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VIDEO: WeatherWatch – Extreme weather around planet earth today

With NZ in a stay-at-home lockdown order we thought it might be a good distraction to focus on extreme weather…

VIDEO: Westerlies, frosts, showers and sunshine – NZ’s weather to Monday

Unsettled weather continues on around NZ this week however high pressure is also expanding and that means frosty weather will…

Wednesday’s national forecast – Unsettled in the north (+8 maps)

Unsettled for the North Island today with showers, showers may be heavy with hail and perhaps even a thunderstorm, these…

Forecast Rainfall Maps: NZ to Friday + special 2 week Hawke’s Bay focus (+3 Maps)

New Zealand’s weather is being driven by a westerly flow lately, meaning the bulk of our rain is falling in…

Cold front moving into the western North Island with isolated thunderstorms (+Maps)

A narrow but thundery band of rain is moving in from the Tasman Sea this afternoon with strong to gale…

VIDEO: Colder air Wednesday & Friday, but brief high pressure this weekend

NZ has more ups and downs this week with Wednesday cooler nationwide but Thursday looking a little milder. By Friday…

Tuesday’s national forecast – Cold front for the North Island (+10 maps)

A cold front pushes over the North Island today, this may bring some heavy rain to western regions. The South…

VIDEO: Two wintry surges this week across NZ

Windy westerlies will build over the next 24 hours ahead of a cold sou’west change later Tuesday and into Wednesday….

Federated Farmers supports WeatherWatch – “Well researched, well balanced forecasts…”

NZ forecasters have been in the news a lot this past week following Fed Farmers president David Clarke talking to…

Severe weather risks next 48 hours as Southern Ocean low impacts NZ (+10 Maps)

Heavy West Coast rain, heavy alpine snow and severe gales in exposed central parts of NZ – while those not…

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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…