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Archives for September 2021

Friday’s national forecast – Ridge pushes in for a time (+12 maps)

A ridge of high pressure pushes in over New Zealand for a time today, showers about western regions mostly clearing…

VIDEO: Spring weather pattern truly arrives as equinox passes

The equinox was at 7:20 this morning and in the days and weeks ahead the days grow longer than the…

Updated NZ & Australia rainfall maps as spring equinox passes

Low pressure zones are mostly impacting New Zealand’s North Island and upper South Island, also Victoria and Tasmania today and…

Thursday’s national forecast – Heavy rain in the north (+12 maps)

A front pushes over the North Island this morning bringing heavy rain then gradually out to the east this afternoon….

Risk of flooding, slips returns again to Nelson/Tasman region (+3 Maps)

A low from the west will slowly move into NZ driving a partial sub-tropical rain flow directly into the upper…

Sunday/Monday cool down coming nationwide, down more than 10C for some (+2 Maps)

It wouldn’t be spring without a surge of mild weather followed by a wintry change and that is precisely what…

Melbourne, Victoria struck by rare damaging earthquake

BREAKING — A very rare damaging earthquake has hit Australia this morning, in the state of Victoria. Centred not far…

Exclusive video of red lightning ‘sprites’ over NZ + A Tasman Sea low moves in

We’ve been exclusively sent video of lightning sprites seen over NZ, possibly a NZ first to have them captured on…

VIDEO: 10 Weather Extremes on Earth today (Wed Sep 22)

We track two tropical storms in the Atlantic and a larger arctic storm further north. We follow heavy snow across…

Wednesday’s national forecast – Low moves in from the west (+12 maps)

A low pressure system sits out to the west in the Tasman Sea today, a warm front stretching out from…