Archives for May 2009
Raging river closes SH1
The Rangitata River in Mid Canterbury overflowed onto SH1 today, closing the highway. Torrential rain in the high country over…
Daily Debrief- SUNDAY
22 was the top temperature in NZ today shared by a few nothern and eastern centres and the low was…
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Winds lash central NZ
Northwest winds were exceeding 100kph in a few central regions overnight.Wellington had a northerly averaging 80kph at one stage and…
On this day….
1972 A very cold but brief southerly snap delivered rain, hail and snow to eastern parts of the South Island…
Astronauts push through Hubble fix dramas
NASA space shuttle Atlantis is shown in silhouette during solar transit in this photo taken from Earth with a telescope…
Daily Debrief – SATURDAY
Todays highest temperature was 23 at Kaikoura and Lyttelton. Todays lowest maximum temperature was 10 at Queenstown and Lake Rotoiti….
Afternoon update
Much of the country are recording above average temperatures this afternoon in a mild northwesterly flow. Rain is heavy in…
Morning Update
Rain is falling, with some heavy falls in some southern and western areas of the mainland this morning. Torrential rain…
Mild weekend but winds are boisterous
The feature of the this weekend is wind and rain, but it appears that not the whole country will feel…
