68 

Dec. 
a Fo , OO Ne 
1928 
Dec. 12 
METEOROLOGICAL RESULTS OF LAST CRUISE OF CARNEGIE 
Balboa, Canal Zone to Easter Island--Concluded 

Noon position 
Current 
Remarks 

° 
miles miles 
drizzling. Moderate southwesterly breeze. Moderate sea. 
1298 277 37 66 247 11 Overcast morning and evening; cloudy during day. Moderate SSW 
to light S breeze. Choppy to moderate sea. 
119S 27505 152 262 16 Overcast in morning, otherwise cloudy chiefly on horizons. Gentle 
S breeze. Moderate to smooth sea. 
139S 27255 131 253 55 Cloudy. Light to moderate S to SxE breeze. Smooth sea. 
153S 27055 121 287 34 Cloudy, chiefly on horizons.- Gentle to moderate S breeze. Moder- 
ate sea. Sighted Galapagos Islands in early p.m. 
116S 26841 138 257 28 In vicinity of Galapagos Islands all day. Cloudy, chiefly on horizons, 
Light to moderate S to SE breeze. Smooth to moderate sea. 
131S 26646 116 287 34 Overcast all day, hazy in evening. Gentle to light southeasterly 
breeze. Moderate to smooth sea. SE swells. 
146S 265 41 67 287 29 Overcast in early morning, clearing during day, cloudless in even- 
ing. Calm, to gentle SSE breeze. Smooth to moderate sea. SE 
swells. 
230S 264 15 96 269 12 Overcast in early morning, clearing overhead during the day. Gen- 
tle SSE to moderate SE breeze. Smooth to moderate sea. 
304S 26144 154 276 10 Drizzling rain at 04h 00m. Cloudy to overcast all day and evening. 
Gentle to light SExS breeze. Moderate sea. SE swells. 
315S 26007 98 280 17 Clear between 04h 00m and 08h 00m, otherwise cloudy. Light to 
° moderate southeasterly breeze. Moderate sea. An unusual mete- 
or appeared in ENE at 04h 45m, stopped at 35 altitude, and faded 
away. 
401S 25720 173 293 22 Clear in very early morning, otherwise cloudy. Moderate to gentle 
SExS breeze. Moderate sea. SE swells. 
435S 25451 152 308 30 Cloudy to overcast in very early morning; thereafter cloudy on hori- 
zons. Moderate to fresh SE to ESE breeze. Moderate sea. SE 
swells. 
657S 25308 176 248 18 Clear, changing to cloudy on horizons. Moderate ESE to ExS 
breeze. Moderate sea. 
914S 25134 165 250 15 Cloudy, chiefly on horizons. Moderate to fresh ExS to ESE breeze. 
Moderate sea. 
1157S 24945 195 261 14 Cloudy, chiefly on horizons. Fresh ESE breeze. Moderate sea. 
1412S 24804 167 256 16 Cloudy. Squally in afternoon and evening. Moderate ESE breeze. 
Moderate sea. 
1644S 24657 165 259 10 Cloudy and squally all day, with drizzling rain at 19h 00m. Fresh 
to moderate E to ESE breeze. Choppy sea. 
1914S 24552 162 252 10 Cloudy, chiefly on horizons. Fresh to moderate easterly breeze. 
Choppy to moderate sea. Easterly swells. 
2142S 24534 149 247 14 Cloudy, chiefly on horizons. Moderate to gentle easterly breeze. 
Moderate sea. Easterly swells. 
2320S 24513 100 258 10 Squally in early morning, with rain at Olh 00m. Clearing to cloud- 
less in afternoon. Gentle easterly breeze. Moderate sea with 
easterly swells until noon, then SW and southerly swells. 
2448S 244 35 94 282 15 Cloudy. Gentle to moderate easterly breeze. Moderate sea. South- 
erly swells. 
2636S 24440 108 261 16 Cloudy and squally in very early morning; rain at 02h 30m. Cloudy 
on horizons during day, drizzling rain in late evening. Moderate 
to gentle ENE breeze. Moderate sea, southerly swells. 
2804S 24451 89 247 18 Cloudy to overcast with rain squalls during morning, then cloudy to 
clear. Light to gentle northeasterly breeze. Moderate to smooth 
sea. 
2912S 245 13 70 156 6 Cloudy to clear. Light to gentle northeasterly breeze. Smooth sea. 
3034S 245 44 86 162 Uf Cloudy, chiefly on horizons. Light to gentle northeasterly breeze. 
Smooth sea. Southerly swells. 
3132S 24716 97 215 6 Overcast in mid-afternoon, otherwise cloudy. Gentle to moderate N 
to NW breeze. Moderate to smooth sea. Southerly swells. 
3123S 24956 137 139 16 Cloudy, chiefly on horizons. Squally in late evening. Moderate to 
fresh NW to WXN breeze. Moderate to choppy sea. 
2854S 25119 165 76 20 Overcast, with rain squalls in very early morning, then cloudy. 
Fresh to moderate W to SW breeze. Moderate sea. 
Easter Island 1 fe eres eee Sighted Easter Island at 03h 40m. Cloudy. Moderate to light south- 
westerly breeze. Moderate sea. At anchor in Cook’s Bay at 08h 
55m. 
, 
Easter Island to Callao, Peru 
Total distance, 3334 miles; time of passage, 32.9; average day's run, 101.3 miles 
S , ° , 
miles ° miles 
Easter Island moot. “qane CD30 Ran 10 miles from anchorage in Cook’s Bay, then took departure 
off Needle and Flat Rocks at 17h 06m. Cloudy. Gentle E to NEXE 
breeze. Moderate sea. 

