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VIDEO: NZ: Incoming high, but is that another sub-tropical low too?

A cooler and drier weekend is on the way as high pressure moves in and lingers over the country through a large part of next week. As this high slips away to our east mid to late next week it will encourage a sub-tropical airf...

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VIDEO: ClimateWatch: MAY-be it will, MAY-be it won’t. Here’s what “neutral” likely means for you

Covering New Zealand, Australia and the south-west Pacific we track the high and low air pressure over the weeks ahead,…

VIDEO: NZ – Storm continues to Friday, then eases as huge high pressure arrives

Hurricane force winds (120km/h+) in central NZ, squalls around Auckland, heavy rain across Canterbury up to Wairarapa and a cold…

VIDEO: Severe weather risks for Wed/Thu as low moves through, high pressure to follow

Heavy rain in the north-eastern South Island, and severe gales through central NZ and the top of the North Island…

VIDEO: Sub-tropical low to bring wind & rain before enormous high pressure zone

Pockets of heavy rain, isolated thunderstorms and gale force winds will be spreading around parts of NZ for today, Wednesday…

VIDEO: Low pressure sinks over NZ this week, before powerful weekend high

Low pressure is dropping down over the country this week bringing wind and sub-tropical rain into the South Island too,…

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Ways to get fewer nasty surprises when it comes to wet weather that is (or isn’t!) forecast

REPOST from our Education Pages — It’s always interesting when we get a complaint about a rain forecast, just how…

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Comparing the world’s most well known cities with NZ’s latitude – some may surprise you! (+2 Maps)

From our Education Pages — It’s often said weather forecasters spend much of their lives looking up at the sky,…

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NZ & Tasmania share more than just a similar weather pattern (+2 Maps)

From our Education archives — Tassie often gets first what NZ gets later. The Australian state shares not only similar…

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