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Weather Video: Sub-tropical rain possible on Friday
A weak front is currently moving up the South Island and will head into the North Island on Wednesday. It’s…
Australia: Big swells south of New Zealand reach popular Sydney beaches
Early risers along the New South Wales coast may have been surprised to see big waves as the sun rose…
Monster wave measured by Southern Ocean wave buoy one of largest recorded in Southern Hemisphere
Most read & most shared Story — Story By MetOcean scientists — This past Saturday, MetOcean Solutions’ wave buoy in…
Weather Video: Frosts give way to warmer winds, possible sub-tropical low
A large high covers New Zealand right now, locking in the Antarctic blast from Friday and Saturday and ensuring a…
Cold change melting as warm winds return to New Zealand this week
New Zealand was frosty nationwide on Monday with even the ‘winterless North’ getting a taste of the Antarctic blast with…
Let it snow! The 26 best photos sent in during the Antarctic blast
Wind chills below zero, strong southerlies – it was a wintry Saturday over New Zealand. For the most part this…
MBIE completes weather data review…now what will the NZ Government do?
The Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE) Tuesday confirmed to WeatherWatch.co.nz that their side of the open weather data…
VIDEO: Antarctic blast peaks this weekend with snow AND sun
Air temperatures are about to plummet – for some it will be the second time in 24 hours, but this…
Antarctic blast now up to Northland – much of NZ cold (or colder)
Updated 2:39pm — A southerly change from around Antarctica has blasted across New Zealand today bringing snow to low levels,…
Antarctic Blast: Bitterly cold in South Island, cold change approaches northern NZ
Updated 10:12am — The southerly blast has brought even colder air into the South Island this morning. Dunedin has a…
