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Archives for August 2012

More rain coming – but is the weather about to whistle a new tune?

As we first predicted on Monday heavy rain is again coming towards New Zealand, wrapped around another large Tasman Sea…

Wednesday’s national forecast

Rain moving into Taranaki and Northland this morning then along the rest of the West Coast by mid morning with…

Wednesday still a bit dull – New low for Sunday

Tomorrow is still looking a bit dull across most of the country but there will be some areas of sunshine….

Current conditions around New Zealand

Over the North Island there are many cloudy areas with a little sun here and there, showers at times also…

Another burst of heavy rain for Canterbury – then good news

Weatherwatch.co.nz forecasters say another surge in heavy rain is expected across much of the eastern South Island today – but…

Yet another large Tasman Sea low coming as winter winds down

Updated 8:40am — They have been relentless for the past month – and this coming weekend will be no different…

Tuesday’s national forecast

A mix of sunny periods and some cloud in a line from Taranaki through to the Bay of Plenty today,…

Road closed to Akaroa

Flooding has caused the road to be closed to Akaroa near Little River this evening as of 3.30pm. There is…

Persistent rain for Christchurch and surrounds

The rain since yesterday morning has been quite persistent about Christchurch city and hasn’t let up yet although should ease…

US hurricane forecast revised, increased

On top of the record-smashing heat and historic drought, the US now has yet another weather threat. The hurricane season…