Archives for February 2011
Parts of SE Australia see wettest Feb in almost 100yrs
Widespread rain has affected the southeast of Australia, bringing the highest February rain since 1919 to some places. Tropical Cyclone…
Heat returns to lower South Island today
Is was anything but summer across coastal regions of the lower South Island yesterday with Dunedin and Oamaru only making it…
Tropical Cyclone Atu officially forms (+Maps)
The Fiji Meteorological Service has this afternoon officially announced that Tropical Cyclone Atu has formed near Vanuatu. The cyclone is…
4.5 quake near Gisborne
The east coast of the North Island was rattled by earthquakes on Saturday afternoon. A 4.5 magnitude quake struck just…
Saturday’s national highs
Today’s highest temperature was 28 at Kawerau. Today’s lowest maximum temperature was 15 at Oamaru, Gore, Dunedin, Dunedin Airport. Kaitaia…
Saturday warmth in the NI, cooler in the SI
The summer heat continues to push across the North Island but at far more comfortable levels thanks to lower humidity. Most…
Tropical storm intensifies near Vanuatu (+Maps)
The Joint Typhoon Warning Centre has this morning announced that a tropical depression near Vanuatu is now a tropical cyclone…
Japan cancels whaling season due to group’s obstruction (+Video)
CNN — Japan has canceled the rest of its winter whaling season, with a top official reasoning that environmentalists’ obstructive…
Big High our saving grace for pending cyclone (+Maps)
All the computer models are now agreeing that a tropical cyclone is imminent between Vanuatu and Fiji within the next…
VIDEO: An update on the tropics and a new tropical storm
Philip Duncan discusses what’s happening in the tropics with details on the cyclone that will brush past eastern New Zealand…
