Ajjril 2, 190S.] Agrictilturcd Gazette of N.S.W. 333 



The distribution of rninfall ovei" New Soutli Wales diiriny- tlie week 

 «nded the 14th, was as follows : — 



to 225 at Brewarrina. 



,, 615 ,, Manilla. 



,, 329 ,, Quambone. 



,, 40 ,, Jerilderie. 



„ 455 ,, Barraba. 



,, 224 ,, Tambar Springs. 



,, !•] ,, Tumbaruniba. 



,, 455 ,, Tabulani. 



,, 210 ,, Cassilis. 



,, 66 ,, Kiandra. 



,, 847 ,, Lismore. 



,, 398 ,, Manning. 



., 209 ,, Kurrajong. 



,, 144 ,, WoUongong. 



On the loth the weather chart showed an nutieyclone of some 

 energy, occupying about one-half of the area of the continent, with its 

 highest barometric value — 30'2 inches — over the Great Bight. Another 

 " liigh '" was just leaving the eastern seaboard of Queensland. The rear 

 isobars of a low pressure were also siiown over our Eastern districts and 

 Tasmania. Witii this distribution some isolated rainfall, associated with 

 thunderstorms, was reported from Queensland and Northern Territory. 

 Mein had 186 points; Port Darwin, 41 ; and Daly Waters, 9. Light to 

 moderate falls were also recorded on the Victorian Coast, and in the 

 south-east corner of New South Wales. Fresh to strong south-west to 

 southerly winds occurred over the Soutli-eastern States, with moderate to 

 rough seas along the Victorian and our South Coast. 



Witliin the next forty-eight hours a great change had taken place in 

 the pressure distribution, for the " low " had passed off our coast to the 

 Tasman Sea, being superseded by a portion of the anticyclone, now very 

 deflated and unsymmetrical owing to the influence of an extensive monsoonal 

 •depression which had develojied over the greater part of the continent, 

 with its centre in the north-west haK. Thunderstorms accompanied by light 

 to heavy rainfall occurred in Northern Australia. Katherine reported 196 

 points ; Port Darwin, 83 ; Daly Waters, 80 ; and Burketown, 45 points. 

 In Queensland and New South Wales the falls were light and unimportant 

 and confined chiefly to the seaboard. On the 18th, the rear portion of 

 the anticyclone was situated over Tasmania and the eastern district of 

 ■Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria, whilst the " monsoonal 

 tongue " had extended about 300 miles southward ; and another, but 

 incipient, low pressure appeared over the southern coastline, stretching 

 from Eucla to Portland. In tlie south-west corner of West Australia the 

 northern portion of another high jjressure was shown. 



This distribution was responsible for light to heavy rainfall over various 

 parts of the continent. The chief falls in West Australia w^ere — 130 points 

 at Hamelin Pool, 104 at Cue, and 101 at Carnarvon. In Queensland 123 



