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AUSTRALIAN WEATHER. 



A depression existed over the Australian Bight, the winds were 

 moderate northerly and southerly, as usual in such conditions, 

 there were a few light easterly winds. Isobars were close over 

 eastern Victoria, but there was nothing which seemed to indicate 

 the violent cyclone that developed during that day over southern 

 parts of South Australia and south-west of New South Wales. 

 (See Charts 27 and 28.) This storm formed in the rear of a very 

 substantial anticyclone, then over the Tasman Sea, and it should 

 be noted that it did not act as a secondary and travel round the 

 southern and eastern parts of the high pressure, but it moved 

 towards the northern side of it and against its circulation, thus 

 proving its own Polar impulse and energy, and giving rise to very 

 strong gales and steep barometric grades with great fall of 

 temperatures ; these conditions produced extremely heavy and 

 wide spread rains, not only within the storm isobars, but over the 

 whole of the eastern half of Australia. We have no means of 

 tracing the rain to the west of the overland telegraph line, because 

 there are no observing stations there. 



May 28th was unfortunately a Sunday, and we have no obser- 

 vations for that day, but on the 29th the cyclone is seen in full 



AUSTRALIAN WEATHER 



N27 

 . OAY .**.. * 



Cyclone from A depression 

 ., 27 Ac 26 



