Archives for January 2014
Summer spluttering for some, roaring for others
If you live in Southland and Otago you might swear the weather is currently from the second half of the…
Thursday night’s national forecast
Unstable conditions clear this evening over the North Island, many other areas will also settle due to the influence of…
Record low number of drownings in 2013
Men and preschoolers are over-represented in our drowning toll, Water Safety NZ warns. There were 81 drownings last year, a…
Dunedin just 12 degrees at midday
Some parts of Dunedin are just 12 and 13 degrees as we head towards midday today in the second week…
Polar vortex: What are they, what causes them, and how dangerous?
Americans in two dozen states from the Midwest to the Southeast and Northeast are shivering this week courtesy of a…
Thursday’s national forecast
Easing conditions over the South Island today with sunny areas making an apparence in many regions, the North Island sees…
Philip Duncan: Polar vortex brings incredible cold to USA
Here in New Zealand we cannot easily comprehend what it feels like to experience minus 40 to minus fifty degrees….
UK: Hercules hits Britain; monster waves and swells
More flooding is expected across Britain today as the west coast braced for the arrival of “Winter Storm Hercules”, the…
Wednesday night’s national forecast
A southwesterly airflow lies over the country tonight, showers gradually ease for many in the South Island this evening and…
USA: Historic freeze spreads across country
Alright, East Coast and Deep South, it’s your turn to be miserable. The historic freeze that proved too cold for…
