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On the Meteorology of the Coast of New South 
Wales during the Winter Months, with the 
desirability of issuing cautionary storm warnings, 
-by telegrams to the various ports, from the Obser- 
vatory. 
By Marsyatt Suiru, Master of the ship “T. L. Hall.” 
[Read before the Royal Society of N.S.W., 3 July, 1878. | 
THE periodical return of bad weather, of a most treacherous 
character, during our winter months—notably July, our worst 
have generally caused more or less loss “of life and propert at 
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‘compiling meteorological “data, whethe 
preceded i certain atmospherical doniitians site heccactek 
act 
The er’s experience during six years as a shipmaster on 
this sth “lead im to believe “that the normal state of the 
neing in a northern quarter, veering with ol sun’s course 
ecneh west and sorith- arent, will blow hard for a time from the 
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area of | ressure comes up rom the westwar e baro- 
metrical eaititions are, as we might expect, steep sradients on 
ou ; the lower readings being at our southern stations, the 
steepness of idle between Neweastle and Eden, as a rule, 
denoting the — or ne of the coming gale. While the 
above conditions in force, we have a continuance of com 
paratively fine ‘centre for tase cyclonic winds bring very little 
rain with them, the clouds having probably parted with their 
ur in assing over the high lands of the Australian continent. 
But nearly every winter we have a gale of an opposite character, 
namely, bad weather of an anti-cyclonic character, which comes 
ei. our shoah from the eastward, bringing with it fierce gales, 
eavy breaking sea, and a deluge of rain. These gales generally 
commence at some point between north-east and south-east, and 
they back against = sun’s course more or less during the con- 
tinuance of the. gale. 
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