Archives for August 2021
Thursday’s national forecast – Westerly airflow (+12 maps)
A westerly quarter airflow lies over New Zealand today, there will be a few showers in the west, some rain…
VIDEO: WeatherWatch – Extreme weather around planet earth today
With NZ in a stay-at-home lockdown order we thought it might be a good distraction to focus on extreme weather…
VIDEO: Westerlies, frosts, showers and sunshine – NZ’s weather to Monday
Unsettled weather continues on around NZ this week however high pressure is also expanding and that means frosty weather will…
Wednesday’s national forecast – Unsettled in the north (+8 maps)
Unsettled for the North Island today with showers, showers may be heavy with hail and perhaps even a thunderstorm, these…
Forecast Rainfall Maps: NZ to Friday + special 2 week Hawke’s Bay focus (+3 Maps)
New Zealand’s weather is being driven by a westerly flow lately, meaning the bulk of our rain is falling in…
Cold front moving into the western North Island with isolated thunderstorms (+Maps)
A narrow but thundery band of rain is moving in from the Tasman Sea this afternoon with strong to gale…
VIDEO: Colder air Wednesday & Friday, but brief high pressure this weekend
NZ has more ups and downs this week with Wednesday cooler nationwide but Thursday looking a little milder. By Friday…
Tuesday’s national forecast – Cold front for the North Island (+10 maps)
A cold front pushes over the North Island today, this may bring some heavy rain to western regions. The South…
VIDEO: Two wintry surges this week across NZ
Windy westerlies will build over the next 24 hours ahead of a cold sou’west change later Tuesday and into Wednesday….
Federated Farmers supports WeatherWatch – “Well researched, well balanced forecasts…”
NZ forecasters have been in the news a lot this past week following Fed Farmers president David Clarke talking to…
