Story: Weather

Sequence of fronts

This movie is compiled from satellite images of New Zealand over several days. It shows a series of cloud bands or fronts crossing New Zealand from the west. They are often separated by periods of cloudless anticyclones.

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Erick Brenstrum, 'Weather - Highs – anticyclones', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/video/7748/sequence-of-fronts (accessed 2 May 2024)

Story by Erick Brenstrum, published 12 Jun 2006