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Archives for September 2015

Saturday’s national forecast

East to southeasterly winds stick around today bringing cloud and patchy rain / drizzle to eastern regions, sunnier conditions out…

Singapore shuts schools as pollution from Indonesian fires intensifies

Singapore ordered the emergency closure of its primary and secondary schools on Friday as smoke from fires burning in Indonesia…

Daylight savings and your Weekend Weather Video

Daylight Savings kicks off this weekend, don’t forget to spring your clocks forward one hour before bed on Saturday night….

Astronomy: Are we shrinking the moon?

Scientists have analyzed the relationship between the moon’s gravitational pull and ocean tides on Earth for centuries, but a recent…

Your 47 hour weekend forecast

We had the spring equinox on Wednesday and this weekend daylight savings kicks off – meaning our clocks spring forward…

Easterlies hanging around – #WeatherRisks and your Main Centre outlook on Friday

There isn’t too much severe weather around on Friday, with some drizzle and a few scattered heavy showers all there…

Friday’s national forecast

A southeasterly airflow continues to lie over the country today. For the North Island this results in mainly cloudy skies…

More of the same, but less so – The Big Picture on Friday

On Friday we still have a southeasterly airflow lying over the whole of NZ, with conditions calming down a little….

‘A game changer’ – Thursday’s Weather Video

We’ve had messages of joy from farmers in extremely dry parts of the country to say they are more than…

Graphic: Where are the spring Westerlies?

New Zealand’s location on earth means that our weather can often be chaotic – this map shows where the spring…