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Sunday’s national forecast – Slight breather before next burst of westerlies from next Southern Ocean storm (+10 Maps)
High pressure briefly covers northern NZ today and extends down the country to some degree. The centre of the high…
Saturday’s national forecast – Thunderstorms, rain and plenty of dry areas too (+5 Maps)
High pressure just holds on to very upper North Island but elsewhere those westerly winds continue. There is some end…
VIDEO: More windy westerlies with more Southern Ocean storms
We’re in the peak of the windy westerlies for this phase of weather with another week or so to go…
Friday’s national forecast – High pressure in the very north but windier further south
Cloudy weather spreads up the western side of NZ today with rain on the West Coast but mostly dry weather…
VIDEO: Giant Southern Ocean storm whips up more wind & dangerous seas (+3 Maps)
More windy weather is surging up across NZ as a deep low in the Southern Ocean churns by. You can…
ClimateWatch for December & rest of Summer (Jan/Feb) +13 Maps & 15min Video
La Nina is a no show for the start of December in New Zealand with an aggressive spring-like westerly returning….
Wednesday’s national forecast – Gales, rain, return to parts of South Island (+9 Maps)
Winds ease in northern NZ today but return to the South Island and Wellington/Cook Strait area. A storm in the…
VIDEO: Summer arrives but a stormy Southern Ocean makes it feel like spring
NZ has at least two major storms tracking just south of us over the next week, both lows into the…
Gales affect NI regions Tuesday, then ease, but Wednesday gales return to SI. (+7 Maps)
On the first day of summer on the meteorological calendar NZ kicks off with peak spring weather! Gales will blast…
Tuesday’s national forecast – A southerly gale and North Island rain (+9 Maps)
Welcome to the first day of summer on the meteorological calendar! A low will today lie over the eastern upper…
