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Pierre_C
27-04-2025, 12:28 PM
Here is another interesting weather forecast animation from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) which may be helpful for understanding the cyclic nature of the weather in the southern hemisphere –

http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/charts/viewer/index.shtml?type=mslp-precip&tz=AEDT&area=SH&model=G&chartSubmit=Refresh+View (http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/charts/viewer/index.shtml?type=mslp-precip&tz=AEDT&area=SH&model=G&chartSubmit=Refresh+View)

The interactive chart predicts surface pressure and rainfall for the next 7 days. It also gives a sense of the long term movements across the lower latitudes through Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Argentina and South Africa.

Clear skies are more likely when the centre of a high pressure system (marked ‘H’) is present with wide-spaced isobar lines.

Seeing these patterns has helped me to be more patient with the weather through understanding the inevitable cycle of these slow-moving systems and knowing that the next clear night is on its way (currently somewhere over the Indian Ocean, as the case may be).

Press the ‘play’ button to animate.