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MetService and WeatherWatch put closer relationship on the radar
Originally published October 6, 2021 — Real time live MetService rain radar will now be available from WeatherWatch.co.nz as the…
Why is NZ so windy? We explain the Roaring Forties!
New Zealanders shouldn’t be so surprised how often it’s windy here. After all, we’re basically a few mountainous islands stuck…
VIDEO: Extreme weather on planet earth today (Mon Sep 6)
We track Hurricane Larry as it moves towards Bermuda, a powerful high pressure zone wider than Australia impacting Australia, a…
IBM’s ‘The Weather Company’ is world’s most accurate forecaster, new study says
WeatherWatch.co.nz is proud to be an official IBM business partner using the world’s most accurate weather forecast data. In New…
Philip Duncan: The true difficulty of forecasting tornados in New Zealand
A few reporters have asked us over the past few days if a better job could’ve been made in forecasting…
Surprising! Top 10 places around the Equator that have snow, ice & glaciers
Surface temperatures at the Equator average 31C by day and 23C at sunrise – but here are 10 surprising locations…
Top 10 NZ Weather MythBusters! (Even we were surprised at some of the answers!)
Can you get sunburnt on a cloudy day? Do highs always bring sunny weather? Are typhoons the same as cyclones?…
Our 10 most striking maps showing the huge low impacting New Zealand
There are some incredible images of the big low over New Zealand today, so we thought we’d try to share…
Comparing the world’s most well known locations with NZ’s latitude – some may surprise you! (x2 Maps)
It’s often said weather forecasters spend much of their lives looking up at the sky, but we spend even more…
Education: The most accurate ways to read a rain forecast & get fewer false alarms
It’s always interesting when we get a complaint about a rain forecast, just how often that person hasn’t looked at…
