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Tropics north of NZ fairly quiet for rest of January, stormier in northern Australia
The tropics directly north of New Zealand is much quieter compared to a year ago with no major storms likely…
Green thunderstorms: there have been many theories behind the mysterious glow
In a festive twist to Sydney’s catastrophically expensive hailstorm Thursday night, the skies turned green. Pictures posted online of clouds…
Video: Severe Cyclone Owen aims for Queensland, while NZ has more thunderstorms
Cyclone Owen has reached ‘severe’ category 3 status and may reach 4 before making landfall in northern Australia and then…
Unusual Cyclone Owen now ‘severe’, flooding for Australia likely but storm unlikely to directly affect NZ (+6 Maps)
Cyclone Owen is now a Severe Category 3 Tropical Cyclone and Australian forecasters say it may peak at Category 4…
Cyclone Owen reforms, heavy rain coming for much of eastern Australia, likely weakens before NZ
Cyclone Owen has reformed and this time around may grow into a severe Category 3 storm before drifting back where…
Daily downpours, some with thunder, next four days ahead (+4 Maps)
New Zealand is facing days of afternoon downpours, mainly inland, and this will make for a wetter than average week…
Weather Video: High pressure on the way, drier than average too
New Zealand is finally entering into a calmer, quieter, drier phase of weather following three very large lows over the…
Continuous thunder across parts of the North Island this morning
UPDATED 9:01am — A very active widespread area of thunderstorms is currently crossing the upper North Island, affecting Auckland and…
Cyclone Owen forms – poses no current threat to NZ but remains ‘one to watch’
Cyclone Owen has formed in the Coral Sea and will linger there for several days as a lower end Tropical…
December to kick off with tropical fuelled downpours & thunderstorms
November has seen hundreds of thunderstorms across New Zealand and the start of Summer on the meteorological calender is no…
