TYPES. 



99 



TYPES 



OF 



AUSTRALIAN WEATHER 



N. .38 



9 . ion. 



TYPE XX. THE ADVENT OP AN ANTARCTIC STORM. 



This is a type of weather that does not often visit Australia 

 but its severity makes it noteworthy for the winds and weather 

 which come with it are very destructive, and the cold severe, it 

 might almost be called a southern blizzard ; yet the warning is 

 short and often difficult to read, for it comes from the Antarctic 

 where we have no out stations. 



The storm under consideration began to affect the south coast 

 of Australia, making the winds fresh to strong on June 21st, 

 1892, (Chart 39), yet the season (winter) and the general conditions 

 pointed to westerly winds, and said nothing definite of the storm 

 which was telegraphed on the morning of June 22nd, (Chart 40). 

 Barometers were then seen to be four-tenths lower in Tasmania 

 than they were on the 21st, and the wind had increased to a 

 furious gale along the south coast of South Australia and Victoria, 

 and the isobars indicate a very steep grade commensurate with 

 the wind. On shore also the wind rose in places to hurricane 

 force ; at Ballarat, in western Victoria, buildings were unroofed 

 and trees blown down. So severe was it there that the storm is 

 recorded as the Ballarat storm. 



