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NZ VIDEO: Surges of spring gales, low pressure and some polar air all in the mix

Windy weather isn’t finishing anytime soon with westerly quarter winds blowing off and on over the coming several days. Low pressure will exit New South Wales tomorrow and by Friday that low will move over the North Isla...

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NZ VIDEO: Spring gales, frosts, sunshine & thunder – about as spring as it gets!

Weather energy from Australia and the Tasman Sea will bring a surge of gales, thunderstorms, downpours and temperature changes to…

NZ VIDEO: Windy westerlies to surge back, chance of thunderstorms this week

High pressure covers much of the country today, but a windier burst of weather is coming back – with more…

NZ VIDEO: Polar weekend, warmer westerly gales next week

Temperatures drop this weekend nationwide as a polar change heads northwards, with Sunday the coldest of the days – ahead…

VIDEO: More gales & downpours, sunny areas too

Another shot of polar air is coming for NZ, starting in the south on Friday and clearing the north by…

VIDEO: Milder ahead of wintry cold front, gales for Fri/Sat

Large parts of NZ will enjoy drier and more settled weather today and Thursday, ahead of windier nor-westers followed by…

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Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 7:28am on Thu 11 September 2025
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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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