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Weather Video: Your Weekend weather, outlook for Waitangi Day and a look at the tropics
A colder change is moving up the country for Friday and Saturday and while some will have a significant refreshing…
February Tropics Alert: Cyclone risk north of NZ set to rapidly rise (+4 Maps)
There’s a fairly high chance that conditions north of New Zealand in the tropics will be active in the first…
Tropics active north of Australia, but not north of NZ – but that may change in February
WeatherWatch.co.nz continues to monitor the tropics closely for rain makers now that large portions of New Zealand are starting to…
Tropics north of NZ fairly quiet for rest of January, stormier in northern Australia
The tropics directly north of New Zealand is much quieter compared to a year ago with no major storms likely…
Green thunderstorms: there have been many theories behind the mysterious glow
In a festive twist to Sydney’s catastrophically expensive hailstorm Thursday night, the skies turned green. Pictures posted online of clouds…
Video: Severe Cyclone Owen aims for Queensland, while NZ has more thunderstorms
Cyclone Owen has reached ‘severe’ category 3 status and may reach 4 before making landfall in northern Australia and then…
Unusual Cyclone Owen now ‘severe’, flooding for Australia likely but storm unlikely to directly affect NZ (+6 Maps)
Cyclone Owen is now a Severe Category 3 Tropical Cyclone and Australian forecasters say it may peak at Category 4…
Cyclone Owen reforms, heavy rain coming for much of eastern Australia, likely weakens before NZ
Cyclone Owen has reformed and this time around may grow into a severe Category 3 storm before drifting back where…
Daily downpours, some with thunder, next four days ahead (+4 Maps)
New Zealand is facing days of afternoon downpours, mainly inland, and this will make for a wetter than average week…
Weather Video: High pressure on the way, drier than average too
New Zealand is finally entering into a calmer, quieter, drier phase of weather following three very large lows over the…
