Archives for May 2011
Winter arrives early for Sydney, Melbourne
This week has been particularly chilly for parts of New South Wales, Victoria and the ACT across the Tasman. Sydneysiders…
High temps out east
Christchurch leads the nation in the temperature stakes this morning as warm nor’ westers buffet eastern areas of the country….
Photos (5) More clouds cut open by jets
Following the publication of Philip Duncan’s photos showing a passenger jet cutting a cloud right in half WeatherWatch.co.nz reader Andrew…
Stormy weather hammers north
Thunderstorms, which have already caused surface flooding, ripped yachts from their moorings, felled trees and resulted in a plane being…
Lightning hits Qantas jet departing Auckland
A Qantas flight from Auckland to Melbourne was turned back after it was hit by lightning. The Boeing 737, flight…
Wednesday’s national highs
Today’s highest temperature was 23 at Whanganui. Today’s lowest maximum temperature was 8 at Tekapo. Kaitaia : 20 Whangarei :…
Weather Video: Just what is happening to NZ right now?!
Philip Duncan from WeatherWatch.co.nz predicts heavy rain over the North Island today and then BOP and East Cape throughout Thursday – but easing…
Torrential rain hits North Island
Torrential rain is this afternoon pushing across the North Island affecting Auckland and a number of surrounding regions. Rain has been…
NZ & Australia worlds apart weatherwise
While Australia often has more extreme weather than New Zealand lately it’s not only been the other way around, but Australia…
Wet day for NZ – Rain Warnings
Most regions are in for rain at some point today as a big rain maker in the Tasman Sea pushes a…
