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Your weekend weather + outlook for start of December

(Published Thursday) — Despite an unsettled weather pattern around NZ, most places will get some settled weather over the next week but windy weather, a few thunderstorms, downpours and temperature fluctuations are likely...

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Dry at first with clouds increasing with showers or patchy rain developing. Use hourly rain forecast data + radar to track. Fairly breezy Northerly winds.
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Windy, warmer, for most – but a weak cold front coming

A storm well south of NZ will help produce gale force nor-westers going into Thursday, especially through the Southern Alps….

Bursts of windy weather as NZ sits between highs and lows

Some hotter weather is coming this week, especially in the east as the nor’wester cranks back up again with surges…

We’re not done with the spring westerlies or Southern Ocean storms

With the summer heat already arriving in 90% of New Zealand’s regions it’s easy to think spring is done, but…

Darwin: Severe Tropical Cyclone Fina tracks right past city

Saturday AM update — It’s a more serious forecast for Darwin Saturday with Cyclone Fina upgraded to a Severe Category…

NZ: Isolated weekend downpours, next week westerlies return

We’re not done with the Southern Ocean yet. A very large storm south of NZ next week will ensure a…

Live / Real Time NZ Rain Radar

Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 6:28pm on Sat 29 November 2025
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ClimateWatch: NOVEMBER’s outlook as high pressure lifts in NZ, low pressure grows in Oz.

In our monthly “ClimateWatch” forecast the first week of November in NZ looks settled and mostly dry, while Australia and…

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WeatherWatchTV on YouTube climbs over 100K subscribers, joins global club of just 0.7%

WeatherWatchTV now has over 100,000 subscribers, larger than Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology and far exceeding the NZ Government’s Niwa Weather…

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Top 10 NZ Weather MythBusters! (Even we were surprised at some of the answers!)

REPOST from our Education pages — Can you get sunburnt on a cloudy day? Do highs always bring sunny weather?…

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