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Giant tropical rainmaker set to tease NZ for weeks with frustratingly close heavy rain (+Rain Maps)
As of Tuesday there are three tropical lows the Fiji Met Service says all have cyclone potential. By Friday or…
Weather Video: Tropical rainmakers so close yet so far away as NZ seriously dries out – the latest
There are at least 3 tropical areas of concern today north of NZ and while these will all merge into…
Weather Video: Tropical low the size of Australia this week, what it means for NZ
We had Cyclone Neil over the weekend near Tonga now two other lows north of New Zealand have cyclone potential…
Tropical storms north of NZ to merge this week to create one low the size of Australia
It’s stormy north of New Zealand with at least 4 low pressure systems, one of which was a tropical cyclone…
Cyclone Neil forms, poses direct threat to Tonga today, another bigger storm possible days later (+3 Maps)
Tropical Cyclone Neil has formed east of Fiji and will track southwards towards Tonga, caught up in a large area…
Tropical Storm and cyclone threat significantly increasing north of NZ next 14 days (+4 Maps)
Ideal conditions in the tropics is now creating large areas of low pressure with storm and cyclone potential in at…
Weather Video: Your weekend forecast + tracking the several tropical lows now forming
The weekend looks fairly settled in most of the main centres but some of the rural areas may be impacted…
Weather Video: Your Weekend weather, outlook for Waitangi Day and a look at the tropics
A colder change is moving up the country for Friday and Saturday and while some will have a significant refreshing…
February Tropics Alert: Cyclone risk north of NZ set to rapidly rise (+4 Maps)
There’s a fairly high chance that conditions north of New Zealand in the tropics will be active in the first…
Tropics active north of Australia, but not north of NZ – but that may change in February
WeatherWatch.co.nz continues to monitor the tropics closely for rain makers now that large portions of New Zealand are starting to…
