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Archives for June 2012

Rain and wind gearing up

It’s been surprisingly frosty over some parts of the country overnight however cloud, wind and rain is set to move…

Monday’s national forecast

It looks as if it’s one of those days where rain or showers will fall almost everywhere either today and…

Warm and wet with a chance of thunder

The southerlies that have plagued parts of New Zealand so far this June will be blown out to sea by…

POLL – Is winter shaping up just the way you like it?

In our first poll of winter 2012 we want to know if the season is shaping up just the way…

Column: Hundreds of cattle die in ‘freak’ polar blast

Herald on Sunday column by Philip Duncan — The wintry blast just over a week ago proved deadly for West Coast…

Searching for thunderstorms in New Zealand

I’ve been given the chance to write an extra article today so why not another thunderstorm based one for the…

Sunday’s national forecast

A slim break in the weather today, enjoy it while it lasts. A narrow anticyclone is pushing east over us…

What is “wind chill”?

Pretty much everyone knows that if it’s cold outside, it will feel even colder if the wind is blowing. But…

An icy bite to today’s wind.

Even I think this is cold, and that’s saying a lot.  After having been raised in temperatures cold enough to…

Counting down to the big game: ABs vs Ireland

The clock is counting down to towards the second test tonight between the All Blacks and Ireland at the new…