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Wednesday’s national forecast (Heavy showers north of Auckland ease +10 maps)

A ridge of high pressure covers most of New Zealand for your first day of spring, heavy showers or rain…

VIDEO: Special update on Auckland’s severe weather + nationwide outlook to Sunday

It’s been a wild night and morning in Auckland with some further severe wind risks into this afternoon – we…

Sydney low stalls near Auckland bringing thunder, gales & torrential rain (+Maps & Animation)

Updated 7:02am Tuesday — A storm that impacted parts of Sydney last week brought thunderstorms, gales and heavy rain to…

Tuesday’s national forecast – Unsettled in the north (+12 maps)

An area of low pressure brings unsettled weather to the upper North Island today meanwhile a ridge of high pressure…

VIDEO: Global Extreme Weather – Hurricanes Ida and Nora make landfall

We track in detail Hurricane Ida as it makes landfall in Louisiana, USA and Nora which made landfall in Mexico….

VIDEO: High pressure to dominate much of NZ for a week

Weak low pressure is stuck around northern NZ for a few days but is falling apart due to dominating high…

Monday’s national forecast – Ridge for the South, low for the North (+12 maps)

A big high pressure system centered south of New Zealand directs a southerly airflow into the South Island today meanwhile…

Sunday’s national forecast & outlook for Monday – a mix of sun, snow and rain showers (+8 Maps)

Low pressure from the Tasman Sea is moving into the North Island and falling apart over the next couple of…

NZ & Australia weather highlights next few days as lows move in (+14 maps, +2 animations)

Here are maps and highly detailed bullet points covering the main weather highlights this weekend and for the final days…

Saturday’s national forecast – Rain the north, perhaps a PM T/Storm (+10 maps)

A front moves off the top of the South Island and North Island to the east this afternoon and with…

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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…