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Archives for June 2020

Heavy frosts for inland South Island this weekend as parts of Auckland have double digit overnight lows

From one end of New Zealand to the other, there will be wide range of temperatures this weekend. Some of…

Temperature trends – Warm in the east today

A westerly quarter airflow brings warmer than average temperatures to New Zealand today especially for the eastern South Island with…

Thursday’s national forecast

A northwesterly airflow lies over most of the country today with a large anticyclone passing over the upper North Island….

RainWatch – Rain moves in for the SI’s West Coast

An increasing northwesterly airflow brings rain to the western side of the South Island tomorrow, this rain is heavy at…

VIDEO: Heavy SI frosts this weekend – but hello, sub-tropical winds too?

It’s not exactly a normal start to winter this year with a high pressure system well above the usual size…

Temperature trends – Warmer than average again

A westerly airflow spinning out of an anticyclone in the Tasman Sea brings warmer than average temperatures to most of…

Wednesday’s national forecast

A large anticyclone in the Tasman Sea spreads a ridge over New Zealand today bringing mainly settled weather today. Northland,…

RainWatch – The odd shower in the west for Wednesday

A west to southwesterly airflow moving around a large high in the Tasman Sea brings some shower activity to western…

Southerly + big high = biggest possible frosts of 2020 so far for inland South Island this weekend

Autumn and winter so far have been fairly mild but more typical wintry weather kicks in this weekend. At the…

VIDEO: Enormous high brings mild days, even sub-tropical winds later

The colder weather that launched this week is already starting to fade with a new milder westerly flow from Aussie…