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NZ VIDEO (7 Day): High pressure, frosts, expand as big lows surround us

Most of you will be pleased to know drier weather is coming for most parts of New Zealand. High pressure will remain east of the country this weekend, encouraging a south to south-east flow into some regions and a few showers – bu...

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NZ: Frosts, high pressure, dry skies increasing – but what about next week?

Frosty weather is expanding this weekend with perhaps some of the coldest overnight weather the North Island has had so…

NZ VIDEO: Big frosts as high pressure flirts with NZ

A low will cross the North Island on Thursday while heavy frosts (-5C and below!) will affect inland parts of…

NZ VIDEO: More lows, but a reduction in severe weather

More low pressure is coming in to New Zealand this week – but rainfall isn’t as dramatic as previous weeks,…

NZ VIDEO: Westerlies, lows, showers & large dry areas

Messy westerly driven weather will affect NZ this week, bringing more wet weather to western and northern parts of the…

NZ VIDEO: Westerlies continue

Heavy rain and northerly gales are moving across NZ going into the weekend as a large low from the Tasman…

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

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