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Archives for November 2012

VIDEO- Massive tornado rips through Italian town

A violent thunderstorm gave birth to a massive tornado that ripped through the port city of Taranto, Italy Wednesday. The…

Peanut butter and climate change

Peanut butter is an affordable staple in American pantries.  Americans consume roughly 1.5 kilograms per person annually.  But it’s becoming…

Rain back in the forecast

Updated 9:37am — Rain is back in the forecast – both this weekend and again early to mid next week…

Thursday’s national forecast

Upper North Island Mostly cloudy skies with westerly breezes tending more northwest in Northland. A few showers this morning about…

Weekend weather

So it is mid week and our attention turns to the weekend and how it is shaping up. I think…

Forecast Video: Weather update with Philip Duncan

The spring pattern continues across New Zealand bringing a few weak fronts. However this weekend the spring pattern will strengthen…

Neutral Pacific could mean a warmer and drier summer for NZ

Current indications are that this summer will be a bit more “summer-like” than last summer. The 3 month forecast from…

Best beaches and holiday destinations

With summer kicking in officially this weekend we’d like to know where your favourite beach or holiday spots are. There’s…

NI off to a wet start today

A frontal boundary making its way across the North Island this morning has been the focus for a band of…

Surge of windy weather coming

Summer gets the green light this weekend but tell that to the spring weather pattern which will continue well into December…