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Archives for January 2019

Monday’s national forecast

An anticyclone in the Tasman Sea directs a fresh west to southwesterly airflow over New Zealand today. North Island Northland,…

Monday’s weather outlook

An anticyclone in the Tasman Sea directs a fresh west to southwesterly airflow over New Zealand on Monday. North Island…

Tropics north of NZ fairly quiet for rest of January, stormier in northern Australia

The tropics directly north of New Zealand is much quieter compared to a year ago with no major storms likely…

Sunday’s national forecast

A deep low in the Southern Ocean is this weekend brushing the South Island bringing warm nor’westers followed by a…

Australia suffers as heatwave reaches its peak, melts roads, breaks records

An extreme heatwave already breaking records across Australia is expected to peak in many parts of the country Friday, with…

Saturday’s national forecast

A ridge lies over the North Island today meanwhile northwesterlies build further south, a front pushes onto the lower South…

Total forecast rainfall accumulation Map for the rest of January

Here’s how much rain is forecast to come for New Zealand for the rest of January and it shows Canterbury…

Rainwatch – Friday 18th January 2019

A weak but large high sits in the Tasman Sea today meanwhile a weak area of low pressure lies over…

Friday’s national forecast

A weak but large high sits in the Tasman Sea today meanwhile a weak area of low pressure lies over…

Some parts of NZ have a windy, wet and cool change coming – others hot & drier than average

We have a settled end to the week across New Zealand but an unsettled weekend with wind and rain then…