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Enormous 9000km belt of high pressure drifts in today, lingers 8 days
A truly massive belt of high pressure will this week influence New Zealand’s weather starting today and not leaving until…
VIDEO: Massive high pressure system to influence NZ’s weather for 8 days
A huge high from Australia is about to affect our weather until early next week but it’s not all plain…
The southerly over NZ today is warmer than average – because it really comes out of Australia (+2 Maps)
A southerly flow over New Zealand today is surprisingly mild for this time of year. It’s not often NZ has…
9000 KM wide belt of high pressure to affect NZ next week
Australia is 4000kms wide from west to east, the high coming in next week is more than twice that width…
Animation: The two extreme sides of calm highs
Most of us know the centre of high pressure is often calm and settled but the outer edges can be…
VIDEO: Detailed update on Cyclone Ann for Queensland, plus NZ’s forecast to Sunday
Cyclone Ann is going to make landfall in northern Queensland on Wednesday as a Category 1 tropical cyclone, or very…
Cyclone Ann to make landfall in Queensland on Wednesday, we have full details (+7 Maps)
Tropical Cyclone Ann is located over the Coral Sea and continues to churn westwards directly towards the northern Queensland coastline…
VIDEO: Cyclone Ann forms in the Coral Sea, while NZ has a ‘typical’ Autumn week ahead
We have an out of season tropical cyclone in the Coral Sea called Ann which formed over the weekend. The…
Out of season tropical cyclone forms in Coral Sea, poses some threat to Queensland but not NZ
As WeatherWatch.co.nz forecast back in early April the cyclone season this year would likely extend into May due to the…
Nearby time zone differences that may surprise you, eg the Chatham Islands is 45mins ahead of mainland NZ
In our part of the world we have to monitor the weather in several different nations and some – including…
