Archives for September 2009
Wind and its causes
We often get posts about wind. Sometimes about strength and direction and sometimes about the impact on land and on…
Temps fairly uniform
Little variation is expected across the country today, as temperatures look set to be mostly in the mid to upper…
BLOG: It’s time for lip balm
By head weather analyst Philip Duncan This week certainly is moving in slow motion weather-wise. Our big high, that gave…
Thursday’s highs
Today’s highest temperature was 21 at Gisborne. Today’s lowest maximum temperature was 11 at Timaru and Ashburton. Kaitaia : 17…
Weather Computer: 69.7 trillion calculations/second
Recently we ran a story about NIWA’s new supercomputer – but here’s a weather computer that’s more than twice as…
Heavy rain on the way
A slow moving rain band is expected to deliver heavy rain to western parts of New Zealand over the next…
Wednesday’s Highs
Today’s highest temperature was 23 at Hanmer Springs. Today’s lowest maximum temperature was 13 at Queenstown. Kaitaia : 19 Whangarei…
Is a drought looming?
The warmest August on record along with an early start to spring westerlies means some parts of the country are now starting…
Warmest August on record melts away early start to winter
This year’s winter was a season of extremes, starting off early and extra frosty and ending unusually warm. A summary…
Hurricane Fred now a major hurricane
The second hurricane of the Atlantic season formed yesterday afternoon NZT and this morning Hurricane Fred rapidly strengthened into a…
