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Latest on severe weather risks leading up to Monday’s east coast storm

Severe weather risks start today, even though a storm isn’t forecast until Monday as low pressure replaces high pressure over New Zealand, bringing instability. This instability will lead to hit and miss heavy downpours across the...

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Showers, possibly heavy before dawn - then a mostly dry day, a bit windy and cloudy. South to Sou'West winds developing, fairly breezy in exposed places.
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Low pressure moving into NZ, east coast storm likely by Monday

There is still some disagreement in forecasting computer models about precise timing and placement of a stormy low that has…

Stormy low may bring severe weather Sunday/Monday to North Island

Low pressure is expected to deepen quickly this weekend near the upper North Island and track just east of the…

Weekend low “one to monitor” as high pressure slips away for a time

We have a gap in the high pressure belt, starting Friday and possibly lingering until the start of next week….

High pressure likely to be replaced by low pressure this weekend

Many places are dry as we go into this week, although a few showers and afternoon downpours are possible. But…

NZ 8 day: High pressure, a couple of weak cold fronts, isolated downpours

High pressure is the main feature for NZ for the next week ahead, but there will be showers in both…

Live / Real Time NZ Rain Radar

Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 4:43am on Sat 14 February 2026
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ClimateWatch: NOVEMBER’s outlook as high pressure lifts in NZ, low pressure grows in Oz.

In our monthly “ClimateWatch” forecast the first week of November in NZ looks settled and mostly dry, while Australia and…

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WeatherWatchTV on YouTube climbs over 100K subscribers, joins global club of just 0.7%

WeatherWatchTV now has over 100,000 subscribers, larger than Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology and far exceeding the NZ Government’s Niwa Weather…

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Top 10 NZ Weather MythBusters! (Even we were surprised at some of the answers!)

REPOST from our Education pages — Can you get sunburnt on a cloudy day? Do highs always bring sunny weather?…

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