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Archives for February 2016

Early cloud, late showers – #WeatherRisks and your Main Centre outlook on Friday

Showers and cloud are the two dominating weather features on Friday – though neither should pose any serious threat to…

Friday’s national forecast

A front swings down over the upper North Island today extending out from a low pressure system in the Tasman…

Rain in the north, showers in the south – The Big Picture on Friday

There is some interesting and unusual weather around the country as we head into the long weekend, though most places…

Thursday’s Weather Video – Will rain ruin/brighten your long weekend?

We are fielding dozens of questions from readers about the rain outlook for the coming weekend – both from those…

Long Weekend Update: Tracking the wet weather from Friday to Monday (+5 Maps)

A large but fairly weak low lies in the northern Tasman Sea, and is being fed by a sub-tropical air…

USA: It’s Groundhog Day: Punxsutawney Phil – Friend or foe?

For more than a century, groundhogs have been midwinter luminaries, scampering into the spotlight on February 2 to divine whether…

Heat and rain – #WeatherRisks and your Main Centre Outlook on Thursday

While there aren’t too many real weather risks on Thursday, there is some unstable weather on the way from the…

Thursday’s national forecast

Northland, Auckland, Waikato & Bay Of Plenty Periods of cloud and some occasional sun, cloud thickens in the evening or…

Another hot one – The Big Picture on Thursday

On Thursday another hot northeasterly airflow sits over the North Island, while it tilts more to the northwest over the…

Your Waitangi Day (& beyond) weather video

We’ve been fielding a lot of questions about Waitangi Weekend rain – as a low pressure system tracks towards the…