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Bliss in the north
Finally a sunny and calm day for the North Island today with light winds in most regions and resonably pleasant…
Friday’s national forecast
A fairly short forecast today due to the ridge of high pressure over us. Mostly fine and sunny over the…
Potentially toxic fluorine found in Tongariro ash
A potentially toxic chemical has been detected in ashfall from Monday night’s hydrothermal eruption on Mt Tongariro. Seismic activity in…
White Island erupts as Tongariro calms down
Scientists have confirmed that White Island has erupted and continues to blast ash into the air, indicating the start of…
Between the systems
New Zealand will be between two low pressure systems tomorrow, technically speaking it will be an area of high pressure…
Coldest in Central Otago
The coldest temperatures last night were in Central Otago just touching 0 degrees in Alexandra, tonight it’ll get cool again…
More heavy rain coming – but first, some (brief) sun
More heavy rain is coming with WeatherWatch.co.nz and other forecasters indicating rain warnings may again be issued to northern and…
Mt Tongariro Alert Bulletin (+2 Photos)
GNS Science takes a flight of Mt Tongariro (Photos included below) and note that blocks were thrown more than 1.5kms from a…
Thursday’s national forecast
Sunny areas and some cloud from the Waikato northwards today, the odd shower at times mainly this morning. In Northland…
Heavy rain for the South Island’s East Coast
Heavy rain is likely to affect the South Island’s east coast tonight through till tomorrow. More specifically we have heavy…
