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movement of the anticyclone, the antarctic disturbance was dishjdged from 

 the south-eastern corner. The other portion of the depression in the south- 

 west, however, showed intensification, and an expansion eastward as far as 

 Eucla. Fine weather resulted for the most pai't in the area occupied by the 

 high pressure, excejDting along the coast of our State, wliere light to heavy 

 I'ainfall was recorded. Light falls were reported also from south-western 

 districts of West Australia, and along the southern seaboard ; moderate to 

 rough seas occuii-ed between Cape Borda and the Leeuwin. The heaviest 

 rainfall was reported from scattered places along the coast of New South 

 Wales. ByroQ Bay had 116 points, Port Stephens 75, and Moruya Heads 

 72 points. 



During the following twenty-four hours little or no forward movement was 

 shown in any of the pressure systems overlying Australia, but the "high" 

 over the eastern half had gained another tenth of an inch in its central 

 value. Further light to moderately heavy ram occurred along coastal dis- 

 tricts of our State, and the soutliern shores and south-west corner of the 

 continent. Heavy seas still persisted on the south coast of West Australia. 



.A.t 9 a.m. on the 17th the anticyclone v.'as again shown over the eastern 

 half of Australia, but its centre had passed off the mainland to the Tasman 

 Sea. The depression occupied a portion of tlie Southern Ocean, between 

 Cape Borda and the Leeuwin, and an advancing high pressure over West 

 Australia. With this distribution of atmospheric pressure, fine weather 

 obtained over the area under anticyclonic control ; but over southern districts 

 of West Australia, and along the southern seaboard of the continent, light 

 rainfall for the most part was recorded, and an isolated heavy fall of 100 

 points occurred at Albany. Strong north-west to south-west winds, with 

 slight to rough seas, also occurred between Cape Northumberland and the 

 Leeuwin, as the result of the influence of the antarctic disturbance. 



The isobaric chart of the following day showed that the eastern high 

 pressure was gradually losing energy on the mainland, and moving north- 

 eastward. The disturbance had also advanced as far as the western coast uf 

 Tasmania, but as yet only one isobar was in evidence. The frontal isobars 

 of the West Australian anticyclone had extended as far as William Creek 

 and Alice Springs, its central value being increased by more than one-tenth 

 of an inch. Light rain still persisted along the southern seaboard, but other- 

 wise, excepting for cloud areas in the south-eastern States, fine weather 

 prevailed. 



By the 19th a great change had occurred in pressure distribution over the 

 eastern half of Australia, for at 9 a.m. the anticyclone there was over the 

 seaboard districts of Queensland, its north-easterly movement giving induce- 

 ment to the extension northward of the antarctic disturbance, whose lewdest 

 readings were showm in Southern Tasmania. The western high-pressure had 

 also extended further eastward. 



During the week ended the 19th splendid rains were experienced o^•er the 

 greater part of the south-eastern States. In New South Wales the falls 

 ranged between 30 points and 100 points, and the lowest temperateres recorded 



