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Conditions ease for many – Your Weather Highlights for the next 3 days

  Friday Dark blue: Heavy rain and possibly thunderstorms on the West Coast of the South Island. Green: Gale force northwest…

Friday’s national forecast

A strong northwesterly airflow lies over New Zealand today, as a front moves across the North Island, weakening as it…

Windy weather continues – The Big Picture on Friday

That big, strong northwesterly airflow still sits over the country heading into the weekend, meaning gale strength winds and some…

A lot of cloud, a lot of wind – Thursday’s Weather Video

A lot of cloud sits over the country on Thursday, as the dividing line between our new windy westerlies and…

Gales to increase later today/tonight through Central NZ

If you live in the east of the upper South Island, or in the lower North Island, expect a very…

Strong winds, rain and thunder for parts of the South Island – Warnings and road closure info

A strong northwesterly wind system is pushing gusts of more than 110km/h in southern Westland, Fiordland and Stewart Island. WeatherWatch…

NEW POLL: What season does it FEEL like at the moment?

We may be officially in autumn, but temperatures around parts of the country have stayed firmly in the summer zone,…

More wind, more rain, more sun – Your Weather Highlights for the next 3 days

Our weather pattern is certainly in the middle of a significant change – with a strong northwesterly airflow settling in…

Thursday’s national forecast

A strong northwesterly airflow lies over New Zealand today. A front clears the North Island early this morning, meanwhile another…

Video: Windy westerly change about to roar in – here comes Autumn!

A blast of strong to gale force westerlies is moving in and may last for a week or longer in…

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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…