REVOLVING STORMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 180, 25 June 1862, Page 5

REVOLVING STORMS.

(From the Sydney Herald.) Si,.,—Will you kindly allow me space to mvitejattcntion to au extract from the Now Zuaiandcr of the 9th inst., appearing in your issue of 22nd, and referring to a violent storm that passed over Auck'and on the night of the 7th. Regrets have often been expressed that we know so little of the revolving storms that arfi so often experienced between Australia and New Zealand, as to be unable to pronounce, with any degree of certainty, upon the direction in which they move; therefore occasions that supply such-evidence ought to be eagerly sought rather than lost sight of. The"violence of this storm, and the shortness of its duration, indicate that it was one of this nature. Could sufficient information be obtained from the log-5 of vessels in various localities, I feel persuaded this very storm would supply reliable evidence' towards the establishment of such a theory, for these reasons:— O.i Sunday, the Gth, the violent gale occurred in which the Cumberland and Venus were lost Suppose this to have been a circular storm, the wind at S.W. would show its focus bearing S.E. On Monday, the 7th, at Auckland, the storm comes on from N.E., its focus bearing N.W. This would show its having travelled to the eastward. Returning from Port Cooper to Newcastle in the Fox, on Sunday, the 6th, I was becalmed forty-five miles west of Cape Egmont. In the evening the barometer, and the appearance oftheskyto the N. and N.W., indicated a coming storm ; while to the south and eastward there wps the aspect of settled weather. I fully expected a, foul wind, but, to my delight, it came from the JV.E., veering gradually during the course of the three days to the S.E., blowing aliard gale. This would indicate that the storm covered a largo circumference. I hope others may be able to give additional information, and pleading the importance of the subject as my excuse for trespassing upon you, I am, sir, yours respectfully, W. HosuasoNj Master.