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Saturday’s national forecast – A ridge for a time (+12 maps)
A ridge of high pressure moves in today settling conditions down for a time, there’s still some unsettled weather for…
Damaging severe gales move into the lower North Island – more gales for both islands in the days ahead (+3 Maps)
Severe gales are blowing across the lower North Island this morning after moving up the South Island overnight. Some area…
VIDEO: Extreme weather on planet earth today (Fri Sept 10)
We’re tracking four tropical storms – two hurricanes and two typhoons, including Hurricane Larry and a Super Typhoon. There’s also…
VIDEO: Stormy spring weather to impact NZ and Australia next several days
Spring blasts of severe weather will push through both NZ and Australia over the coming week. For NZ it means…
Friday’s national forecast – Cold front pushes northwards (+10 maps)
A cold front moves northwards over the South Island today, reaching the North Island this evening. Expect heavy rain in…
VIDEO: Special extended video as severe spring weather moves into NZ
Severe gales are off and on across New Zealand over the next four or five days along with bursts of…
Severe gales, heavy snow and rain surge across NZ in ’rounds’ next several days (+8 maps)
More severe weather is on the way as spring westerly gales surge up and over NZ, bringing more heavy rain…
Weather forecasters await commission’s weather competition report, due soon
By Richard Rennie, Farmers Weekly — Nearly two years since the investigation commenced, the Commerce Commission is poised in coming…
Thursday’s national forecast – Strong Westerlies (+12 maps)
A strong westerly quarter airflow lies over New Zealand today, gales are likely through Cook Strait and in the east…
South Island snow flurries and cold weather make it a tough day on the farm (+social media)
As forecast by WeatherWatch.co.nz and RuralWeather we’re seeing some snow flurries in the South Island today. First it was Southland,…
