74 METEOROLOGY OF THE COAST-OF NEW SOUTH WALES 
gradients, and coming in the reverse order.* These storms 
interested him. Would Mr. Russell tell them if he had noticed 
the state of the atmosphere before these fierce south-east storms 
came on. He had generally been able to tell from the barometer 
and the state of the skin when they were coming on. 
do not understand i The writer of the paper really raises a 
wide question as to the character of the atmospheric disturbances 
on our coas In England they have clearly made out the 
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trace out the cyclonic storms, you want daily observations by 
telegram from a large number of stations, and since I have 
estward, a 
south, the barometer indicating the approach of the southerly 
wind by a steady rise. As the polar wind comes in the los 
refer to the daily weather map you will see that these 
gradients frequently exist, but until they rise to 6 or 7 they 
are not dangerous ; that is until the difference of barometers 
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