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InfoGraphic: The Big Picture for Friday

A large high to the southeast of the country and a low in the Tasman Sea directs a humid northeasterly…

December to kick off with tropical fuelled downpours & thunderstorms

November has seen hundreds of thunderstorms across New Zealand and the start of Summer on the meteorological calender is no…

Tropical Cyclone potential in the Coral Sea next week

A tropical depression is today deepening near the Solomon Islands and by Sunday may be a Tropical Cyclone as it…

Weather Video: A big low in the Tasman Sea & potential Tropical Cyclone further north

Our third large low in just a week or two is moving in and will bring rain, heavy downpours and…

Yep, more rain is coming – here’s the 3 day Rainfall Accumulation Map for NZ

With another large low on the way (the third large system in just a couple of weeks) we have more…

InfoGraphic: The Big Picture for Thursday / Friday

A slack pressure gradient lies over New Zealand today, still fairly cloudy but some sun about in the afternoon for…

Thursday’s national forecast

A slack pressure gradient lies over New Zealand today, still fairly cloudy but some sun about this afternoon for various…

InfoGraphic: The Big Picture for Thursday

A slack pressure gradient lies over New Zealand on Thursday, still fairly cloudy but some sun about in the afternoon…

Weather Video: Another big low means more frustrating areas of weekend rain

More rain is falling today in the parched eastern side of the North Island with some farmers telling us it’s…

Rain forecast map for next 48 hours + coolest in the east, warmest in the west (+3 Maps)

The low that has brought several days of downpours and rain is today finally moving away eastwards out over the…

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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…