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Archives for May 2020

RainWatch Friday: Light rain for northern and western parts, thundery bursts possible in extreme north

The high-pressure area which covered most of the North Island on Thursday is slowly collapsing to the east and on…

Friday’s national forecast: Cloud and showers increase today

High pressure is slowly slipping off New Zealand today allowing for a very weak area of low pressure to drift…

Temperature trends – chilly night for inland NI especially; average temps or just above on Friday

Some subtle shifts in the pressure pattern over New Zealand in the next 24 hours will affect where the coldest…

RainWatch: patchy rain or showers for north and west, dry elsewhere (+5 day accumulation map)

High pressure is still clinging on to most of Aotearoa today, bringing sunny, dry and settled weather to many regions….

Thursday’s national forecast: High pressure for most, showers remain for a few

High pressure expands further across New Zealand today with almost every region completely dry with light winds. However, one region…

Temperature trends – another cold night for most, then mild inland on Thursday

Watch those temperatures tumble again soon. Most of New Zealand is in for another cold night, with frosts expected in…

VIDEO: Your Queen’s Birthday outlook: Rain clouds in the north

High pressure is moving in across NZ for Thursday pushing northern showers even further north – but by the long…

Education: Some cloud, just to cap it off…

New Zealand has all the ingredients to make the perfect cap cloud, those ethereal, wispy blobs sitting plonked on top…

RainWatch: All eyes on the north

Most of New Zealand will have a dry Wednesday but, happily, people in some of the places where rain is…

Wednesday’s national forecast: Incoming high, northern showers

High pressure continues to grow today but showers continue on in the upper North Island. Northland, Auckland, Waikato & Bay…