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Archives for August 2016

Saturday’s national forecast

Northland, Auckland, Waikato & Bay Of Plenty The odd shower and brisk westerly winds, cloud breaks to the odd sunny…

Auckland: Thousands of homes without power as gales hit

Weather chaos has struck Auckland, with high winds downing power lines and causing outages across the region. Gales are currently…

Windy – NZ’s Weather Highlights for next 3 days

Updated 6:33pm — Unsettled for much of New Zealand tonight due to a low pressure system settling over the country….

Warm nor’westers push temps into low to mid 20s in North Island

Last night was warm for many in the north – and Friday afternoon is another warm one as well above…

Next 10 days – Rain stays mostly west, but heads south

For 36 hours straight parts of northern New Zealand have had plenty of rain – but as we look towards…

Sleepless in the North – and perhaps again tonight

Blustery winds kept some Aucklanders awake last night, along with other northern regions, as the nor’west winds behind 36 hours…

Friday’s national forecast

Unsettled for most of New Zealand today as a low pressure system moves over the country from the Tasman Sea….

The Big Picture on Friday

Friday sees a low move onto New Zealand coming in from the Tasman Sea. This will bring strong westerly winds…

Auckland’s unusual 36 hours of ‘West Coast rain’

Updated 5:18pm — There aren’t many parts of the country that often receive set in rain for over 24 hours….

Animation: Sub-tropics helping feed rain & cloud to parts of NZ

A northerly airflow that’s coming from around Fiji and New Caledonia is helping feed widespread rain that is over the…