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Archives for October 2013

Europe: Chaos in wake of killer storm

The cleanup operation continued Tuesday, a day after a major Atlantic storm pummeled England, France, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and…

Halloween winds to howl through Wellington

Tomorrow is Halloween and while New Zealand isn’t the best place to celebrate the scary day (due to it staying sunny well into…

Wednesday’s national forecast

A north to northwesterly airflow gradually picks up over the country today. Cloud increasing in western areas with some late…

Tuesday night’s national forecast

A similar situation tonight as it was last night, a bit more cloud on the West Coast of the South…

UK: Cleanup begins in storm’s wake

At least 10 people were killed as a fierce storm tore across northern Europe, causing mass disruption to transport. Four…

UK: Storm continues to batter the south

Southern Britain is getting hammered by a major Atlantic storm, which could be its worst in years, and the search…

Travel chaos as UK, Europe, lashed by big storm

A major Atlantic storm packing hurricane-force winds pummeled England, France, Belgium and the Netherlands early Monday, knocking out power to…

Tuesday’s national forecast

A gentle westerly airflow lies over New Zealand today with a large anticyclone centred north of New Zealand. Expect easterly…

Philip Duncan: 10 ways to make air travel more enjoyable

With all the gales in Wellington recently a conversation started on Twitter about turbulence when you fly in to the…

Monday night’s national forecast

Fairly settled over the country tonight, temperatures becoming cool overnight about some inland South Island areas. The odd shower clears…