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Monday’s weather outlook
A series of fronts and low pressure weakens over New Zealand on Monday especially for the North Island. Early showers…
Damaging winds possible along Australia’s southern coastline, weakens but reaches NZ this Tues/Weds
A considerably large low covers the Southern Ocean south of Australia and will bring strong winds across southern coastal Australia…
Sunday’s national forecast
A band of rain with nor’easters lies over East Cape and will spread westwards towards Waikato today and southwards towards…
Updated: 48 hour Rainfall Accumulation Map for New Zealand
An almost stationary front, located on the fringe of a strong high pressure system to NZ’s east, is staying along…
Australia / NZ: Rain returns amid favourable Southern Annular Mode (SAM)
A flurry of cold fronts will sweep across southern Australia during the next week, causing multiple bouts of rain, thunderstorms,…
Saturday’s national forecast
A large high is centred off to the southeast of the South Island today directing in an easterly quarter airflow…
InfoGraphic: The Big Picture for Saturday / Sunday
A large high is centred off to the southeast of the South Island on Saturday and Sunday directing in an…
Weather Video: Your Weekend weather and outlook for next week
There is a lot to unpack in the video this weekend with a number of large highs and lows around…
Monday: Aussie’s big cool down but NZ still mainly milder than average (+2 Maps)
Updated 10:44am — Australia’s run of warmer than average weather is about to briefly stop, but New Zealand has more…
Heightened risk for Flooding & Slips this weekend around Gisborne and East Cape (+3 Maps)
A narrow area of rain is today crossing the North Island and will stall over the East Cape/Gisborne region, then…
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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…
