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Archives for March 2013

Tuesday’s national forecast

A cold south to southwesterly airflow lies over the country today with an anticyclone slowly pushing into the Tasman Sea….

Torrential showers/thunderstorms bringing relief to some

Updated 8:43pm — Some parts of New Zealand are getting a soaking tonight thanks to bands of rain wrapped around the…

Monday – Livened up for some

Monday showed itself to deliver a bit of everything with reports of very high temperatures, thunder and hail plus sunshine…

ENVIRONMENT – Antarctic tourism – A concern?

Across most of Earth, a tourist attraction that sees 35,000 visitors a year can safely be labelled sleepy. But when…

NZ @ Noon

There have been very few days in recent times when the biggest talking point is the rain actually falling. In…

RainWatch – Where and when next?

Light to moderate falls of rain or some showers have covered most areas inside the last 36 hours but not…

Muggy north, crisp south

Whether it was rainy or showery during the night or remained dry temperatures varied wildly across the country overnight and…

No drought breaker but it’s a start

There was a little relief for parts of the country yesterday and overnight with some rain or showers and although…

Monday’s national forecast

The unsettled weather continues today with a southerly airflow over the South Island and northwesterlies over the North Island. The…

NEW – UK Correspondent – A cold & bleak winter

WeatherWatch would like to welcome a new column by our UK weather correspondent, Kris Surtees, who is based just north…