An examination is made of the pressure anomaly from hemispheric means over the Australian continent in summer and winter. The flow across and the circulation around the coastline are found from observed winds up to 3 km, and also compared with hemispheric values. It is found that there is a large negative pressure anomaly in summer, and a smaller positive anomaly in winter. The annual range of pressure agrees with that calculated from a theory of Jeffreys (1929). In summer inflow, with a maximum of 1.5 ms-1 at 300 m and cyclonic circulation, is found up to about 1500 m, with outflow and a marked anticyclonic circulation above. In winter there is outflow, with a maximum of 1.6 ms-1 at 300 m, and anticyclonic circulation at all levels.
A. J. Troup (Sun,) studied this question.