^96 Agricultural Gazette of N.S. W. {July 2, 1908. 



At 9 a.m. on the 27th, the isobai'ic chart showed an c.xamjilf of pressure 

 ■(Hstriliiition over Austraha, which is typical of the wiiitei- season. 



'The isohar-s of the anticyclone wiiicii coxcred tlie wjiole contiiicnl were 

 arranged synniietrically around a central area, 30"6 inches in value, located 

 a little to the south-west of Adelaide and Kobe. Rous^h seas occuii-ed aionij 

 tlir coast l)etween Wilson's l*roiiioiitory and 'Newcastle, and cold, frostv 

 <-onditions pi-evailed over a very extensive area. Fn New South Wales 

 fiosts wei-e repoi'ted from I^iverina disti'ict and the slopes and tal)]elands ; 

 lii^ht to heavy i'ainf;dl was recorded also on our coastline from Kiama to Port 

 Macquarie and at a few jilaces in the lluntei- and Mannin*;' disti'icts. The 

 lie;i\iest fall was 1 1'T |)oiiits at Xewcastle. 



By the 'l^i\\ (he centre of the '' liiLjli," dimiiiisheil in \aliic Kv ,',, indi. was 

 shown between Wilson s Promontory and .Vdelaide. Tts most western isolt^irs 

 had also workefl a little eastward, allowing' space foi" the developmmt of a 

 <lepression in the western district of West Australia, which at !> a.m ap|)eared 

 in the south-west corni'i', hut during the previous night had probably ati'ei-ted 

 the more noithei'n portion of that State, foi' light to heavy rainf^dl was 

 recorded west of a line joining Onslow in the noi-th-west and Esperance on 

 the south coast. The heaviest registrations wei'e : W inning Pool i' I ."> points. 

 Cape Leeuwin 158, Pei'th 80, i-iunbury 'i'\ ;ind Cainarvon <")■_'. the remainitig 

 jimounts ])eiiig uiuler 50 i)oints. 



On the coastline of New South Wides, light to moder;ite i;iinfnll was 

 registered between Crookhaven and Poi't Mac(]uarie. 



On the 'l\)t\\ the anticyclone which, duiing the past week, had controlled 

 the weather of the continent, was shown over the easti-iii half, somewhat 

 <merva,ted, with its centre covering the gi-eatei' portion of the south-eastei'ii 

 States. Anothei' "high" had appeared in West .\ustralia, and between tin- 

 two systems was the depression, which liad moved about (iOO miles eastward 

 trom Albany since the prc^vious dav after having caused extensive, tliongh 

 for the most part light, rains in West Australia. 



huring the week ended the 29th very low temperatures were registereil irt 

 man\- inland districts. Hockley and Kiandra had the lowest, 18 degrees on 

 the 2Gth ; (Hen Innes 22 degrees, Nimitybelle 25 degrees, Annidale and 

 Coonabarabran 27 degrees, Coolamon and Muri'innburrah 28 degrees, ami 

 Orange, Tenterlicld. and fnverell each 2!) degrees. 



.\ considerabK- chain;e was ettected bv the -'{Oth in the distribution of 

 atmospluM'ic pressure, for the rear isobars of the anticyclone had expandt'd 

 westward about 1,000 miles, the system as a whole having an elongated shape, 

 with its highest barometric values along our coastline. With this alteration 

 in the arrangement of the isobars, the nortlu^rn portion of an Antarctic 

 <lej>ression ajjpeared oxer the Great liight, extending from the Leeuwin to 

 Cape Otway. 



huring the month of ^lay, the rainfall over New South W ales was for the 

 most part below the average. ( )nly a few stations, and tho.se widely scattered. 



had falls in excess of the average. 



