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VIDEO: Big Picture – Cold front for NZ this weekend, but high pressure dominates

A windier, colder and wetter burst of weather is coming into NZ this weekend but there’s still a lot of high pressure moving through from west to east in the week or two ahead. This weekend severe NW gales, some alpine snow a...

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Partly cloudy. Breezy Sou'West winds.
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Tonight
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Reasonably settled today, strong winds and rain this weekend

Situation Yesterday’s cold front has moved away out to the east and in behind high pressure has slotted in over…

VIDEO: We’re (sort of) back! – A taste of winter coming for NZ

High pressure is the main feature of NZ’s weather this week but there are some showery and windy surges This…

Front coming in from the southwest, strong winds in the south

Situation A cold front pushes in from the southwest today, already Southland and the West Coast is being affected with…

Settled today and for most of this week

Situation A high pressure system covers most of the country today with it’s centre being planted in the Tasman Sea….

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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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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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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