Archives for August 2016
Thursday’s national forecast
A southerly airflow over the South Island spreads onto the lower North Island this morning. Showers or rain for much…
Snow flurries in the east – The Big Picture on Thursday
Cold air covers the South Island on Thursday and starts to move onto the lower North Island. Snow flurries are…
Animation: Big changes in air-flows moving over New Zealand
Sydney is shivering today while in New Zealand it’s been warmer than average in the upper and eastern north today…
NIWA infoGraphics: July’s extremes
Last month we reported via CNN that New Zealand had been above average each month for half a year –…
Sub-tropical air in North Island, Antarctic air in South Island
Sub-tropical air in the North Island is being flushed out by a strengthening north westerly flow ahead of an Antarctic…
WeatherWatch: Special Update: Polar Blast
Warmer winds from the subtropics are about to give way to southerly quarter winds from Antarctica right across New Zealand….
“WeatherWatch please stop saying it’s warm, I’m freezing!” – we explain why
The headline says it, and it’s a comment we’ve received a few times this winter as we talk about “warm…
Where can we go to build a snowman?
The kids are asking, the parents are asking, and so too are people who have never played in snow before…
NZ Motorists: Snow is coming to both North & South Island highways
Updated Highway forecasts — We’ve been waiting a long time, but finally heavy snow is in the forecast for both…
The cold outbreak begins in the south – Your Weather Highlights for the next 3 days
Today marks the start of a cold outbreak over the South Island which may bring heavy snow to the Canterbury…
