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Archives for November 2012

Friday’s national forecast

Upper North Island Mostly sunny with light winds, afternoon sea breezes in coastal areas becoming predominately southwesterly late afternoon from…

Stunner on the way for Friday

The weather for Friday is looking to be nice and sunny across most of the country again, very similar weather…

Archive: Taieri floods 1980

The flooding over the Taieri Plains in 1980 was a once in a 100 year event. Resident Stu Oldham wrote this…

Quake toll mounts

A strong earthquake off the coast of Guatemala shook buildings in the capital and killed at least 39 people earlier…

Did Sandy help Obama?

Hurricane and then Superstorm Sandy pounded the northeast of the US last week and President Obama very quickly was on…

Thursday and inland showers

The biggest  talking point today seems to be heat showers building up across higher elevations of both islands. The cloud…

Earthquake jolts Guatemala

Just In – An earthquake measuring 7.4 has occurred near Retalhuleu, Guatemala. At this stage there have been no tsunami…

Thursday’s national forecast

Upper North Island Mostly sunny with light winds, afternoon sea breezes in coastal areas. Some cloud morning and night and…

South Island settled for now

Now to turn our attention to the mainland after yesterday’s outlook for the North Island. Conditions are looking very settled…

BLOG: Philip Duncan talks on cyclone season

It’s that time of the year again – time to start shifting our attention to the tropics and gradually away…