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Archives for August 2012

BOOM! Big thunderstorms rumble and shake Auckland

Some of the most spectacular thunder heard in years boomed, rumbled and exploded across large parts of Auckland overnight as a…

Saturday’s national forecast

Showers and thunderstorms will continue across central parts of the North Island this morning.  Auckland, Hamilton and New Plymouth can…

Thunderstorms moving in to upper North Island

UPDATED 0:08am — An active area of thunderstorms and torrential rain has made landfall on Auckland’s western coastline delivering incredible thunder over…

New low still on track

The low currently about to move into the Tasman Sea is on track and the weather associated with it is…

Weather Video: Your weekend forecast & next week

nzherald.co.nz and Philip Duncan bring you the latest weather forecast for New Zealand as yet another low moves in – but this…

750,000 participating in national earthquake drill – aiming for 1 million

More than 750,000 people are participating in New Zealand’s biggest ever earthquake drill, New Zealand ShakeOut, says Civil Defence in Wellington. …

Settled but cloudy in some regions

It’s quite settled over New Zealand today however there is also a lot of cloud about, partly due to moisture…

Another weekend, another Tasmanian low

It’s getting to sound like a broken record.  A low will be crossing the Tasman Sea this weekend, bringing more…

Friday’s national forecast

A mix of sunny areas and some cloud over the North Island today after any morning showers clear in the…

Incoming low pressure system – this time shorter lived

Another low pressure system is set to move into and deepen in the Tasman Sea this weekend however thankfully unlike…