Archives for April 2011
Northland rain warning scaled back, but others issued
Rain warnings are now in force for Northland, Coromandel Peninsula, Bay of Plenty and Rotorua as a sub-tropical low slowly…
Winds picking up over far north
Wind gusts near 130kph are lashing Cape Reinga this morning and nudging 100kph at one or two other locations in…
Sydney gets more downpours
Sydney has had its wettest start to autumn in over 2 decades. An upper level cold pool of air and…
Sub-tropical low draws closer
Thick high cloud has this afternoon advanced southwards over northern New Zealand turning blue sky into dreary grey ahead of another sub-tropical…
Weather chief draws flak over plea not to release radiation forecasts
TOKYO — The chief of the Meteorological Society of Japan has drawn flak from within the academic society over a…
Saturday’s national highs
Warmth surges back into the South island – Today’s highest temperature was 23 at New Plymouth, Nelson and Oamaru. Today’s lowest…
USA: Recipe for a disaster: How the tornados formed
A wave of storms swept through the South this week, laden with tornados that killed at least 300 people and…
Deluge coming to Northland
As exclusively predicted at the start of the week WeatherWatch.co.nz forecasters are concerned about another, more aggressive, sub-tropical low heading…
Super 15 weather: Hurricanes VS Reds
Tonight in Wellington, the Hurricanes come up against the Reds in Super 15 rugby and the Aussie visitors have been…
La Nina fading, neutral winter likely
Indicators seem to be showing that the strong La Nina phase, most noticeable over the summer months, is continuing to…
