Archives for March 2011
Cool change heading north
A cool change is continuing to head north up the South Island this morning, cutting temperatures considerably compared to yesterday reports…
Warmer week ahead
Despite a cool change currently moving up the South Island most of New Zealand is in for a much warmer week…
NASA space image show tsunami flood waters
NASA’s Terra satellite’s first view of northeastern Japan in the wake of a devastating earthquake and tsunami reveal extensive flooding…
Weather Video: Should NZ be worried about Nuclear fallout?
Philip Duncan from WeatherWatch.co.nz teams up with NZHerald.co.nz to explain how air currents could carry nuclear fallout from Japan if…
Animation – Japanese Tsunami spreading across Pacific Ocean
WeatherWatch.co.nz has uploaded this incredible animation from NOAA’s Center for Tsunami Research. The Honshu tsunami was generated by a Mw…
Monday’s national highs
Hot in the South Island’s east today with Ashburton taking the national high with 30 degrees. Today’s lowest maximum temperature was…
‘Hyrdogen explosion’ at reactor + new tsunami warning cancelled
Tsunami sirens were set off and soldiers and officials in northeastern Japan were warning residents that the area could be…
Nuclear meltdown ‘highly possible’
Desperate attempts are being made to cool a Japanese nuclear power plant crippled by the country’s huge earthquake and tsunami…
Weather outlook for the week ahead
WeatherWatch.co.nz says that conditions this week look to be mostly dry for New Zealand despite a cold front currently moving…
Quakes not increasing, but human risk is
(CNN) — The 21st century is still young, and it has already suffered a spate of catastrophic earthquakes across the…
