Weather Forecast for Palmerston North33m above sea level
Light rain. Light Sou'East winds.
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josh on 17/11/2025 10:03pm
here we go again with the atmospheric river thing? what does that mean? βatmospheric riverβ?
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Sylvia on 14/11/2025 5:35am
Hi Phil, do you know what is causing the highs to drag subtropical air from islands like New Caledonia and causing the higher than average temperatures for this time of year?
Not sure if La Nina encourages this type of setup, but this spring really is hotter than average. Hopefully it would not be as much of a hotter than average summer, but I have a feeling it might be.
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WW Forecast Team on 16/11/2025 11:12pm
Hi Sylvia, high pressure zones are bit like bubbles floating on the surface of water and they generally are guided by the current high up β called the jetstream (high altitude winds north and south of NZ usually). When the polar jet stream sinks south, the high pressure zones go south too β when the jet stream goes north, so do the highs. In spring we get a lot of ups and downs like this and is unrelated to La Nina, although LN can see the tropical jetstream sink southwards bringing more low pressure with it towards NZ (and more easterlies).
Our hottest weather in NZ usually comes from a norβwester out of Australiaβs desert (or NSW/Qld area) and for that to happen high pressure is usually north of NZ. Spring will continue to see the highs all mixed up (chaotic) and usually in summer they join up more often bringing longer spells of calm/dry (although with NZ being so small compared to high pressure zones we can always buck the trend here).
β Phil D
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Richard Hooper on 12/11/2025 8:35pm
Hi Phil.
Iβm looking at the Hamilton Forecast (other cities as well) for next week and these high temperatures must be close to meet the NZ Met requirements of an official heatwave. (+5 c for 5 days). Is that correct? Are the high sea temperatures anomalies around the NI and in the North Tasman sea a major cause? If so I would have thought the media dramatists would be all over this by now.
Cheers, and keep up the good work.
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Allie H on 12/11/2025 12:38am
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Allie
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