Archives for August 2014
NASA gets rare view of black hole (+VIDEO)
NASA’s black-hole hunting telescope has captured a cosmic battle between dark and light. NuSTAR, formally known as the Nuclear Spectroscopic…
Nepal: 109 confirmed dead after flooding; thousands more homeless
The death toll from landslides and flooding triggered by torrential monsoon rains in Nepal and northern India has climbed to…
Tasman low brings the goodies this week
This weeks main focus is a low pressure system that moves out of the Tasman Sea, moving across New Zealand…
Monday’s national forecast
An anticyclone brings mainly settled and sunny weather across most of the country today, expect some cloud about Auckland northwards…
Australia: SA rains break 40 year records
Parts of South Australia’s North East Pastoral have received the most significant August falls since the early 70’s. A low…
Blizzards help slow snow season rally strong
It might have been a slow start to the ski season but snow is falling thick and fast on the…
Sunday’s national forecast
Upper North Island Cloudy periods Auckland northwards with light winds tending southwesterly, the odd light shower about too. About the…
Weather Video: Weekend weather
The cold southerlies this week are finally coming to an end with skies already beginning to clear in the west…
POLL: Are you noticing the extra sunlight each week?
It’s been six weeks(!) since the shortest day of the year, and as such, New Zealand days should be drawing…
POLL RESULTS: 86% say weather coverage is overhyped
This week the subject of our poll was one close to WeatherWatch.co.nz’s heart – and it’s something we’ve written about…
