Archives for September 2012
“Kiwi” Daylight Saving Time kicks off overnight
There is no 2:00 am tomorrow. After 1:59:59 am it becomes 3:00:00 am as we return to Daylight Saving Time….
Phil’s Weekly Column: Why the news media embraces weather news, forecasts
This year marked WeatherWatch.co.nz’s fourth year as a website and it was seven years ago this month that I first…
Saturday’s national forecast
A dying area of low pressure may spark a few rogue showers over parts of the North Island today. Otherwise,…
Weather Video: Warm start to daylight saving, cold change Monday
Philip Duncan and nzherald.co.nz bring you the latest on the weak low north of New Zealand, the warm weather for…
This weekend’s outlook
On Saturday the low pressure system currently with it’s centre just north of the North Island will begin to unwind…
City’s island effect puts forecasters in a hard spot
Herald on Sunday column, by Philip Duncan — There are many weather sayings and terms that I loathe. I don’t…
Bay Of Plenty warming up
I think today is the first time I’ve seen a part of the North Island except on the east coast…
September wraps up on the wet side
Low pressure will focus its associated rainfall on the northern North Island today. The heaviest rain fell during the overnight…
Temps may reach mid 20s this weekend, cooler next week
You know it’s spring when weather forecasters start predicting highs well into the 20s – and that’s the case this…
Low for the North, ridge for the South on Friday
”I like the new simplified forecast”, well that’s how one of our facebook readers put it once when I had…
