Archives for May 2011
Tuesday’s national highs
Todays highest temperature was 26 at Wanganui and the lowest was 10 at Alexandra and Dunedin airport. Kaitaia : 22…
Tornado winds estimated around 200km/h
WeatherWatch.co.nz says today’s terrifying tornado which hit Albany most likely had winds averaging 200km/h. Head weather analyst Philip Duncan says…
Tornado hits Albany, injuries and damage reported
A roof has collapsed at a mall in the Auckland suburb of Albany and the building is being evacuated, reports…
Ruapehu’s Crater Lake cools significantly
The Aviation Colour Code for Mt Ruapehu has returned to green, the lowest code. In March it was raised to yellow,…
Moderate risk of thunderstorms for Top Half
A band of heavy showers, known as a trough, is currently moving down Northland and could spark a few isolated…
Mississippi River reaches record flood level, 2 states go to court
The State of Missouri on Sunday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt a plan to intentionally breach a levee…
Video – Windy landings at Wellington Airport
This video compilation, made by Airsidetv.com, shows numerous difficult landings at windy Wellington airport.
North Island cops more bad weather
Water flows have almost been fully restored in Wairoa, after a massive slip damaged the town’s main water pipe. A…
Did the weather help bring down Air France airliner?
The memory unit that may tell why an Air France jet plunged into the Atlantic nearly two years ago was…
Monday’s national highs
Today’s highest temperature was 23 at Kaitaia. Today’s lowest maximum temperature was 10 at Molesworth. Kaitaia : 23 Whangarei…
