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Archives for January 2018

Monday’s national forecast

A subtropical northerly airflow continues to flow onto New Zealand today, moving around a large high centred far to the…

!Announcement: Major upgrade to forecasts at WeatherWatch.co.nz coming very soon!

WeatherWatch.co.nz is improving our forecasts even further by migrating to the new IBM super computer very soon for the majority…

Hot humid downpours back in the forecast (+Maps)

It’s a mostly dry weekend across New Zealand but a few downpours will develop on Sunday and increase into the…

Sunday’s national forecast – downpours developing

High pressure dominates the South Island today while the sub-tropics return to northern New Zealand with late showers or downpours…

New Poll: The weather this Summer is [vote here]…

So far Summer is proving to be a fairly warm one – but despite the drought announcements there’s also been…

Saturday’s national forecast

Upper North Island Areas of cloud and some sun, there may be a light shower or two about otherwise fairly…

NZ Government finally looking into MetService/NIWA agency double up

Published Thursday — If you’re a parent you know a guilty face when you see it, so NIWA’s refusal to…

Your weekend forecast: Mostly dry, mostly calm but lingering downpours (+3 Maps)

The weekend ahead is looking mainly dry but a few showers and heavy downpours remain. Heavy rain is now mostly…

Fierce Aussie heatwave pushes temperatures into the 40C range (+4 Maps)

Sunny weather dominates South Australia, Victoria and southern New South Wales as the heat wave continues. Solar radiation and northerly…

RainWatch – Friday 19th January 2018

Weak high pressure lies over the South Island today while a front draped over the North Island weakens today. For…