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Monday’s national forecast – Front incoming (+12 maps)
A ridge of high pressure brings settled weather to New Zealand this morning, from afternoon however a front and low…
Sunday’s national forecast (+8 Maps)
Today is a fairly quiet one across NZ but showers will be in both islands. The bulk of the wet…
Saturday’s national forecast – Showers in the far north and far south (+8 maps)
An area of low pressure rolls over the top of the North Island today away to the east, with it…
ClimateWatch Video: August’s outlook as talk of La Nina returns
If you want La Nina don’t get too excited just yet – there are signs that La Nina is starting…
VIDEO: July ends with northerlies, August kicks off with more southerlies
We have some wet weather coming in to NZ over the next week with a low near northern NZ this…
Friday’s national forecast – Front approaches out west (+8 maps)
A northeasterly airflow lies over New Zealand today ahead of a front out in the Tasman Sea approaching the western…
M8.2 quake near Alaska but “no tsunami threat to NZ” – Civil Defence.
Final Update – The USGS confirms a magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck near the Alaska Peninsula just after 6:15pm NZST and…
VIDEO: 100 hPa difference in big air pressure systems near NZ
We measure air pressure using Hectopascals (hPa) and on Friday there will be a 101 hPa difference between a huge…
3 day rainfall outlook looking more “normal” than recent rain events (+4 Maps)
More wet weather is coming into the NZ area – but it’s not as extreme nor is it heavy falling…
Thursday’s national forecast – Mainly settled, odd shower in the west (+8 maps)
A front approaches New Zealand from the west today in the Tasman Sea, for the most part though conditions are…
