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OCEAN ATMOSPHERIC-ELECTRIC RESULTS 



Callao, Peru to Papeete, Tahiti --Concluded 



Date 



Noon position 



Lati- 

 tude 



Longi - 

 tude 

 east 



Day s 

 run 



Current 



Dir. 



Am't. 



Remarks 

 (Local mean time used throughout) 



1929 



miles 



miles 



10 

 5 



Feb. 28 14 52 S 233 50 143 282 



Mar. 1 16 33 S 231 56 149 303 



2 17 01 S 230 13 102 108 3 



3 17 07 S 228 18 HI 141 5 



4 17 12 S 226 39 94 122 8 



5 17 05 S 224 37 117 335 4 



6 17 13 S 223 22 72 199 2 



7 17 24 S 221 07 129 195 5 



8 17 48 S 219 11 113 



9 17 36 S 217 58 71 



10 18 02S 215 55 119 167 



11 18 05 S 214 20 90 189 



12 17 51 S 211 59 135 270 



13 Papeete 



95 



Cloudiness 3 to 9. Moderate easterly breeze. Moderate sea. 



Cloudiness 1 to 4, chiefly on horizons. Moderate to gentle easterly 

 breeze. Moderate sea. 



Clear to cloudiness 1 to 4. Gentle easterly breeze. Moderate sea. 



Cloudiness 1 to 2, on horizons. Gentle easterly breeze. Moderate 

 sea. Easterly swells. 



Cloudiness 1 to 5, chiefly on horizons. Gentle E to SE breezes. 

 Moderate sea. 



Cloudiness 2 to 4, chiefly on horizons. Gentle ESE to ENE breezes. 

 Moderate sea. Northeasterly swells. 



Cloudiness 1 to 4, chiefly on horizons, except in early evening, then 

 cloudiness 9. Light northeasterly breezes to airs in morning; 

 calm in afternoon. Started engine at noon. Smooth sea. Rain 

 squall at Olh 30m. 



Sighted Tatakoto Island at 05h 30m. Cloudiness 2 to 6, chiefly on 

 horizons. Calm until late afternoon, then light SSE airs. Smooth 

 sea. Hazy. Engine running. 



Sighted Amanu Island at 05h 15m. Cloudiness 1 to 6, chiefly on ho- 

 rizons. Light SE airs in morning. Light ESE breeze in afternoon. 

 Smooth sea. Ship hove to from 08h 30m until 16h 00m while scien- 

 tific staff ashore. Running with engine, until 17h 10m. 



Cloudiness 2 to 5 until noon, 8 to 9 after noon. Gentle to light east- 

 erly breezes. Smooth sea. Started engine at 20h 00m. Hazy In 

 evening. 



Cloudiness 1 to 10; overcast and squally In afternoon. Rain from 

 18h 00m to 20h 00m. Variable NE to SE breezes. Smooth to mod- 

 erate sea. Stopped engine at 07h 10m. 



Cloudiness 8 to 10; squally. Rain squalls in mid-afternoon. Gentle 

 northwesterly breezes until 20h 00m, then calm. Running engine 

 after 15h 47m. Smooth to moderate sea. 



Cloudiness 6 to 10; squally. Lightning in SE in early morning. 

 Light showers before 05h 00m. Mehetia Island abeam and distant ■ 

 2 miles at noon. Gentle northwesterly breezes. Smooth to moder- 

 ate sea. Heavy rain squalls during evening. Engine running. 



Cloudiness 10; squally. Light NW airs to calm to light E airs. 

 Smooth sea. At anchor In Papeete harbor at 09h 55m. 



Note: cloud amounts expressed in scale from for cloudless to 10 for overcast. 



Papeete, Tahiti to Pago Pago, Samoa 

 Total distance, 1274 miles; time of passage, 12.2 days; average day's run, 104.4 miles 



1929 ° ' ° ' miles ° miles 

 Mar. 20 Papeete 



21 16 46 S 209 16 78 .... 



22 17 36 S 208 15 77 136 



23 17 10 S 207 19 60 26 



24 16 54 S 206 20 59 329 



25 16 32 S 203 59 137 252 



26 16 08 S 201 38 138 157 



27 15 42 S 199 26 129 240 



28 15 32 S 198 00 84 180 



Left anchorage in Papeete harbor under own power at 03h 35m. 

 Ran 3 miles, then took departure at 04h 33m. Cloudiness 8 and 9. 

 Rain squalls in evening. Moderate to gentle easterly breeze. Mod- 

 erate sea. Southeasterly swells. 



Cloudiness 2 in very early morning; thereafter 6 to 9, with rain 

 squalls in late afternoon. Gentle to light northerly and westerly 

 breezes. Southeasterly swells. Started engine at 05h 55m, stopped 

 at 08h 00m. 



Cloudiness 7 to 9 with rain squalls during morning, otherwise cloud- 

 iness 2 to 4, chiefly on horizons. Moderate northwesterly breezes 

 in morning; light westerly airs in afternoon. Moderate, choppy 

 sea. Started engine at 20h 00m. 



Cloudiness 1 to 3, on horizons. Light westerly to easterly airs, to 

 calm. Stopped engine at 08h 00m, started at 12h 37m, stopped at 

 15h 45m. Smooth sea. 



Cloudiness 2 to 5 before noon, 5 to 8 after noon. Rain squalls In 

 late evening. Light, to gentle, to moderate easterly breeze. 

 Smooth sea until evening, then moderate. 



Cloudiness 7 to 10 with lightning in NE and NW in early morning 

 and in evening. Moderate to gentle easterly breeze. Rain squalls 

 in evening. Moderate sea. 



Cloudiness 5 to 9, with rain squalls at intervals throughout 24 hours. 

 Moderate E and ExN breeze. Moderate sea. Thunder in morning. 



Cloudiness 5 to 10, with rain squalls in very early hours and threat- 

 ening all day. Variable light to moderate E to N breezes. Moder- 

 ate to broken sea. 



Overcast in morning, with rain squalls very early. Cloudiness 5 to 7 

 in afternoon, 4 to 2 in evening. Gentle to light E breezes until even- 

 ing, then calm. Moderate to smooth sea. Started engine at 21hl2m. 



