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Top 10 global weather extremes (Fri Sep 24) – Hurricane Sam developing
A new hurricane (Sam) is forming in the Atlantic while a typhoon (Mindulle) forms in the western Pacific. We track…
Friday’s national forecast – Ridge pushes in for a time (+12 maps)
A ridge of high pressure pushes in over New Zealand for a time today, showers about western regions mostly clearing…
VIDEO: Spring weather pattern truly arrives as equinox passes
The equinox was at 7:20 this morning and in the days and weeks ahead the days grow longer than the…
Updated NZ & Australia rainfall maps as spring equinox passes
Low pressure zones are mostly impacting New Zealand’s North Island and upper South Island, also Victoria and Tasmania today and…
Thursday’s national forecast – Heavy rain in the north (+12 maps)
A front pushes over the North Island this morning bringing heavy rain then gradually out to the east this afternoon….
Risk of flooding, slips returns again to Nelson/Tasman region (+3 Maps)
A low from the west will slowly move into NZ driving a partial sub-tropical rain flow directly into the upper…
Sunday/Monday cool down coming nationwide, down more than 10C for some (+2 Maps)
It wouldn’t be spring without a surge of mild weather followed by a wintry change and that is precisely what…
Exclusive video of red lightning ‘sprites’ over NZ + A Tasman Sea low moves in
We’ve been exclusively sent video of lightning sprites seen over NZ, possibly a NZ first to have them captured on…
VIDEO: 10 Weather Extremes on Earth today (Wed Sep 22)
We track two tropical storms in the Atlantic and a larger arctic storm further north. We follow heavy snow across…
Wednesday’s national forecast – Low moves in from the west (+12 maps)
A low pressure system sits out to the west in the Tasman Sea today, a warm front stretching out from…
