CLIMATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
(Please substitute these remarks for those of the same dates in
1900, after the weather maps.)
General Weather Remarks for Western Australia.
Monday, 16th January, 1899.
Further heavy rains have fallen in the North-West, Nullagine registering 9·50 inches, Condon 9·00, and Marble Bar 7·14 since Saturday morning, and several other stations over 3 inches. Light thunder showers are also reported at several stations North of Menzies. It is still overcast throughout the Colony, except on the West Coast between Sharks Bay and Albany, and raining at isolated places. S.W. to W. winds in the N.W.; E. to N.E. chiefly elsewhere.
Tuesday, 17th January, 1899.
Reports from the North are very incomplete again this morning, but the depression which has been accompanied by such heavy rain in the North-West appears to be moving in a South-Easterly direction across the Continent, and heavy rain is reported on the North Coolgardie Goldfields (maximum at Mt. Margaret 2·51 inches). Very light scattered showers have also fallen in many parts of the Colony. This morning the weather is clearing in the North-West, and generally fine but cloudy throughout the West coastal districts and Murcnison, but overcast and threatening over the Coolgardie Goldfields and in the South-West and South districts, and showery at places. Moderate to strong S. to S.W. winds chiefly.
Wednesday, 18th January, 1899.
Fine and clear all North of the latitude of Geraldton, more or less cloudy over the Goldfields, and overcast throughout the S.W. and S. S.W. to S.E. winds chiefly, but strong S.W. to W. on the South coast, with rough seas. Light scattered showers are reported in the South-West and South of the Coolgardie Goldfields, and moderate to heavy rain on the South-East coast.
Thursday, 19th January, 1899.
Generally fine and pleasant throughout the Colony, but overcast in the extreme South-West and along the South coast, where light scattered showers are recorded. S. to E. winds chiefly, but S. to W. on the South coast. Smooth sea.
Friday, 20th January, 1899.
The weather is fine and clear throughout the Colony, with a few scattered clouds on the South-West and South-East coast. E. to N.E. winds inland, S.E. to S. on the West coast, and N.W. to N. along the South coast.
