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Archives for January 2017

China – Beijing’s first ever “Red Alert” issued for smog AND fog

As if recent red alerts for smog weren’t bad enough, China has now issued its first-ever red alert for fog…

InfoGraphic: The main Weather News Highlights across NZ for next 3 days

A southwesterly airflow lies over New Zealand today, within this flow a cold change moves northwards pushing up the eastern…

Wednesday’s national forecast

Upper North Island Cloud to break to sunny spells in the afternoon, winds brisk from the southwest perhaps even strong…

InfoGraphic: The Big Picture on Wednesday

A southwesterly airflow lies over New Zealand on Wednesday, within this flow a cold change moves northwards pushing up the…

Jellyfish ‘swarm’ at popular holiday swimspot

Those looking to cool off at a popular Napier swimming spot are having to share the water with swarms of…

RainWatch – Tuesday 3rd January

An area of low pressure moves over New Zealand pushing in from the Tasman Sea bringing unsettled weather to many…

InfoGraphic: The main Weather News Highlights across NZ for next 3 days

An area of low pressure moves over New Zealand pushing in from the Tasman Sea bringing unsettled weather to many…

Tuesday’s national forecast

Upper North Island Areas of rain or showers Auckland southwards, easing a tad from afternoon. Winds from the northwest then…

InfoGraphic: The Big Picture on Tuesday

An area of low pressure moves over New Zealand pushing in from the Tasman Sea bringing unsettled weather to many…

2016 “shakiest year on record” with more than 30 thousand earthquakes – Geonet

2016 has been awarded the dubious honour of most quakes ever recorded in GeoNet’s 15-year history. GeoNet’s national monitoring network…