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Archives for February 2021

Monday’s national forecast – Northerlies develop, West Coast Rain (+11 Maps)

High pressure is slowly sliding eastwards off New Zealand and this is allowing a sub-tropical northerly quarter wind flow to…

Sunday’s national forecast – Oh wow, it’s a really big high (+4 Maps)

High pressure is firmly dominating New Zealand today bringing mostly settled weather, mild to hot conditions and dry skies too….

Saturday’s national forecast

Northland, Auckland, Waikato & Bay Of PlentyAreas of cloud and occasional sun, light winds then afternoon sea breezes.Highs: 25-27 Western…

VIDEO: NZ’s Waitangi Weekend Weather + New Cyclone risks for Fiji & Australia

The tropics are very busy with at least four storms, or areas of concern, worth monitoring. New Zealand itself has…

Droughts are not ‘declared’ – so what makes a drought ‘Official’?

Head forecaster Philip Duncan speaks with the Ministry for Primary Industries to make sense of it all.  Parts of New…

Friday’s national forecast – An anticyclone pushes into the South Island today, southeasterlies for the North (+4 maps)

A south to southeasterly airflow lies over New Zealand today moving around a large high centred to the southeast of…

VIDEO: Storms in the tropics & Australia, NZ dry but showers coming

We have New Zealand’s long weekend Waitangi forecast plus another look at the tropics across the South Pacific and Australia…

Thursday’s national forecast – A bit cool in the east, warm out west (+4 maps)

A southerly airflow brings cloud and the odd shower to some eastern regions today meanwhile conditions are mostly sunny out…

Auckland vs Alice Springs – Big desert rainfall totals as Auckland drought looms (+2 Maps)

Auckland (and surrounding regions) have had over two years of rainfall deficit. La Nina has so far failed to make…

VIDEO: Waitangi Weekend weather and a tropics storm update

NZ has a long weekend coming up and the tropics are still busy. We take a look at the set…