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MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW.
September
came in a rapid succession of gusts of a few seconds duration, which may be likened to pulsations. The extreme, velocity of 130 miles per hour, frcm the southeast, occurred at 4:58 p. m., while the maximum velocity for five minutes, 86 miles per hour, occurred from 5:11 to 5:16 p. m. The velocity m the pulsating gusts of a few seconds duration was, at times, undoubtedly much greater than the extreme velocity for a whole single mile.
- The wind velocity 50 miles distant from the center ws.s evidently much greater than it was at New Orleans., Atl Burrwood, La., 100 miles south of New Orlean^affii caterl at "the mouth ot the southwest pass ot The Mississippi delta, unprecedented high winds for this section of the country were recorded and the velocity exceeded any winds previously recorded on the Gulf coast. In fact, this was the most, intense hurricane known to the recorded history, of this part of the country. [The automatic record of the anemometer at Burrwood is unusually perfect and distinct, notably so when one considers the abnormally high winds it records; much credit is due Q. E. Henderson, the observer, for having mair.tB.ined his instrument in such perfect condition and for securing such a record.] The wind directions and velocities at Burrwood during September 20 are given below in Table 8
Tabus 8.—Wind velocities and directions recorded by the Weather Bureau gel j-recorder at Burrwood, La., Sept. 29, 2915.
Time.		Velocity.		
(SOth M. S. T.)	Direction.	Mean.	MfiZimuin. 5 minutes.	3xtremc, 1 mile.
4;45 a. jn.-?:2Cp. m...		 C a. m		 7 a p. m			Mileslhr. 70+ ' 80-*-	Ifiiesjhr	M-.iujhr.
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10 A. 31					
				
2 p. m		sc. by s,			
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fl p. TO..			atv., s.			
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At 6 p. m. of the 29th the wind went to southwest and was southwest or south the remainder of the night; by noon of the 30th it had settled into the southwest. Along the Gulf Coast, from Burrwood eastward to Tligolets, the wind velocity was probably about the same as at Burr-wood. From liigoletS-the' wind nrobaslv rier-caRsSIm velocity toward the center of the hurricane, and there
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Extracts from, reports by .cooperative o bservers.\ m „	.	3	\tO	0>SU
The following extracts from special repopts of Weather
Bureau cooperative observers at stations in the- area covered by the hurricane, furnish valuable material relative to wind changes with the progress of the hurries.ee From these and other available material we can determine the exact route over which the center of the h'orri-cane traveled. They also furnish valuable data concerning the conditions of the weather at the center of the hurricane, such as the “eye of the stem,” calms, etc. The extracts are given m geographical order commencing on the Gulf coast and thence northward with the progressive movement of the hurricane.
Houma, La.—The wind blew from the northei September 29 until between 10 a. m., and 11a. ni.. it began blowing alternately north and northeast intermittent periods nearly calm. About 4 p. m. was a rail, after wsich the wind blew its hardest frc northwest, finally falling off in that quarter betwi p. m. and midnight; the wind went from northe north, northwest, and west,—F. X, Zeringer.
Lock port, La,—The wind began to increase Tv night (28th) shortly after dark, but its intensity w noticed partiesJarly until about 9 a. m. Wednesda 29th. During this time it was blowing from the . east and continued from this quarter with incr intensity until between 4£0 p. m. and 5 p. m., w dropped very quickly to a" moderate velocity, lasted for about naif to three quarters of an hour w again began to blow hard from the northwest, or p< a little west of northwest. I did not notice any gi change in the direction from the northeast to nortl if there was any. There was no period of calm, my vation being that it had changed from a moderat decreasing northeast wind to an increasing nort gale. It was also my opinion that cur greatest ve was from the northwest, but, lasted only for a very period. Trees that, had withstood the northeast snapped off with the northwest wind. By 8 p. n wind began to be more moderate.—Frank II, Adav
Avoca Island near Morgan City, La.—After bl northeast for some hours after the storm began o morning of the 29 th, the wind backed up north by i east and blew as we estimate at the rate of about *50 per hour. It then backed farther and gradually t north, and I should say blew directly from the during the highest of the gale, or from about 4 p.
6 p. m. During the night the wind shifted to the by the way of northwest. We were afraid of a wave here, and the writer noted particularly your forecast and saw your predictions verified.—Euge, Pharr.
Morgan City, La.—The wind was from the nort the morning of the 29th and continued to increase that direction until I p. m., when it shifted to r northwest and still increased in velocity until 4:30 j when it blew hardest. From this time until 8 p. m wind decreased and backed to the west. There w: period of calm.— V. E. Kinsey.
Sugar Experiment Station, New Orleans, La. (7 west of local office, We-ather Bureau).—During the hours of the morning of the 29th the wind direetioi very uncertain, but as the gale increased it blew me less north-northeast; toward evening, from about 4 to 5:30 p. n., the, wind had reached its greatest velc and it seamed to come directly from the northeast. 4:50 p. m. it did its worst damage to the station, during the day there were lulls for a few scconds and renewed gusts of wind and rain.
Loyola University, New Orleans, La. (1 mile north. Sugar Experiment Station).—From early morning about 5:15 to 5:30 p. m., the wind seemed to be st from the northeast. _ From 5:30 p. m., until about p. m., or perhaps a little later, there was almost a pc lull, at least it seemed so by comparison with the tre dous disturbance preceding. At the time between p. m. and 7 p. m. the wind veered around until it strong from a southerly direction, it being difficult t< whether it was from the south, southeast, or sc west.—Anton L. Kunkel, S. J.