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Archives for January 2013

Long range, next week looks anticyclonic

This week is quite spring like in fashion, meaning southwesterly winds mostly. Fronts, showers, sunny dry spells and even thunderstorms…

Forecast Video: Brief cold snap coming!

As parts of Australia climb to 40 degrees on Thursday some parts of New Zealand will only reach the low…

Dead whale washes up at Paraparaumu

The massive sperm whale which washed up on the Kapiti Coast last night will be cut up into pieces today…

Cold Southern Ocean air for NZ Thursday

As southern parts of Australia head towards a high of 40 degrees on Thursday the southern part of New Zealand will be…

Wednesday’s national forecast

A front approaches the far south of the South Island today while a westerly airflow lies over the North Island….

Weather for the second half of the week

The weather coming up for the second half of this week will be spring like in nature with west to…

Heavy rain threat continues for Upper South Island

As a centre of low pressure continues to pinwheel its way across central New Zealand, heavy rain continues to fall…

Heavy rain causes flash flooding in Nelson

Heavy rain has caused river levels to rise sharply in Nelson, with one flash flood sweeping away two cars where…

Weather and joint pain

You’ve probably heard of people who can tell it’s going to rain because their joints start to hurt.  Maybe you’re…

Southern Ocean “as stormy as spring” (+Map)

The Southern Ocean is stormy and is partially to blame for the continued chopping and changing of our weather this…