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VIDEO: A cyclone, downpours + a lot of high pressure
We’re tracking 3 low pressure systems – but NZ has plenty of dry weather coming thanks to high pressure, which…
VIDEO: New cyclone forming in the tropics + NZ & Aussie’s forecast to Monday
Our weekday weather videos are back for 2023! In today’s update we’re monitoring the next tropical cyclone likely to form…
Tropical trouble: NZ may just get swiped by a low this week, cyclones further north possible (+4 Maps)
A series of tropical lows are continuing to form north of New Zealand as we go through January – with…
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Hale arrives in the North Island with wind & rain
The centre of ex-tropical Cyclone Hale has finally made landfall in the upper North Island, and will now weaken and…
VIDEO: Special update as Ex-Tropical Cyclone Hale moves into NZ
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Hale is moving into the North Island tonight and across Wednesday. Not everyone has severe weather, but in…
North Island in for direct hit from ex-cyclone Hale Tue/Wed (+15 Maps)
Updated 10:48pm Monday — HALE became an ex-tropical cyclone early Monday morning but it’s expected to strengthen into an extra-tropical…
Think this is a bad summer in the north? 26 years ago Cyclones Fergus & Drena hit
This day 26 years ago the North Island was preparing for ex-tropical cyclone Drena, a major storm that caused significant…
First cyclone of 2023 forms. North Islanders to have more severe weather this week, then improves
Story written on Saturday, since then the tropical depression has been named Tropical Cyclone Hale. The remnants of a tropical…
Why is New Zealand’s weather so unsettled this summer? Location, location, location.
We’re being flooded – pun intended – with questions about why there’s so much rain and wind when it’s supposed…
Top 10 NZ Weather MythBusters! (Even we were surprised at some of the answers!)
Can you get sunburnt on a cloudy day? Do highs always bring sunny weather? Are typhoons the same as cyclones?…
