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Archives for August 2013

Video: How Weather Works – Thunderstorms in Auckland

Richard Woods is the Senior hazards adviser for the Civil Defence emergency management dept at Auckland Council. In this Auckland Civi…

Saturday’s national forecast

Our current low pressure system slowly moves onto the North Island today, it’s main associated rain band clears the east…

Severe quakes rock central NZ, aftershocks continue all night

The severe earthquake which rocked the upper South Island and lower North Island Friday afternoon sent workers in Wellington running…

Friday night’s national forecast

A low pressure system brews just to the west of the North Island overnight. Most can expect rain or showers…

Wellington shaken by severe earthquake

A series of strong earthquakes have rocked the capital again, the strongest a 5.7 magnitude shake centred in Marlborough. The…

Video: Typhoon Utor hits Hong Kong

  CNN reporter Chris K shot this amazing footage of Typhoon Utor sweeping into Hong Kong. The Typhoon has so…

Weekend low to bring both rain and sun

Depending on where you are this weekend you may enjoy some sunny, mild, weather, some heavy rain, or possibly gloomy…

Friday’s national forecast

Cloudy skies for most of New Zealand today as a low pressure system begins to move over the whole country….

Thursday night’s national forecast

A low in the Tasman Sea moves a little closer to New Zealand overnight, this will mainly be noticed in…

Typhoon wreaks havoc in Philippines

The largest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year is wreaking havoc on transportation and travel. Travel by air, land…