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Friday / Weekend Newsfeed: Windy, showery, Southerly change – but high pressure from Sunday (+4 Maps)

We’ve got ourselves a good ol’ fashioned Autumn sou’west flow with Friday seeing cooler/colder weather spreading across the country with windy south to south-westerly winds (which may be more nor’...

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Anzac Day Newsfeed: Severe gales, heavy rain for some, settled for others

Updated 4am — High pressure over northern NZ moves east of the country on Thursday while a storm south of…

VIDEO: Anzac Day + weather to next Tuesday

Anzac Day looks mild for many parts of NZ with windy nor’westers gusting to gale force for some. Many regions…

Wednesday Newsfeed: Westerlies strengthen today, windier Anzac Day tomorrow

High pressure crosses over the top of the North Island on Wednesday allowing for westerlies to build further south. As…

VIDEO: NZ’s Anzac Day forecast + this weekend too

High pressure may be moving over northern NZ but it will help create a windier westerly across the country which…

Tuesday Newsfeed: High pressure increases, westerlies do too

High pressure is drifting towards the North Island and the more it moves in the more it pushes away the…

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Live / Real time NZ rain radar for 4:43am on Fri 26 April 2024

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NEW FREE WeatherWatch APP: NZ’s largest weather app + Pay to receive customisable weather alerts!

We’ve kicked off 2024 with the launch of our brand New App – the biggest change to NZ’s forecasting industry…

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Education: The most accurate ways to read a rain forecast & get fewer nasty surprises

REPOST from our Education Pages — It’s always interesting when we get a complaint about a rain forecast, just how…

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Why is NZ so windy? We explain the Roaring Forties!

From our Education page — New Zealanders shouldn’t be so surprised how often it’s windy here. After all, we’re basically…

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