Hi Cameron, We use The Weather Company – as they are the world’s most accurate weather forecaster, whereas Android phones get their data from a variety of sources. We also add our own formula to some of the data, to improve it in New Zealand due to: 1) NZ’s rugged topography, and 2) The lack of open data from the two commercial Government Agencies (Niwa and MetService).

This forces us to do better – but if we had Government/public weather data (like all other modern nations) we’d be able to nail all isolated downpours/showers too. That is a blindspot the Government has purposely created to keep their two Weather Agencies more commercially viable/relevant.

Also, in Auckland, we manually adjust some forecasts. Wish we had the resources to do that for everyone. 🙂

Thanks for the message
Cheers
Phil D

Hi LJ, check out our latest ClimateWatch monthly outlook for October if you haven’t already: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Sha2cnfhME

At this stage no sudden change to the current westerly theme – which means the east continues to dry out for now. There’s a solid westerly flow at the moment unfortunately for you. Sorry I can’t give more positive news – but we’re looking for that next eastern rainmaker every day now.

– Phil D

Hi there, yes it does – although you cannot search for global locations you can use the GPS ‘find my location’ feature and it will find your local forecast wherever you are on earth. Side note: While the graphs and data will be for wherever you are, all the maps will still be NZ centric.
Cheers
– WW