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Dust storm – exclusive photos from Sydney
WeatherWatch.co.nz yesterday received first hand experiences from Sydney and Brisbane as an incredible dust storm blew through. Over the next…
Atlantic Hurricane season incredibly quiet – all action in the Pacific
In the Atlantic, the remnant tropical wave of Fred was located between Bermuda and the northern Leeward Islands, and continues…
Brrrr….238 degrees below zero
Astronomers have found the coldest spot in our solar system and it may be a little close for comfort. It’s…
Space junk like hovering mosquitoes
Orbital debris, or space junk, is any man-made object in orbit around the Earth that no longer serves a useful…
8 month long lightning storm a record breaker
A powerful lightning storm in Saturn’s atmosphere that began in mid-January 2009 has become the Solar System’s longest continuously observed…
International: 9/11 weather forecast
A rain storm on the East Coast is producing plenty of rain from New Jersey to southern New England for…
Weather Computer: 69.7 trillion calculations/second
Recently we ran a story about NIWA’s new supercomputer – but here’s a weather computer that’s more than twice as…
Hurricane Fred now a major hurricane
The second hurricane of the Atlantic season formed yesterday afternoon NZT and this morning Hurricane Fred rapidly strengthened into a…
Tropical Storms Fred & Linda
Tropical Storm Fred has strengthened today and as of 11 am ET top winds were near 115kmh. Fred is located…
What’s happening in the tropics?
The Atlantic Hurricane season was late to form then quickly burst in to life…but almost as fast as it began,…
