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Archives for August 2013

Grass growing too fast for farmers

Dairy NZ is reporting a highly unusual phenomena on farms around the country – too much grass! Unusually good pasture…

Another weekend and another northern low

For the third consecutive weekend a low pressure system will be directly affecting much of the North Island and parts of…

Aviation: Airbus A300 cargo plane crashes in US, 2 dead

The pilot and co-pilot of a UPS cargo plane died Wednesday when their jet crashed, broke into pieces and burned…

Thursday’s national forecast

A westerly airflow still continues over the country today. The strongest winds will mainly be about Wellington, gusty from the…

Weather Video: Third weekend low on the way

Another weekend and yet another low will be affecting much of the North Island’s weather. Friday looks to be the…

Record temperatures as Asia boils

For countries in Northeast Asia, this summer is becoming too hot to bear. A Japanese city has experienced the highest…

Wednesday night’s national forecast

A westerly airflow lies over the country tonight with high pressure to the north of New Zealand and low pressure…

A windy Wednesday, but calmer Thursday

Last nights fast moving cold front has a left a strong west to south west wind flow behind it which…

Wednesday’s national forecast

A westerly airflow lies over the country today as high pressure lies to the north of the country and low…

Florida sinkhole opens, narrow escape for residents

A 60-foot-wide sinkhole formed under a resort in central Florida late Sunday, forcing guests out of their rooms as one…