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Archives for January 2013

Thursday’s national forecast

A front moves over the upper South Island today and onto the lower North Island overnight. Westerlies cover the country…

Queenstown hit by thunderstorms and accompanying deluge

The front currently piling into the lower South Island has caused quite a few thunderstorms in the Queenstown area this…

2012 in US hottest ever

While Australia is dealing with hot temperatures and bushfires, the US has discovered it’s just had its warmest year on…

NZ update

Winds are on the rise over inland and western areas of the Mainland however temperatures are also on the up….

Video: Philip Duncan: the state of our summer so far

Not a forecast video but instead Philip Duncan takes a look at why conditions around New Zealand are so changeable…

Belt of heavy rain, winds return for southern & central areas

Winds and rain are once again set to hammer away across parts of central and southern areas of the country…

Wednesday’s national forecast

Strong northwesterlies lie over the South Island today with heavy rain in the west, dry out east with warmer weather….

Thunderstorms – where and when

My favourite topic, thunderstorms of course. Are any due near you in the near future? Well early this morning Banks…

Record heat found all over NZ in December

The numbers are in and they confirm we all pretty much already knew.  It was a very warm December. The…

Winds ease tonight, return tomorrow

Winds have eased a bit for the central and upper North Island today.  However, some very windy conditions remained in…