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Archives for April 2013

Centre of low tracking towards North Island

The first significant low of 2013 continues to push rain and gusty winds across the upper North Island.   Rain is patchy…

Severe weather update

A low pressure system crossing the country today will continue to bring some much needed rain to many parts of…

Tuesday’s national forecast

A low pressure system moves slowly eastwards today affecting much of the North Island and upper South Island, these areas are…

Monday – Not as wet as expected

The subtropical low threatened and delivered some rain across northern regions but in many cases it was fairly weak and…

How’s your weather today?

We’ve been hearing about rain spilling over parts of the country but is there much of a sign of it…

Antarctic ice melt accelerates

Summer ice is melting at a faster rate in the Antarctic Peninsula than at any time in the past 1000…

RainWatch – Tracking the latest falls

Mostly patchy rain or showers are falling at either end of the country this morning and only a few moderate…

Rain arrives over top & bottom of NZ

The first of the rain from the sub-tropical low arrived overnight and moved across Northland and now over parts of…

Monday’s national forecast

A frontal zone lies across Southland today with a large depression and associated front move towards the North Island. In…

Special Drought Update: Rain is coming

Predictive rain maps at WeatherWatch.co.nz show something we haven’t seen once this year – a sizeable low with widespread heavy rain…