Archives for March 2010
Explosive fire risk for eastern areas
Fire authorities in the Gisborne-East Coast region are warning the fire risk there has reached explosive levels. The tinder-dry region…
Heavy showers not the silver bullet
The skies are finally opening up over Auckland and parts of Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Northland tonight, but it’s…
Risk of thunderstorms across NZ this afternoon & evening
MetService: Unstable conditions affect much of the country today with thunderstorms possible in many areas, especially the west of both…
Wednesday’s national highs…
Today’s highest temperature was 26 at Whangarei, Auckland, Gisborne, Hastings. Today’s lowest maximum temperature was 10 at Manapouri Aero AWS,…
Windy in Auckland and Wellington, little rain
Strong winds have moved in to the North Island’s two main centres this afternoon. In Auckland winds are gusting to…
Today’s rain “hit and miss”
Very narrow bands of rain are proving difficult to forecast today as a low south of New Zealand sends slow…
Some rain but is it a drought breaker?
Rain is finally in the forecast for a number of New Zealand’s driest regions but will it be enough to…
Wet west and cold south
Cold and wet conditions are expected across two thirds of the mainland by the end of the day and thunderstorms…
Perth cops a pasting
Perth was plunged into chaos last night as wild thunderstorms ripped through the city with a ferocity not seen in…
Tuesday’s national highs
Todays highest temperature was 27 at Napier and the lowest was 15 at Waiouru, Manapouri, Lake Rotoiti,Haast and Milford Sound….
