Archives for July 2011
Batten down the hatches…again
The westerlies seem relentless and yet again gales are set for much of New Zealand today with overhead conditions to…
Photos (6) – Winter finally arrives in Queenstown!
After several weeks with no snow, a decent winter storm in the Southern Ocean is very quickly turning the South Island…
Sunday’s national highs
Today’s highest temperature was 18 at Kaitaia, Bay of Islands, Whangarei. Today’s lowest maximum temperature was 5 at Lake Rotoiti….
New surge of severe weather coming
Thunderstorms have eased today and conditions are drier in many places but another surge of severe weather is on the…
Photos (10) – View of storm from above the clouds
A unique view of snow clouds, thunderstorms and squalls taken earlier today on a flight from Christchurch to Auckland by…
Complete run down of Kapiti tornado
Via Herald on Sunday — People and cars were thrown into the air when a tornado smashed its way across…
Winds continue to howl
Nor’ westers gusting in excess of 100kph are being reported again this morning with many centres clocking in around 80kph….
Harsh weather impacts on search
A North Canterbury possum hunter has been missing in remote country for several days in amongst adverse weather conditions. Weatherwatch.co.nz…
Tornado wreaks havoc in Kapiti
A small tornado and high winds north of Wellington have torn rooves off buildings, blown cars off roads and injured…
Photos (4) Big hail in Waikanae, Upper Hutt
WeatherWatch.co.nz reader Melissa, of Waikanae, has uploaded these fantastic photos of the large hail that fell this afternoon. If you…
