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Archives for August 2021

Wet western weather on the way (+4 maps)

More heavy rain and snow are on the way for parts of New Zealand, especially the western half of the…

Wednesday’s national forecast – A few showers in the west (+10 maps)

A southwesterly airflow lies over the North Island today meanwhile further south conditions are tending northwest. Western regions in general…

VIDEO: More rain, wind, snow coming – but not as extreme or widespread

NZ has a breather day or two coming up thanks to high pressure north west of the country bringing calmer…

Temperatures are springing up and down this week (+2 Maps)

Monday was colder than average across much of New Zealand and Wednesday looks warmer than average for most as westerly…

Classic cold fronts on the way, we track the incoming rain & snow (+4 Maps)

New Zealand’s weather is returning to the more classic variety with a couple of cold fronts on the way later…

Tuesday’s national forecast – SW airflow (+12 maps)

A southwesterly airflow lies over New Zealand today but the really cold weather has gone, eastern regions should be seeing…

VIDEO: Special Update – Wintry change moves over NZ but milder weather bounces back

We have a detailed look at Monday’s set up as peak cold crosses over the country, but it’s ahead of…

Christchurch & Wellington finally get snow showers, graupel (+ video, pics)

Sunday was so close to being a whiteout day for Christchurch but the temperature fell short by about just 1…

20 new Photos showing the snowy cold change impacting New Zealand

We’ve been receiving photos, videos and weather/roading updates from people across New Zealand overnight and this morning as snow showers…

Monday is colder than average, but guess what? Tuesday swings milder (+12 Maps)

Monday is peak cold across New Zealand but on Tuesday a milder wind bounces back, lifting daytime temperatures above average…