Archives for August 2021
Saturday’s national forecast – Mainly settled today (+12 maps)
Mainly settled for New Zealand today thanks to a large high pressure system, very frosty to start though in some…
VIDEO: Your Weekend forecast & outlook for next week
NZ has milder northerlies on the way while Aussie’s south east has more wintry southerlies. The set up means the…
Global Video: Tracking 4 Tropical Storms & today’s worldwide lightning
Today we track four Tropical Storms: Linda, Grace, Henri and a tropical depression in the western Pacific. We also take…
Rain falls on Greenland’s summit – nearly 3km above sea level – for first time on record
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN — For the first time on record, precipitation on Saturday at the summit of Greenland —…
Southern temperatures down today, spring up early next week, then back down again
Today, Friday, isn’t overly warm in southern New Zealand as a wintry southerly moves through. Daytime highs will be in…
West Coast – Almost half a metre of rain for some over 4 days
Up to 400mm is possible in central and southern parts of the West Coast in four days from this Saturday…
Friday’s national forecast – Cold front then high nudges in (+12 maps)
A cold front pushes northwards over New Zealand today but it does weaken as it moves northwards, later today as…
Heavy frosts Friday night in South Island, How to check your hyper-local frost risk NZwide:
A brief southerly on Friday will drop temperatures by several degrees bringing heavy frosts into Saturday morning for the lower…
VIDEO: Global WeatherWatch: Today’s worldwide thunderstorms & other extremes
WeatherWatch.co.nz brings you another daily global weather update for Aug 19 (Aug 18 for the Americas), tracking international thunderstorms, tropical…
VIDEO: NZ & Aussie: Some wintry weather coming, but for August it’s not too bad
Both NZ and Australia have a surge of colder weather coming – but to be honest, for this time of…
