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Archives for January 2022

Weather Headlines for Friday – Settled and becoming warm, hopefully some rain early February

Settled from Friday through to early next week An anticyclone moves over New Zealand today and hangs around this weekend…

Friday’s national forecast – Big high in control

A large high covers New Zealand today bringing mainly settled weather. Northland, Auckland, Waikato & Bay Of PlentyMorning cloud then…

VIDEO: Tropical depression forms over Vanuatu, likely heads to NZ next week

A tropical low has formed over Vanuatu and may become a cyclone this weekend before tracking south towards NZ. If…

Weather Headlines for Thursday – Cooling down, humidity leaves (for now) then settled

Cooler in the east today but upper North Island still hot A southwesterly airflow lies over New Zealand today and…

Thursday’s national forecast – Humidity eases

Humidity eases for the North Island on Thursday as a southwesterly airflow lies over the country, showers for eastern regions…

IBM’s ‘The Weather Company’ is world’s most accurate forecaster, new study says

WeatherWatch.co.nz is proud to be an official IBM business partner using the world’s most accurate weather forecast data. In New…

Heat + high humidity = muggy! Understanding the ‘humidex’

It’s hot and humid in the upper North Island today. This muggy weather can be seen in our “Humidex” temperatures,…

VIDEO: How to get more accuracy out of thunderstorm forecasts

In today’s video we not only cover the forecast to next week – including a possibly cyclone – but we…

Weather Headlines for Wednesday – A few isolated heavy showers, rain for Canterbury

Thunderstorms possible Conditions may become unstable again this afternoon anywhere from Northland through to Waikato and inland Bay Of Plenty…

Wednesday’s national forecast – Air mass changing to the southwest

The airflow will gradually swing to the southwest today over the country, some morning heavy rain for the North Island’s…