 | sir William Reid - 1838 - 474 pages
...is usually this: the barometer falls to 29| inches or lower, and the wind rises from the north-west, with thick weather, commonly with rain; it veers gradually...of that point, the weather begins to clear up; at south-west the gale blows hardest, and the barometer rises; and by the time the wind gets to south... | |
 | LIEUT-COLONEL W. REID - 1850 - 580 pages
...usually this : the barometer falls to 29.5 inches or lower, and the wind rises from the north. west, with thick weather, commonly with rain ; it veers...of that point the weather begins to clear up ; at south-west the gale blows hardest, and tile barometer rises ; and by the . East India Sailing Directory,... | |
 | William Reid - Meteorology - 1850 - 586 pages
...is usually this: the barometer falls to 29.5 inches or lower, and the wind rises from the northwest, with thick weather, commonly with rain; it veers gradually...southward of that point the weather begins to clear up; at south-west the gale blows hardest, and the barometer rises; and by the time the wind gets to south... | |
 | Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin - Learned institutions and societies - 1841 - 456 pages
...West, increasing in strength, and wlicn it veers to the southward of that point, the weather beginns to clear up, at SW the gale blows hardest and the barometer rises; and by the time the wind gets to S or SES, it becomes moderate with finc weather and the barometer about 30 inches. Basil Hall (briefliche... | |
 | Heinrich Wilhelm Dove - Storms - 1862 - 374 pages
...progress of the gales is usually this : the barometer falls to 2 9'5 ins. or lower, and the wind rises from the NW. with thick weather, commonly with rain;...of that point, the weather begins to clear up. At south-west the gale blows hardest and the barometer rises, and by the time the wind gets to S. or SSE.... | |
 | Richard Edmonds - Land's End (England) - 1862 - 326 pages
...usually this: the barometer falls to 29-5 inches or lower, and the wind rises from the north-west, with thick weather, commonly with rain ; it veers...of that point, the weather begins to clear up; at south-west the gale blows hardest, and the barometer rises ; and by the time the wind gets to south... | |
 | Richard Edmonds - Land's End (England) - 1862 - 330 pages
...usually this: the barometer falls to 29-5 inches or lower, and the wind rises from the north-west, with thick weather, commonly with rain ; it veers...of that point, the weather begins to clear up; at south-west the gale blows hardest, and the barometer rises ; and by the time the wind gets to south... | |
 | Admiralty hydrogr. dept - 1868 - 690 pages
...the westward, increasing in strength, and generally clearing up as soon as it obtains any southing. At SW the gale blows hardest, and the barometer rises ; and by the time it reaches South or SSE it becomes moderate, with fine weather, and the barometer above 30 inches.... | |
 | John Corbin - Clergy - 1874 - 504 pages
...falls to 29^ inches or lower, and the wind rises from the north - westward with thick weather, and commonly with rain; it veers gradually to the west, increasing in strength, and the weather begins to clear up as soon as it has reached to south of that point. At south-west the... | |
 | Admiralty hydrogr. dept - 1884 - 840 pages
...the westward, increasing in strength, and generally clearing up as soon as it obtains any southing. At SW the gale blows hardest, and the barometer rises; and by the time it reaches South or SSE it becomes moderate, with fine weather, and the barometer above 30 inches.... | |
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from the NW with thick weather, commonly with rain ; it veers gradually to the West, increasing in strength, and when it veers to the southward of that point, the weather begins to clear up ; at SW the gale blows hardest, and the barometer rises, and... 