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Friday’s national forecast – Ridge pushes in for a time (+12 maps)
A ridge of high pressure pushes in over New Zealand for a time today, showers about western regions mostly clearing…
VIDEO: Spring weather pattern truly arrives as equinox passes
The equinox was at 7:20 this morning and in the days and weeks ahead the days grow longer than the…
Updated NZ & Australia rainfall maps as spring equinox passes
Low pressure zones are mostly impacting New Zealand’s North Island and upper South Island, also Victoria and Tasmania today and…
Thursday’s national forecast – Heavy rain in the north (+12 maps)
A front pushes over the North Island this morning bringing heavy rain then gradually out to the east this afternoon….
Risk of flooding, slips returns again to Nelson/Tasman region (+3 Maps)
A low from the west will slowly move into NZ driving a partial sub-tropical rain flow directly into the upper…
Sunday/Monday cool down coming nationwide, down more than 10C for some (+2 Maps)
It wouldn’t be spring without a surge of mild weather followed by a wintry change and that is precisely what…
Melbourne, Victoria struck by rare damaging earthquake
BREAKING — A very rare damaging earthquake has hit Australia this morning, in the state of Victoria. Centred not far…
Exclusive video of red lightning ‘sprites’ over NZ + A Tasman Sea low moves in
We’ve been exclusively sent video of lightning sprites seen over NZ, possibly a NZ first to have them captured on…
VIDEO: 10 Weather Extremes on Earth today (Wed Sep 22)
We track two tropical storms in the Atlantic and a larger arctic storm further north. We follow heavy snow across…
Wednesday’s national forecast – Low moves in from the west (+12 maps)
A low pressure system sits out to the west in the Tasman Sea today, a warm front stretching out from…
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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…
