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NZ VIDEO: Powerful high pressure arrives, cold nights kick back in

Frosty conditions will affect both main islands going into the later part of this week and the upcoming weekend as high pressure dominates. There are a few showers in the forecast, along with mainl dry weather for most of the...

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NZ VIDEO: Big (frosty) high pressure coming, but not all have sunshine

It’s a wintry day over New Zealand as polar heads covers the entire nation, with the coldest pulse of air…

NZ VIDEO: Snow, rain showers and polar air – then frosty and dry

A cold blast that is affecting Aussie is now moving into NZ overnight tonight and across Tuesday, bringing snow to…

NZ VIDEO: Weekend weather + outlook for next week

Milder weather is moving in this weekend, ahead of a wintry change that peaks around Monday to Wednesday across New…

NZ VIDEO: Milder northerlies this weekend, colder air next week again

A northerly flow will spread over a number of regions this weekend, nudging temperatures up for a time but also…

NZ VIDEO: Temperatures to (briefly) lift this weekend

Milder airflows, some with subtropical connections, will spread across parts of NZ over Friday, Saturday and Sunday – ahead of…

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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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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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