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Archives for October 2016

25 Years Ago: A Perfect Storm, an Unnamed Hurricane, and a Historic Halloween Blizzard

Twenty-five years ago, a pair of historic storms lashed the East Coast and upper Midwest, one of which was so…

Poll: Are you looking forward to summer?

We have the final month of spring ahead of us then we reach December and summer finally arrives. Spring 2016,…

Sunday’s national forecast

Upper North Island Mostly sunny with south to southeasterly breezes, cloud a little more frequent from afternoon with the chance…

Poll Results: Gardeners are busy preparing for summer

Our most recent poll confirms New Zealanders are in the gardens and are preparing for summer. 56% of those who…

Downpours and hail affecting parts of NZ

High pressure is trying to build in the west of the country but the southerly flow moving over New Zealand…

Saturday’s national forecast

A cool south to southwesterly airflow lies over New Zealand today, showers about especially in the east while it’s sunnier…

InfoGraphic: New Zealand’s Weekend Outlook

A front pushes northwards clearing the North Island early Saturday morning. Cool southwesterlies for much of the country on Saturday…

Weekend Video: A high + isolated downpours

A weak front is crossing the country overnight with showers clearing for the most part on Saturday. A few downpours…

First week of November – Where is wetter/drier than average (+Maps)

The first working week of November looks fairly average with rain and showers falling in the usual places and temperatures…

Mexico & California: Seymour weakening but may bring soaking rains

Tropical Storm Seymour, after reaching high-end Category 4 status as the strongest hurricane of the 2016 eastern Pacific hurricane season, is now…