador into sure was again lowest over me Baltic. On the 17th, the north Atlantic region: (II) thoskthat start in the equa- thence until the 22d, low pressure cpvered the whole of Euroj torial Atlantic and/after passing a phort distance northwest ■ sometimes presenting several suWdiary low centers. On recurve to the nomieast long before reaching the West Indies 23d pressure ro&e in southeastern Europe and the principal 1( or the American/coast; these also finalV enter the north center was over Norway. Or. the ^4th and 25th the pres Atlantic region^; (HI) those that pass froir\Benug Sea and continued rising in southeastern ®pd southwestern Euro the northwest Pacific eastward over the RoKky Mountains continuing lowest over Norway and, Sweden. On the 26th and southeastward over the Great Lakes regiouv thence east-. 27th pressure slowly recovered/and tne low center disappea ward to the Atlantic Ocean.	,	\	'in the presence of a still creeper lo\' advancing from
The average velocity of movement of storm centers for Atlantic.
September, in statute miles per hour, is 26 for thXUnited F. From the 14th to 17th Pressure steVdilv rose in the Statesywhen moving westward, and 19 for the Atlantic\)cean. Atlantic and eastward to Africa and northward to N. During the process of recurving the West Indian hurricanes Apparently the low area was passing eastward on or north! move at the rate of only 9 miles per hour. On the average IN. 60°, and on the 19th law pressure was Central'east of about one storm endures long enough to pass from the North Hand, while northwest gales prevailed nor^h of N. 50° American continent over the Atlantic to Europe.	jeast of W. 30°. This, combining with the\low from wh
During September. 1893. the following storms have been i Europe was then recoveipng, caused the low pressure to tracecfover portions of the north Atlantic Ocean ; the centers I tinue prevailing over Mirope until the 28th,Vis above m are located for Greenwich coon by international simalta- tioned. The center of/ lowest pressure was generally neons observations as follows:	Norway and Sweden. On the 27th a single repoixf,. 29.46, fa
jl. A low barometer existed northeast of Labrador Sep- 11, at N. 54°, W. 46°. (Shows that a third low center was tern her 1st, 29.20 being reported at N. 54° and W, 50°, with vancing southeastward from Baffin s Bay. On tlife 28th 1
■	westerly gales southward to N. 40°. This was undoubtedly was apparently in W/20°, and on the 25th was neai: the ca the end of the hurricane described in the August Review. ; of Scotland, having/grown steadily in the extent of its It moved slowly eastward, being apparently in W. 40° on the pression. Pressure Again fell throughout Europe, while r 2d, after which it disappeared from our chart and merged depression moved northeastward, and on the 30th was into the general low pressure around Iceland.	tral north of the coast of Scotland.
B. A low barometer northeast of Labrador on September 5t.h, with westerly gales to the southward, apparently a continuation of the September low area No. 1. This moved northeast and expanded rapidly into the Icelandic low area, which,