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Archives for March 2013

Column – The weather pattern is changing…oh so slowly

Column by Head Weather Analyst Philip Duncan — Talk about two different worlds of weather right now.  On the one…

Friday’s national forecast

A ridge hangs onto New Zealand today while its accompanying anticyclone lies out to the east of the country. Still,…

OZ – A cyclone named Tim

Yet another cyclone has developed off the shores of Queensland, Australia. Cyclone Tim off the north Queensland coast is unlikely…

Drought – Ways to conserve water use

As drought conditions impact on numerous areas across the nation it’s important to try and conserve water as both urban…

NZ @ Noon

The high slipping away to the east continues to provide mostly sunny skies today with the exception of a few…

RainWatch – Tracking the rain

Latest developments shows the battle betwen the highs and lows remains but rain is still on for western and southern…

Water limits/ fire bans spread

City dwellers are noticing the Big Dry on their doorstep as water restrictions and fire bans continue to be announced…

Highs winning…just

In what is the most important weather battle of the year shows that the hig pressure zones are beginning to…

Drought: WeatherWatch.co.nz now assisting NZ Govt

WeatherWatch.co.nz is now assisting the New Zealand Government as the big dry continues to worsen across the country. For the past two…

Thursday’s national forecast

Our current anticyclone is slowly moving away to the east and today will have its centre just east of the…