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Archives for December 2024

POLITICS: Niwa: ‘Sound understanding’ of MetService operations

MetService wanted itself and competitor Niwa Weather shut down in favour of a new Crown weather forecasting agency because of…

Southern Ocean storms fuel westerlies this week across NZ (+6 Maps)

We have spring-like weather this week with a colder start in the south today but more hot summer-like nor-westers this…

Weekend: Storm south of NZ on Sunday brings some severe weather risks (+3 Maps)

High pressure is controlling much of our weather for Saturday, then a storm south of NZ drives in some severe…

VIDEO: Southern Ocean storms to fuel windy westerlies off & on from Sunday

Spring weather conditions continue with some in the eastern North Island experiencing mid-summer heat in the week ahead as more…

ClimateWatch: DECEMBER outlook looks like a warmer extension of spring (+13 Maps & Video)

Originally published Dec 2 — Summer heat and dry is increasing over NZ’s North Island and upper eastern half of…

Days Ahead: Gales, sunshine, heat, heavy rain, dry & even snow – find out your forecast (+5 Maps)

*Apologies, we have no weather video today. We will return on Friday — A large low south-east of Dunedin and…

VIDEO: Windy westerlies, heavy West Coast rain, hot dry east

More spring-like windy westerlies are about to surge over the country, bringing summer heat to the east (especially the North…

Spring-like forecast with hot, dry, windy & wet weather coming + maybe a touch of snow

It’s another hot day across a number of eastern regions and many parts of the North Island as west to…

VIDEO: NZ has messy weather patterns coming up

Storms south of NZ coupled with higher air pressure to our north will keep the westerly flow into NZ alive…

Max. Temps over 30 degrees for some as NW winds kick in

West to north-west winds ramp up more today with gales in exposed places and even hotter weather expanding into the…