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Archives for May 2020

Australia: Intense burst of wind, rain to affect large swathe of WA

A large swathe of Western Australia’s west is about to be hit by a lengthy burst of intense wind and…

Rain & Snow accumulation maps: 24 hour, 3 day, 7 day totals (+8 Maps)

A low in the Tasman Sea is moving in slowly with a period of rain tonight and Monday moving down…

Sunday’s national forecast – Low pressure system slowly moves in, wind & rain increase later

Clouds increase across New Zealand today as a large but fairly weak Tasman Sea low drifts in. Winds will rise…

RainWatch: Low to bring rain, isolated heavy falls, to North Island & upper South Island

A low is moving towards New Zealand and will bring rain across the North Island and upper South Island –…

Out of season ex-cyclone to impact western Australia, may even bring downpours to NZ (no storm) (+5 maps)

A storm formed west of Indonesia, became an out of season tropical cyclone, will impact western Australia and the remnants…

Saturday’s national forecast – Light winds nationwide today

High pressure again expands back onto the South Island – like it’s reversing backwards temporarily, bringing a calm Saturday with…

VIDEO: An Aussie Autumn cyclone and a NZ sub-tropical low

We have a busy update today with a tropical cyclone moving into western Australia which may bring rain to NZ…

RainWatch: Dry for most, rain in Westland and Fiordland easing later

That sluggish cold front trying to make its way north up the South Island on Friday is fighting a losing…

Friday’s national forecast – a fairly mild afternoon

Mild winds spread into more regions today, knocking back some of the very low overnight lows some have seen this…

Temperature trends – another cold night for the North Island, very mild in the South

It’s a tale of two islands when it comes to tonight’s temperatures. There couldn’t be a bigger contrast between North…