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and minima follow each other as before, the former lagging 

 from three to seven days behind the maxima of high water 

 of the same year. The correlation breaks down at one place : 

 the maximum high water of January 20th is opposed by the 

 lowest minimum temperature of the whole series and is suc- 

 ceeded by a maximum which holds till January 26th. The 

 weather reports disclose nothing that explains this anomaly ; 



Fig. 4. Temperature and tidal variations January-March, 1910, Morecambe Bay 



Light Vessel. 



but if the temperatures for January are compared with those 

 of the same month at Bahama Lightship it is seen that there 

 is a sudden and remarkable increase in the difference between 

 the two stations, which rapidly disappears and suggests that 

 some abnormal condition affected the Morecambe Bay tem- 

 peratures. 



