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Archives for September 2013

Friday’s national forecast

A fairly resonable depression moves towards New Zealand today from the Tasman Sea, expect a north to northwesterly airflow to…

Thursday night’s national forecast

A west to southwesterly airflow eases over the country tonight with a small ridge passing over for a time. Meanwhile…

Pakistan: Death toll from earthquake at 330

 An earthquake in Pakistan, powerful enough to prompt the appearance of a small island off the coast, has killed at least 330 people,…

Imaging the world’s reefs to save them

For the first time ever, a catalogue of high definition images is being put together to give a comprehensive insight…

Windy change today behind sub-tropical low

A few showers around the north and north east of New Zealand are now clearing – but the winds are…

Twisters spinning in more often – NIWA

Number of tornadoes hitting New Zealand has increased over the past decade to levels last seen 40 years ago More…

Thursday’s national forecast

Our tropical low passes out to the east of the country today and in behind it is a southwesterly airflow,…

Weather Video: Storm now weakening

Philip Duncan covers the track of last night’s storm, where it’s placed now and what New Zealand can expect over…

Wednesday night’s national forecast

Our tropical low has its final run tonight and starts to move away to the east of the North Island,…

In the aftermath: Your thoughts on the sub tropical low

It’s been a rough ride in the last 24 hours for many in the North Island, with fairly heavy rain,…