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Archives for March 2016

Wednesday’s Weather Video – Subtropics returning to NZ

A cold southerly has worked its way into the South Island and lower North Island bringing some patchy light rain…

Vanuatu – One year on from Cyclone Pam ‘they’re still drinking muddy water’

“The leftover water in those creeks is what people are using now. They are basically drinking mud. There’s no more…

Rain, showers in both islands – #WeatherRisks and your Main Centre outlook on Wednesday

Wednesday is looking pretty clear for the main part, with just some periods of showers and sustained rain in parts…

Wednesday’s national forecast

A southerly airflow lies over the South Island today and the lower North Island, meanwhile the upper North Island sees…

A spreading southeasterly – The Big Picture on Wednesday

A southeasterly airflow sits over the South Island, before gradually spreading over the North Island during the day. For the…

Easter Outlook – And it’s looking …Autumnal

There’s a lot of demand from the public – and media – about the likely forecast for Easter this year…

Second half of March: More humidity, more warmth

Towards the end of February WeatherWatch.co.nz forecasters labelled the first half of March as becoming quite dry in many areas…

February breaks global temperature records by ‘shocking amount’

Global temperatures in February smashed previous monthly records by an unprecedented amount, according to Nasa data, sparking warnings of a…

A building southerly – Your Main Centre outlook on Tuesday

A southerly airflow starts to build over the South Island during the day, bringing some reasonable rain to Canterbury later…

Tuesday’s national forecast

A southerly airflow spreads over the South Island today bringing cool weather and rain spreading northwards along the east coast…