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Archives for March 2014

Australia – Tropical Cyclone watch across the Tasman, too

As kiwis keep one eye on the horizon for Tropical Cyclone Lusi this weekend, our cross-Tasman neighbours are also on…

Wednesday – Full nationwide forecast

More morning cloud then a warm to hot afternoon for many places across the country today as the large high…

Cyclone Lusi – Your many, many, questions answered!

Cyclone Lusi continues to slowly churn away near Vanuatu – and will likely rapidly intensify over the next three days…

Cyclone Lusi may make landfall over Auckland (+6 maps)

UPDATED 5:39pm Tuesday — Tropical Cyclone Lusi has been upgraded to a Category 2 cyclone this afternoon near Vanuatu with…

Drought hit farmers await OCR announcement

Many kiwi farmers already struggling with near-drought conditions are bracing themselves for an interest rate hike – when the Reserve…

Weather Video: Tropical cyclone on the way

A tropical storm has today formed near Vanuatu and reliable US and European computer models show this storm tracking directly…

Australia: More towns added to QLD drought zone

Australia’s Noosa Shire Council is among 14 new areas to be drought declared, while The Sunshine Coast and Gympie council…

Tuesday: Full nationwide forecast

With a large high in control of our weather at the moment New Zealanders can expect mostly settled weather to…

China: Drones used to fight smog

China declared a “war on pollution” this week, and is now fortifying its arsenal with a new weapon: smog-clearing drones….

The week ahead – mainly settled then an incoming tropical low

The whole of this week will mostly be dominated by anticyclones and settled conditions, so that is rather nice. Doesn’t…