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Friday’s national forecast

An anticyclone covers New Zealand today bringing mainly settled weather, some instability this afternoon / evening about the Bay Of…

Storm chaser James Taylor hunts cyclones in the Kimberley

While many residents of Australia’s north-west escape the tropical heat over the Christmas holiday season, Broome storm chaser James Taylor…

Rainwatch – Thursday 27th December 2018

Mainly anticyclonic today with a large high centre to the west in the Tasman Sea and another smaller one to…

Thursday’s national forecast

Mainly anticyclonic today with a large high centre to the west in the Tasman Sea and another smaller one to…

BOM warns Australians to expect ‘extreme heatwaves’ after Christmas

Extreme heatwaves are forecast to sweep through parts of Australia over the Christmas and New Year period, with some locations…

Rainwatch – Wednesday 26th December 2018

An anticyclone in the Tasman Sea and a departing low pressure system to the east directs a southwesterly airflow over…

Wednesday’s national forecast

An anticyclone in the Tasman Sea and a departing low pressure system to the east directs a southwesterly airflow over…

Christmas Day Forecast 2018

A low pressure system pushes over the North Island today moving in a west to east fashion bringing mainly unsettled…

‘I really thought it’d be bigger’: The battle to save the holy water of the Jordan River

The pilgrims who come to be baptised in the waters of the Jordan River at Qasr el Yehud are often…

Your official 2018 Christmas Forecast! (+Map for Dec 25th)

*UPDATED Monday — It’s the countdown to Christmas Day! Here’s the latest WeatherWatch.co.nz forecast for New Zealand on December 25th. AREA…

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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…