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China – Beijing’s first ever “Red Alert” issued for smog AND fog

As if recent red alerts for smog weren’t bad enough, China has now issued its first-ever red alert for fog…

InfoGraphic: The main Weather News Highlights across NZ for next 3 days

A southwesterly airflow lies over New Zealand today, within this flow a cold change moves northwards pushing up the eastern…

Wednesday’s national forecast

Upper North Island Cloud to break to sunny spells in the afternoon, winds brisk from the southwest perhaps even strong…

InfoGraphic: The Big Picture on Wednesday

A southwesterly airflow lies over New Zealand on Wednesday, within this flow a cold change moves northwards pushing up the…

Jellyfish ‘swarm’ at popular holiday swimspot

Those looking to cool off at a popular Napier swimming spot are having to share the water with swarms of…

RainWatch – Tuesday 3rd January

An area of low pressure moves over New Zealand pushing in from the Tasman Sea bringing unsettled weather to many…

InfoGraphic: The main Weather News Highlights across NZ for next 3 days

An area of low pressure moves over New Zealand pushing in from the Tasman Sea bringing unsettled weather to many…

Tuesday’s national forecast

Upper North Island Areas of rain or showers Auckland southwards, easing a tad from afternoon. Winds from the northwest then…

InfoGraphic: The Big Picture on Tuesday

An area of low pressure moves over New Zealand pushing in from the Tasman Sea bringing unsettled weather to many…

2016 “shakiest year on record” with more than 30 thousand earthquakes – Geonet

2016 has been awarded the dubious honour of most quakes ever recorded in GeoNet’s 15-year history. GeoNet’s national monitoring network…

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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…