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Archives for December 2021

Saturday’s national forecast – Cool change arrives in the south (+10 maps)

A cool change pushes in over the South Island today bringing some rain or showers, fairly settled further north but…

VIDEO: Special update on developing Tropical Cyclone + risks for New Zealand

A tropical cyclone will form this weekend in the Coral Sea but a low in the Tasman Sea will drift…

Severe marine heatwave off North Island’s west coast, temps now higher than usual peak of summer – MetOcean

Today and tomorrow (10 and 11 December), the western coastline of the North Island is due to experience water temperatures…

Muggy overnight lows mean tough sleeping conditions for Auckland & northern NZ

Auckland’s overnight lows are warmer than average and they will likely get even warmer in the nights ahead. Humid, cloudy,…

Tropical Cyclone likely to form this weekend in Coral Sea: New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, New Zealand at some risk

A tropical depression today will likely turn into a tropical cyclone by Sunday, says WeatherWatch.co.nz. The storm looks likely to…

The ‘Summer of Cloud’ is here – a classic La Nina summer

WeatherWatch.co.nz thinks it has already identified the number one complaint we’ll get this summer – why is it so cloudy?…

Friday’s national forecast – A few light showers about (+10 maps)

A few weak fronts lie across the South Island today bringing a few light showers, some North Island regions pick…

VIDEO: Update: Tropical Cyclone to form this weekend in the Coral Sea, NZ has some risk

A tropical depression has formed in the Solomon Sea and will drift into the Coral Sea this weekend and become…

Thursday’s national forecast – A few weak fronts (+10 maps)

A weak front lies across the lower South Island today meanwhile another weak front sits over the top of the…

VIDEO: Increasing risk of tropical cyclone impacting NZ next week

The first tropical storm of the season is set to develop this Friday and Saturday in the Solomon Sea/Coral Sea…