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Rainwatch – Monday 24th December 2018

A low pressure system west of the North Island draws in an easterly airflow bringing some wet weather although the…

Monday’s national forecast

A low pressure system west of the North Island draws in an easterly airflow bringing some wet weather although the…

Green thunderstorms: there have been many theories behind the mysterious glow

In a festive twist to Sydney’s catastrophically expensive hailstorm Thursday night, the skies turned green.  Pictures posted online of clouds…

Rainwatch – Sunday 23rd December 2018

A low in the Tasman Sea stretches out over the North Island today bringing in some rain or showers to…

Sunday’s national forecast

A low in the Tasman Sea stretches out over the North Island today bringing in some rain or showers to…

Holiday heat to sweep across southern Australia

It’s going to be a sweaty summer break for a large swathe of southern and southeastern Australia as a pool…

Saturday’s national forecast

An area of low pressure brings rain to the upper North Island from afternoon today meanwhile further south over the…

InfoGraphic: The Big Picture for Saturday / Sunday

An area of low pressure brings rain to the upper North Island from afternoon on Saturday meanwhile further south over…

Special Weather Video: Christmas Day, next week + the map for New Year’s Eve

In our final video of 2018 we track the series of rain makers drifting past New Zealand from the north…

New Zealand’s Santa Tracker is back for 2018!

Welcome to the 2018 Live Santa Tracker! We expect Santa to show up some time after 1pm on Monday 24th…

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