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Weather Video: Cyclone Oma forms near Vanuatu + A couple cold fronts for southern NZ

We have a new tropical cyclone today north of New Zealand around Vanuatu. Cyclone Oma was named by the Fiji…

InfoGraphic: The Big Picture for Wednesday / Thursday

Anticyclonic for most of New Zealand today. A front approaches the lower South Island from the west moving in overnight….

Wednesday’s national forecast

Anticyclonic for most of New Zealand on Wednesday. A front approaches the lower South Island from the west moving in…

Giant tropical rainmaker set to tease NZ for weeks with frustratingly close heavy rain (+Rain Maps)

As of Tuesday there are three tropical lows the Fiji Met Service says all have cyclone potential. By Friday or…

Nelson Fire: Dry, hot, weather ahead (+3 Local Rainfall Maps)

The hot, dry, weather in Nelson looks set to continue with basically no rain in sight for 10 days and…

InfoGraphic: The Big Picture for Wednesday

Anticyclonic for most of New Zealand on Wednesday. A front approaches the lower South Island from the west moving in…

Weather Video: Tropical rainmakers so close yet so far away as NZ seriously dries out – the latest

There are at least 3 tropical areas of concern today north of NZ and while these will all merge into…

InfoGraphic: The Big Picture for Tuesday / Wednesday

A weakening front crosses the North Island today, northwesterlies lie over the South Island however a southerly flick moves up…

Tuesday’s national forecast

A weakening front crosses the North Island today, northwesterlies lie over the South Island however a southerly flick moves up…

Weather Video: Tropical low the size of Australia this week, what it means for NZ

We had Cyclone Neil over the weekend near Tonga now two other lows north of New Zealand have cyclone potential…

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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…