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Archives for February 2019

Tropical storms north of NZ to merge this week to create one low the size of Australia

It’s stormy north of New Zealand with at least 4 low pressure systems, one of which was a tropical cyclone…

10 day Rainfall Accumulation Map shows big dry locked in for some as major rain flirts nearby (+3 Maps)

NZ is fast drying out and the big dry is now becoming much more concerning for some with long range…

Forget the tropics, the Southern Ocean has two South Island cool downs this week (+4 Maps)

The South Island isn’t much affected by the tropical developments this week with at least two cold fronts on the…

InfoGraphic: The Big Picture for Monday / Tuesday

A weak ridge lies over the North Island today meanwhile a front in the Tasman Sea slowly approaches the western…

Monday’s national forecast

A weak ridge lies over the North Island today meanwhile a front in the Tasman Sea slowly approaches the western…

Monday’s weather outlook

A weak ridge lies over the North Island on Monday meanwhile a front in the Tasman Sea slowly approaches the…

Cyclone Neil forms, poses direct threat to Tonga today, another bigger storm possible days later (+3 Maps)

Tropical Cyclone Neil has formed east of Fiji and will track southwards towards Tonga, caught up in a large area…

Sunday’s national forecast – Weakening tropical low pressure brings some rain to the north east

A large area of tropical low pressure today moves down towards the East Cape/Gisborne region with rain meanwhile in the…

Tropical Storm and cyclone threat significantly increasing north of NZ next 14 days (+4 Maps)

Ideal conditions in the tropics is now creating large areas of low pressure with storm and cyclone potential in at…

InfoGraphic: The Big Picture for Saturday / Sunday

A ridge lies over New Zealand on Saturday extending out from a large anticyclone east of the country. The ridge…