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Saturday’s national forecast – Heavy rain for the West Coast (+4 maps)

Northland, Auckland, Waikato & Bay Of PlentyCloudy spells, chance of a shower mainly in the east but some areas will…

VIDEO: Heavy West Coast rain coming, milder northerly for many regions

As a big high pressure system moves east of NZ it will pull down a mild, sub-tropical flow (for some)…

Friday’s national forecast – Mainly settled today (+8 maps)

Conditions are mainly settled around New Zealand today thanks to a large high pressure system which is centred just out…

VIDEO: Warmer weather for NZ but heavy West Coast rain

A low that has been flirting with eastern Australia will fall apart this weekend and move into the West Coast…

Thursday’s national forecast – Large high today (+8 maps)

A large high lies over New Zealand today bringing mainly settled weather. Dry for most regions but we do have…

VIDEO: High and dry for NZ but showers by Sunday/Monday

High pressure is dominating NZ but this weekend this powerful anticyclone finally moves eastwards and allows a sub-tropical, mild and…

Experts weigh in on dry weather pattern across NZ

Farmers Weekly reporter Richard Rennie talks to all three big players, WeatherWatch, MetService and Niwa, to finally make some sense…

ClimateWatch – May outlook for NZ is looking quite dry (+12 Maps & Video)

Published April 30th for the month of MAY — Our outlook for May is out and the forecast is looking…

Wednesday’s national forecast – Front fizzles in the south (+8 maps)

A front fizzles out over the South Island today with high pressure regaining control over much of the country. Mainly…

VIDEO: High pressure dominates NZ, but western wet weather this weekend

High pressure is covering much of NZ this week but a rainmaker this weekend will push into the west –…

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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…