768 AyriciUlural Gazette of X.S. W. {Sept. 2, 1908. 



Meteorological Bureau, No. 1 Division, 

 New South Wales. 



Weather Conditions during July, 1908 



S. WILSON, 

 Divisional Officer. 



The inoiitli <tj)eii«Ml vvitli ;iii extensive aiituretie low pressure covei'ing the 

 southern districts of the continent between Pei-th (W.A.) and Clarence 

 Heads, on tlie coast of New South Wales. Cloudy ami unsettled conditions 

 ruled throughout this area, with stx'ong south-west gales and iciugli to high 

 seas between the Leeuwin and Breaksea. Hail was also expei-ieiiced in the 

 south-west corner of West Australia. Tn New South Wales light rain 

 occurred in the south-east quadrant. 



A rather energetic anticyclone appeared over the western half of the 

 continent on the 2nd, with its centre in the southern gold-fields. As the 

 result of its presence there, liner conditions oljtained, but, on the other 

 hand, further unsettled, showery weather occurr(^d over the southern seaboard 

 districts of the continent. Many frosts occuri'ed in the north-east (|uadraiit 

 of New South Wales. 



Within the next twenty-four hours the high jiressure had spread over the 

 whole continent, its advance eastward being attended by much finer weather 

 and a contraction of the lain area to the coasts of New South Wales and 

 Victoria. In our State light to heavy rainfalls were recorded between 

 Sydney and Bateman's Bay, and light in northein parts of Kiverina and 

 south-western slopes. 



At 9 a.m. on the .'Jrd an anticyclone of considerable dimensions covered 

 Australia, with its highest barometric values over Centi-al and South 

 Australia. A rather energetic depression was also shown in the Tasman 

 Sea, and slight evidence of anotlier in the extreme south-west of the continent. 



As the result of this distribution of atmospheric pressure, fine, cold 

 weath(>r for the most part i-uled o\er inland districts, but cloud areas and 

 showers along the coastal and southei-n areas. By the 5th the high pressure 

 had advanced eastward, and covered only the eastern States, whilst an 

 antarctic di.sturbance had spread northwards and eastwards fiom the Leeuwin 

 until it occu})ied the south-western quarter of the continent, causing in We.st 

 Australia heavy rain Throughout, with thirty-one stations registering over 

 100 points, anfl thirteen ov(>r 200 points. In South Australia light rain 

 was recoirled at scattei'ed j)laces, chieHy coastal in Victoria, light to heavy 

 i-ain in South Cippsland, and scattered elsewheic, light falls in the south- 

 eastern districts of Queensland and in New Soiitli Wales, light to moderate 

 amounts at two or three places on the central coast and south-westei-n 

 slopes. 



