the center of the storm, the barometer rose even more rapidly than it had fallen, and by noon it had reached 29.30 inches.
The center of the storm passed over the central and southern parts of Miami. Over the extreme northern part of the city and and over the northern part of Miami Beach, the wind shifted from northeast to south, but there was no pronounced lull. At the Weather Bureau Office the wind fell to 10 miles per hour at 6:30. At the same time, the velocity at the Allison hospital, in the northern part of Miami Beach, was 80 miles per hour. Ten minutes before, the velocity had been 108 miles.
It will be necessary to describe the exposure of the anemometer at the Weather Bureau Office, in order that the low wind velocities recorded may be understood. The anemometer is located on the 3-story Federal Building, and is almost completely surrounded by buildings of 8 to 18 stories. One 15-story building is only 100 feet east-northeast of the anemometer. Another 17-story building is about 250 feet due east. The average velocity of northeast winds prior to the erection of these buildings was 1.44 times the average velocity of northeast winds from January to August, 1926. Since the completion of the walls of the 15-story building, within the last two months, there has been a still further reduction in the velocity of northeast winds. The multiple 1.4, however, had been used in correcting the velocities recorded during the first phase of the storm, when the wind was northeast.
The wind increased steadily from the northeast after 10 p. m. At 1:50 a. m., the anemometer recorded a velocity of 41 miles, indicating a true velocity of about 57 miles per hour. Telephone communication with Miami Beach ceased shortly before this time. By 2:35 a. m., the true velocity had increased to 60 miles per hour, and by 3 a. m., telephone service in Miami had ended. There was a steady increase in wind velocity from that time to 5 a. m. when the anemometer recorded a maximum velocity of 80 miles, indicating a true velocity of at least 115 miles per hour. The top of the raingage blew off at 3:42 a. m., and was recovered and replaced by Mr. C. S. Moseley, Jr., the assistant at this station. It was again blown off a few minutes later and lost. A part of it was found the next day on the roof of a nearby building. The electric light wires were blown down at 4 a. m., and observations during the remainder of the night were made with a flashlight, supplied by one of the visitors that spent the night in the Weather Bureau Office. Frequent flashes from fallen wires added to the fearful aspect of the elements. The instru
