Archives for August 2011
Fog delays Auckland international, domestic flights
Hundreds of air passengers had their plans disrupted today as thick fog delayed flights in an out of Auckland. The…
The big chill
Computer models are holding fast and true in the main as it continues to track a sizeable snow storm due…
Snowy blast nudges towards NZ
For some southerners they’ve had enough of the snow this winter although it was only a brief cold snap almost…
Friday’s national highs
The warm before the cold! Today’s highest temperature was 19 at Bay of Islands. Today’s lowest maximum temperature was 6…
Tornado over Northland (+2 Photos)
Heavy showers and thunderstorms helped produce a tornado in Northland late yesterday afternoon reports WeatherWatch.co.nz. The tall, narrow, twister, caught…
Significant NZ snow storm looking likely
WeatherWatch.co.nz forecasters have increasing confidence of an incoming significant snow storm, especially for central parts of New Zealand as an extensive…
Ken Ring coverage wins Skeptics’ Bent Spoon award
New Zealand Skeptics has bestowed its annual Bent Spoon award on the news media for its coverage of “Moon Man”…
The first $100 billion hurricane
As the Atlantic hurricane season prepares to suddenly ramp up Senior Meteorologist Stu Ostro (from our friends at Weather.com) writes this…
Thursday’s national highs
Today’s highest temperature was 20 at Whangarei. Today’s lowest maximum temperature was 5 at Lake Rotoiti. Kaitaia : 19…
Farmers told to prepare for snow, models still not in agreement
All forecasters are today warning farmers to be prepared for a heavy snow event despite computer models still not all…
