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Monday’s national forecast – Northerlies develop, West Coast Rain (+11 Maps)
High pressure is slowly sliding eastwards off New Zealand and this is allowing a sub-tropical northerly quarter wind flow to…
Sunday’s national forecast – Oh wow, it’s a really big high (+4 Maps)
High pressure is firmly dominating New Zealand today bringing mostly settled weather, mild to hot conditions and dry skies too….
Saturday’s national forecast
Northland, Auckland, Waikato & Bay Of PlentyAreas of cloud and occasional sun, light winds then afternoon sea breezes.Highs: 25-27 Western…
Droughts are not ‘declared’ – so what makes a drought ‘Official’?
Head forecaster Philip Duncan speaks with the Ministry for Primary Industries to make sense of it all. Parts of New…
Friday’s national forecast – An anticyclone pushes into the South Island today, southeasterlies for the North (+4 maps)
A south to southeasterly airflow lies over New Zealand today moving around a large high centred to the southeast of…
VIDEO: Storms in the tropics & Australia, NZ dry but showers coming
We have New Zealand’s long weekend Waitangi forecast plus another look at the tropics across the South Pacific and Australia…
Thursday’s national forecast – A bit cool in the east, warm out west (+4 maps)
A southerly airflow brings cloud and the odd shower to some eastern regions today meanwhile conditions are mostly sunny out…
Auckland vs Alice Springs – Big desert rainfall totals as Auckland drought looms (+2 Maps)
Auckland (and surrounding regions) have had over two years of rainfall deficit. La Nina has so far failed to make…
VIDEO: Waitangi Weekend weather and a tropics storm update
NZ has a long weekend coming up and the tropics are still busy. We take a look at the set…
Wednesday’s national forecast – a weak cool change moving in (+9 maps)
An anticyclone brings mainly settled weather today however a weak front moving into the lower South Island brings in a…
