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Archives for December 2017

RainWatch – Saturday 30th December 2017

An anticyclone slowly weakens over New Zealand today while some frontal activity starts to affect the lower South Island from…

Saturday’s national forecast

Upper North Island Mostly sunny with light winds tending southwest this afternoon, afternoon northerlies for the Bay Of Plenty. There…

New Year’s Eve: Powerful Tasman Sea cold front to fall apart as it arrives in NZ (+4 Maps)

A significant cold front will cross the Tasman Sea this weekend bringing heavy rain to Fiordland and parts of the…

RainWatch – Friday 29th December 2017

An anticyclone lies over the South Island today while fresh southerlies lies over the North Island, but gradually easing. For…

Friday’s national forecast

Upper North Island Mostly sunny, some cloud for the Waikato and Bay Of Plenty. There may be an isolated shower…

Dangerous offshore low causing swells, rips, rain and gales (+3 Maps)

A low located to the east of North Island has stayed almost in the same position for a few days…

RainWatch – Thursday 28th December 2017

An anticyclone lies over the South Island today while fresh southerlies cover the North Island. For western parts of the…

Thursday’s national forecast

Upper North Island Any morning cloud breaks to mostly sunny weather, southerly winds tending southwest this afternoon and freshening. Temperatures…

Thursday: Intense offshore low to bring rain and cold winds to eastern North Island (+2 Maps)

A low off the east coast of the North Island on Thursday will see more wet weather and some windy,…

RainWatch – Wednesday 27th December 2017

A large anticyclone in the Tasman Sea starts to push into New Zealand today, a fresh cool southerly quarter airflow…