File:Northwest sky over Lake Pukaki.NZ (10324852255).jpg

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Description The Nor'west arch is a weather pattern peculiar to the east coast of New Zealand's South Island. For this reason, it is also often referred to as the Canterbury arch. It is shown in an apparent arch of high white cloud in an otherwise clear blue sky over the Southern Alps, and is accompanied by a strong hot northwesterly or northerly wind simply known as The Nor'wester. Closer to the Canterbury coast, some distance from the mountains of the Southern Alps, it appears as a clear area of blue above the mountains, with white cloud streaming to the east from it. The phenomenon is similar to the Chinook arch seen in the Pacific regions of the United States and Canada.
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Source Northwest sky over Lake Pukaki.NZ
Author Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand
Camera location44° 09′ 50.33″ S, 170° 09′ 40.42″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Bernard Spragg at https://flickr.com/photos/88123769@N02/10324852255 (archive). It was reviewed on 24 January 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-zero.

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