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Archives for February 2016

Your Weekend Weather Video

Two cyclones lie north of New Zealand. Neither are expected to make a direct hit to NZ, but these lows…

Astronomy: Discovery ‘opens new window’ on the cosmos (+VIDEO)

Scientists say they have for the first time detected gravitational waves, ripples in space and time hypothesised by physicist Albert…

Twin Cyclones near New Zealand – direct hit unlikely – but rough conditions possible in NZ

This morning twin cyclones continue to churn north of New Zealand.  Tropical Cyclone Winston strengthened overnight to a Category 2…

Fog and heavy showers – #WeatherRisks and your Main Centre outlook on Friday

While Friday is shaping up pretty fine, there is some potential for some early fog about parts of the North…

Friday’s national forecast

High pressure for the most part across New Zealand meaning mainly settled weather today, a few areas of low cloud…

Tropical Cyclone Tatiana forms NW of New Zealand tonight

The South Pacific tonight has twins – twin cyclones which were born only hours apart. This evening Australia’s Bureau of…

A foggy/low cloud start – The Big Picture on Friday

On Friday we have a system of high pressure covering much of the country, as a weak area of low…

Tropical Cyclone Winston forms east of Vanuatu

As expected a tropical cyclone has today formed east of Vanuatu.  Tropical Cyclone Winston has been named by Fiji forecasters….

Tropical double dose – the track maps are out for both storms

Conditions continue to deteriorate north of New Zealand with two tropical storms simultaneously developing side by side.  Despite the danger…

Looking towards the Tropics – Thursday’s Weather Video

All eyes are now on the tropics, as two lows start to churn things up – one poised to become…