384 ylgriciUfurat irazette of N.S. W. {^A-pr'il 2, 1908. 



points at Loclmagnr was the chief amount, followed by 108 at MitchelL 



1 lir falls in the X'orthcrn Territory and Smith Australia werr> only lip'ht 

 to moderate. lii -\ew South Wales liyht to heavy falls were registered 

 over parts of the north-east quarter, the heaviest beinp; 175 and 1-30 points, 

 respectively, at Wee ^^'aa and Pillifra, on the North-west Plain; 103 at 

 Quambone, on Centi'al Western IMains: II.") at rralla. on Xorthcrn Table- 

 land : and I "-Ml at Jri'ry's IMains, and lOO |)uints at Seal Hocks, in lluntri- 

 and Mannin<^' Districts. , 



On the ItMh. the hiuh pressure was situated over the north-east quad- 

 rant of our Slate and south-east portion of (.^>ueensland, with its centre 

 between Koekhamptun and Hi'isl)ane, whilst another " hig-h " covered the 

 southern districts of liie centlnent fi-imi I'urtland. in South-west N'ietnria, 

 to Pertli, in West Australia. Between and noi-th ef i his;' t wu Idgh-pressure 

 systems were three depressions. 'J'he " monsoonal toneue "' was still over 

 Central Qtieensland, it,> west portion extending to the west coast of Aus- 

 tralia; the second one was situiited over Tasmania; and the third, which 

 was a eloud-cnrve dejiression, covered the south-western half of our State. 



As the result of the above, rainfall associated with thunderstorms was 

 exjjerienced over many j^arts of the continent. Fully two-thirds of New- 

 South Wales benefited from falls varying from light to lieavy, east of a 

 line joining Wanaaring, Mossgiel, and Corowa, with the exception of that 

 part of the seaboard between Taree and Nambucca Heads. The heaviest 

 amounts were — 214: points at Waireii, 20.") at Picton, 19G at Coonal)ara- 

 bran, 189 at Scone, 178 at Quirindi. 17.") at Jerry's Plains, 1G5 at Murru- 

 rundi, 150 at Mungindi, 144 at Canoidiar, 128 at Walgett, 128 at Xowra ; 

 and in the Metropolitan ;irea Jieeeroft had 1-34; Gordon, 131; Turi'a- 

 murra, 104; Bankstown, 88; and Sydney, 42 ])oints. At Kangaroo Galley, 

 in South Coast district, an exceptionally heavy aiul destructive hailstorm 

 occurred. Isolated lieavy falls were reported from Queensland and West 

 Australia. Thursday Islaiul had 3()2 points, and Carnarvon L'i") ])oints. 



At 9 a.m. on the 2()th, the Jiigh |)ressui'e over South Australia was 

 shown to have travelled at an al)noi'nudly ra])id rate eastward, to the- 

 extent of about 1,100 miles ; its centre being then to the south of Adelaide. 

 It now covered all the southern part of the continent from (Jeraldton to 

 Sydney, having displaced the two low pressures over the South-eastern 

 States; btit the monsoonal depression still liovered in (^)ueensland and our 

 northern border districts. During the ensuing t \vent.v-fi>ur hours the high 

 pressure had become the chief weather control of Australia, with indica- 

 tions of monsoonal influence still over Queensland and portions of our 

 iidaiid <listricts. 



The centre, to the value of 30'.") inches, was now to the south of Tas- 

 mania, having ti'avelled about, anothej- !)()() miles eastward. At 9 a.m. 

 on this date, consistent rainfall was reported from the north-eastern 

 quadrant of New South Wales, and here and there on the northern 

 l)order, as also from scattered places on the South Coast, South-west Slope,. 



