. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal . Hurricanes and Storms qftlie West hidies. its course from W. to- wards N., will strike I the first - mentioned ° vessel in the direction which is shewn by the wind-arrows at the point c, which, if the position be in the tem- perate latitudes, north of 30% will be from eastward. Now, it is obvious, that as the storm advances in its course north-eastward, this vessel, if nearly stationary, will in- tersect the body of the gale on the line c A d. As the storm advances, the wind must also veer to the northward, as shewn by the arrows, being at when the
. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal . Hurricanes and Storms qftlie West hidies. its course from W. to- wards N., will strike I the first - mentioned ° vessel in the direction which is shewn by the wind-arrows at the point c, which, if the position be in the tem- perate latitudes, north of 30% will be from eastward. Now, it is obvious, that as the storm advances in its course north-eastward, this vessel, if nearly stationary, will in- tersect the body of the gale on the line c A d. As the storm advances, the wind must also veer to the northward, as shewn by the arrows, being at when the vessel is brought under the point A, and near the close or departure of the storm by its further progress eastward, the wind will have further veer- ed to the direction shewn at d, which, with due allowance for the progressive motion of the storm, we will set down at W. The other vessel, as is equally obvious, will first take the wind from the southward, as shown at e, in which quarter it will blow, with no great variation, till, by the advance of the storm, the ship is brought under the point B. The barometer, which had previously been falling, will now commence rising, and the wind, veering more westerly, will, at the departure of the storm, be found in the direction shewn at^ which, after the allowance already referred to, may be stated at Such, substantially, are the facts commonly reported by vessels which fall under the lateral portions of the Atlantic storms, and it is readily seen, that the opposite winds which are exhibited on the two different intersections of the storm, as above describ- ed, will very naturally be mistaken for two separate and dis- tinct gales. The phases of the wind in these gales are, however, in all cases modified more or less by the course or changing position of the vessel exposed to its action. For example, a ship on taking the gale, say at at the point h on the figure, and
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