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Archives for August 2017

Incoming front brings strong winds and heavy rain

A front moving in from the north will bring strong pre frontal northeasterlies to Northland this afternoon then spreading southwards into…

Poll Results: Allergies are definitely affecting NZers already

The results from our latest weekly poll shows that a number of New Zealanders are suffering from allergies already –…

Deadly Harvey, now a tropical storm, drenches Texas after devastating coastline

The first fatality from Hurricane Harvey was reported in the hard-hit Texas city of Rockport, Aransas County Judge Burt Mills…

Sunday’s national forecast – Rain & wind pushes our high away

Our large high pressure system that’s been with New Zealand for nearly a week now is today being slowly bulldozed…

Hurricane Harvey’s winds continue to slowly unravel, now a major rain event – Track Live Here

Hurricane Harvey made landfall mid afternoon NZT Saturday on the Texas coastline as a Category 4 hurricane.  The storm has…

Qantas challenges Boeing and Airbus to cross aviation’s ‘last frontier’

Qantas has issued a challenge to the world’s largest plane makers: Build us a jet that can fly from Sydney…

Saturday’s national forecast

A north to northeasterly airflow lies over New Zealand today while a front lingers about the far south of the…

Weather Video: Your weekend + September 1st forecast

The weekend sees more dry weather lingering with still plenty of sunny spells – but the high is slipping away…

Hurricane Harvey: Coastal cities in Texas begin evacuating as almost one metre of rain forecast

As Hurricane Harvey gains strength, residents along the Texas coast aren’t taking any chances; they’re filling sandbags, stocking up on…

USA: Hurricane Harvey rapidly intensifying; Extreme Flood threat for Texas

Harvey has rapidly intensified into the third hurricane of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season and may become the nation’s first Category…