Archives for November 2009
‘Iceberg’ near Stewart Island actually reef – NIWA
A scientist from the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) has dismissed a report of an iceberg about…
Settled start for many
Much of the country is seeing dry and somewhat sunny conditions with Whakatane top of the charts again this morning….
VIDEO: Icebergs from 2006 near NZ
Hundreds of icebergs are drifting towards the South Island. Simon Gomez, from radio stations Coast and Hauraki, took this video footage…
!Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Warnings now cancelled. Earlier update: Issued by MetService at 06:33 pm Tuesday 24 November 2009. Valid until 07:15 pm Tuesday…
Tuesday’s national highs…32deg in BOP
Today’s highest temperature was 32 at Whakatane, Kawerau. Today’s lowest maximum temperature was 15 at Invercargill, Haast. Kaitaia : 21…
Almost 30 degrees in BOP, cooler in SI
Whakatane is currently sitting on 28 degrees as a hot nor’wester blows across the Bay. Tauranga is currently at 26…
Icebergs coming en masse
The New Zealand Herald is this morning reporting that more than 100 Antarctic icebergs – and possibly even hundreds of…
Hot night gives way to cooler southerly
Mainlanders saw another range of extreme temperatures overnight with hot air being replaced by a refreshing southerly. Kaikoura at midnight…
Is a drought looming?
It feels like a headline we’ve run every November for the past three years but again eastern parts of New Zealand…
More westerlies means dry in the east
Farms are drying out and water tanks are emptying as El Nino conditions continue to fuel westerlies across New Zealand….
