A cold front approaches the country as a ridge moves off to the east. The front was predicted to move up the South Island for the following two days, bringing heavy rain to the West Coast. Photo: MetService
A weather chart can be an elusive mess of squiggles on a map, but understanding the meaning behind the symbols and patterns can turn you into a competent weather predictor. Here’s a crash course from Ciaran Doolin from MetService in reading what he also calls ‘a surface chart’. Isobars The lines on a weather chart […]
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