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Archives for May 2014

Summer droughts to become more frequent – study

More summer droughts are in store for northern New Zealand due to a climate change-driven shift in Southern Ocean winds,…

Showers slowly ease around nation today

Showers, some heavy with thunder and hail have been affecting various coastal parts of the North Island over the past…

Weather Video: Sunnier weather moving in

Autumn isn’t just about wet and windy weather – the second half of the working week sees a few heavy…

Thursday’s national forecast

A ridge spreads over the South Island today bringing mostly sunny weather, some morning cloud slwoly breaks away in the…

Wednesday night’s national forecast

A ridge brings clearing skies over most of the South Island this evening although a weak front moving onto Southland…

Wednesday: NI unsettled, high moves in to SI

Updated 8:34am — A weak area of low pressure over the North Island today will see showers and areas of…

Wednesday’s national forecast

A low pressure system with cold upper air moves over the North Island today, most places will see rain or…

Tuesday night’s national forecast

A frontal system moves onto the North Island tonight bringing rain or showers for most. For the South Island conditions…

USA – More wild weather hits the Midwest (VIDEO)

Tornado-spawning storms that tore through parts of Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska over the weekend will move across the central United…

Antarctica: Animation of melting glaciers (VIDEO)

A new study by researchers at NASA and the University of California, Irvine, finds a rapidly melting section of the…