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Friday night’s national forecast

An easterly airflow covers the country tonight, areas of cloud for eastern regions of both islands with drizzle possible for…

Weather Video: Low pressure system looms

This weekend we will see the looming low start to exert itself on the country, though the dominating high still…

Australia: Dry start to spring predicted

The Bureau of Meteorology’s forecast for the next three months is tipping a dry start to spring in southern Australia. …

Australia: Fog envelops Melbourne for the fourth day in a row (and it’s not over yet!)

Areas of fog have swallowed up parts of Melbourne for the fourth morning in a row, with one more to…

Civil Defence supports WeatherWatch.co.nz as MetService limits free data access

In a story in the Dominion Post this morning MetService has come out personally attacking WeatherWatch.co.nz, Philip Duncan and Auckland…

Friday’s national forecast

An easterly airflow starts to cover much of the country today, many regions are mostly sunny still mainly in the…

Thursday night’s national forecast

An anticyclone remains in control for most of the South Island and lower North Island tonight meaning settled conditions. An…

USA: Check out this drone footage of California quake damage (VIDEO)

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Northern California early Sunday this week (Monday NZT), with at least 90 people  injured in Napa,…

Southern Alps snow & ice vanishing – report

A third of the permanent snow and ice on the Southern Alps has vanished in less than four decades, according…

Wind & clouds build in north – still mostly dry

A developing sub-tropical low north west of the country is today pushing in against a large high over the rest…

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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…

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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…