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Mt Ruapehu crater lake heats up to 43C, Alert level raised to 2
Most people want 2020 to end – but they don’t want it to go out with a bang. The news…
VIDEO: Your official countdown to Christmas and the weather looks… hmmm
An unsettled weather pattern is forecast for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day around New Zealand with a colder…
Your 2020 Christmas Day forecast: An unsettled sou’west flow for many, colder in the south
The southern end of NZ will have a cooler, showery, Christmas Day while those in the north eastern North Island…
Yasa’s remnants to fall apart just offshore + Expected rainfall for rest of 2020 (+10 Maps)
The rainy remnants of what was Cyclone Yasa will get quite close to NZ on Wednesday – but fail to…
Sunday’s national forecast – Cooler, drizzly, change moves up South Island (+6 Maps)
Temperatures are dropping up the South Island today as a weak southerly change moves in. Cloud, drizzle, showers and some…
Cyclone Yasa brushing Tonga, but the centre well out to sea
Yasa is no longer a ‘severe’ tropical cyclone but is still a powerful storm packing a punch as it passes…
Saturday’s national forecast – Hot for some, 30 degrees possible
High pressure now lies well east of NZ and it’s this large high that will help guide the remnants of…
VIDEO: Friday update on Cyclone Yasa & NZ’s forecast right up to Christmas Day
Severe Cyclone Yasa is now a Category 3 cyclone (at the time of recording this it was still Cat 4)…
Cyclone Yasa still blasting Fiji but now moving away, Tonga may be next (+3 Maps)
Updated 11:45am NZDT — Severe Cyclone Yasa passed over Fiji last night and this morning lies south east of Vanua…
Friday’s national forecast – It’s another warm one (+6 Maps)
High pressure continues to cover NZ with the centre just off the Taranaki coastline. A mild sub-tropical flow will move…
