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Cold then windy – Your Weather Highlights for the next 3 days

Cold over the South Island today with snow possible about the eastern high country, gradually easing. Rain or showers for…

Thursday’s national forecast

A southerly airflow over the South Island spreads onto the lower North Island this morning. Showers or rain for much…

Snow flurries in the east – The Big Picture on Thursday

Cold air covers the South Island on Thursday and starts to move onto the lower North Island. Snow flurries are…

Animation: Big changes in air-flows moving over New Zealand

Sydney is shivering today while in New Zealand it’s been warmer than average in the upper and eastern north today…

NIWA infoGraphics: July’s extremes

Last month we reported via CNN that New Zealand had been above average each month for half a year –…

Sub-tropical air in North Island, Antarctic air in South Island

Sub-tropical air in the North Island is being flushed out by a strengthening north westerly flow ahead of an Antarctic…

WeatherWatch: Special Update: Polar Blast

Warmer winds from the subtropics are about to give way to southerly quarter winds from Antarctica right across New Zealand….

“WeatherWatch please stop saying it’s warm, I’m freezing!” – we explain why

The headline says it, and it’s a comment we’ve received a few times this winter as we talk about “warm…

Where can we go to build a snowman?

The kids are asking, the parents are asking, and so too are people who have never played in snow before…

NZ Motorists: Snow is coming to both North & South Island highways

Updated Highway forecasts — We’ve been waiting a long time, but finally heavy snow is in the forecast for both…

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Meteors – Your Eyewitness Reports!

WeatherWatch.co.nz receives meteor reports from all over New Zealand and the globe, 24/7/365. **CASUAL COMMENTS**If you’ve seen something in the…

Latest: Gabrielle approaches NZ (+25 Maps)

The effects of Cyclone Gabrielle will be felt across much of the North Island today, especially later in the day,…

Cyclone Gabrielle strengthening as it slowly passes Great Barrier Island (20+ maps)

12:15am Tuesday NZDT — Cyclone Gabrielle’s movement has slowed to an absolute crawl near Great Barrier Island. The longer the…