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Archives for January 2018

Dramatic looking severe thunderstorm rumbles over Napier and Hastings (Photos & Video)

There are some intense downpours around the North Island but Hawke’s Bay is currently witnessing the biggest and most dramatic…

Weather Video: Daily downpours for the next week

Tuesday is another very humid, showery, day across the North Island with some heavy falls with isolated thunderstorms expected this…

Tuesday Thunderstorm threat for North Island

Hot plus humid equals a good chance for downpours and thunderstorms today across the North Island. Some thunderstorms may be…

RainWatch – Tuesday 23rd January 2018

A ridge of high pressure hangs over New Zealand today extending out from a large anticyclone in the Pacific Ocean….

Tuesday’s national forecast

A ridge of high pressure hangs over New Zealand today extending out from a large anticyclone in the Pacific Ocean….

“Perhaps it is time to go back to one national weather agency?” – ODT Editorial

By the Otago Daily Times — The weather seems a strange subject to get into a dispute over. Yet something is…

Weather Video: Our first video of 2018!

In our first forecast video for the year, we take a look at the sub-tropical airflow that is returning to…

NZ next 2 days: Downpour and Thunderstorm threats (+6 Maps)

The sub-tropics return to the North Island over the next day or two with a combination of morning and overnight…

Humid with drizzle, downpours and isolated thunderstorms

The next two days across the North Island will be especially humid, cloudy and for some people quite wet as…

RainWatch – Monday 22nd January 2018

A subtropical northerly airflow continues to flow onto New Zealand today, moving around a large high centred far to the…