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Week in Weather: What’s been making headlines this week

Another week of summer gone, and another set of crazy weather news items from home and around the world to…

Saturday’s national forecast

Northland, Auckland, Waikato & Bay Of Plenty Showers or drizzle patches, chance of a downpour and or thunderstorm in the…

Photos: Check out these amazing pictures of New Zealand from space (+VIDEO)

British astronaut Tim Peake has shared aerial images of New Zealand from space during his expedition at the International Space…

Australia: Perth set for ‘severe heatwave’ this weekend

A deepening trough along the WA coast is dragging hot air south, causing a heatwave to develop from Geraldton to…

Early cloud, late showers – #WeatherRisks and your Main Centre outlook on Friday

Showers and cloud are the two dominating weather features on Friday – though neither should pose any serious threat to…

Friday’s national forecast

A front swings down over the upper North Island today extending out from a low pressure system in the Tasman…

Rain in the north, showers in the south – The Big Picture on Friday

There is some interesting and unusual weather around the country as we head into the long weekend, though most places…

Thursday’s Weather Video – Will rain ruin/brighten your long weekend?

We are fielding dozens of questions from readers about the rain outlook for the coming weekend – both from those…

Long Weekend Update: Tracking the wet weather from Friday to Monday (+5 Maps)

A large but fairly weak low lies in the northern Tasman Sea, and is being fed by a sub-tropical air…

USA: It’s Groundhog Day: Punxsutawney Phil – Friend or foe?

For more than a century, groundhogs have been midwinter luminaries, scampering into the spotlight on February 2 to divine whether…

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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…