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Double Forecast Video: Rough weather for NZ + Category 5 Hurricane Irma heading to Florida
We have a double record today, an in depth look at the typical spring blast of weather around New Zealand…
‘Potentially catastrophic’ Hurricane Irma nears eastern Caribbean islands
Category 5 Hurricane Irma has become one of the strongest storms recorded in the Atlantic, and is threatening to slam…
Unsettled weather returns as further low pressure moves in, more concerning rain for Canterbury too
A large area of low pressure is moving towards New Zealand this weekend and brings a fair bit of weather…
Storm event comes to a slow end as rain finally starts to fade in Chch
FINAL UPDATE 8:20pm — Rain is coming to a gradual end in Christchurch this evening with a mix of light falls,…
Deep low pressure system over New Zealand was 3500kms wide!
This low was intense. On Friday it had a central air pressure into the lower 960hPa range and covered an…
Very deep low centred near Banks Peninsula, heavy rain continues further south
Updated 3pm — The very deep centre of the low crossing New Zealand now lies just east of Christchurch with…
Day by day, how this next big low might impact NZ and those travelling
The large and deep low pressure system approaching New Zealand is complicated to forecast due to so many moving parts…
Your Photos: (x14): Auckland’s Thursday thunderstorms produce seriously stormy clouds
There were sunny spells Thursday morning, intense downpours at lunchtime and by the end of the day Aucklanders and other…
Southern Hemisphere wraps up a record-quiet year for tropical cyclones
June 30th marked the end of a record-calm year for tropical cyclone activity in the Southern Hemisphere. A cyclone “year 
Monster wave measured by Southern Ocean wave buoy one of largest recorded in Southern Hemisphere
Most read & most shared Story — Story By MetOcean scientists — This past Saturday, MetOcean Solutions’ wave buoy in…
