Weather Forecast for Rotorua

Saturday looks to be the better day at this stage, still the risk of a shower about but it should be mainly dry overall.

Have a good one! :)

WW

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Philip Duncan.

Hi there, looks dry this morning but may be an isolated inland shower this afternoon. Keep an eye on the sky as you'll probably be able to quite clearly see if it's going to be dry and where the big cloud build ups may be. For now all the showers are offshore and moving away from you but the afternoon shower may be a new one that forms inland.

Hope that helps - have a great day :)
- WW

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Cheers

WW

Hi there, thanks for the update - whereabouts did you see them? The weather we have in some parts of NZ is favourable for small funnel clouds due to warm weather, calm conditions and a fair bit of moisture/humidity in the air. In the afternoons/early evenings the warmth rises and in the calmness it can start to spin some of the lower clouds. In the right conditions when we have a lot more energy this weather can lead to severe thunderstorms and even tornados. We don't expect any tornadoes but if there is a severe thunderstorm warning in your area in the days ahead then harmless funnel clouds can become more concerning. 

Cheers 
WW

Hey there JS,

Storms named around Australia are named by the Australian forecasters at the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM). Storms north of NZ in the Fiji/Vanuatu/Tonga area are named by Fiji forecasters at the Fiji MetService. It would be great if NZ's MetService could maybe get a few Kiwi names in there some time as they work officially alongside Fiji.

Kind regards
Phil D

Hey there, it's too far out to lock in sorry - especially due to the fact these western rain bands may be coming in around then and it's quite a complicated set up in northern NZ (in other words a lot of moving parts that can affect the outcome). The good news (maybe!) for you is that high pressure is still dominating the Auckland area so don't worry too much just yet. We'll probably have a fair idea by this Friday and the Weekend how the 31st is shaping up. 
Cheers
WW 

Hi there, most of the country is under high pressure but the very tip of East Cape is in the outer edges of wind circling the high. Generally not too windy, perhaps up around 25 or 30km/h.

Cheers and all the best!

- WW

Hi there

Friday and Saturday looks likely to have a mix of sun and cloud, Friday carries the risk of a shower or two otherwise it's looking mainly dry, downpours don't look that likely but perhaps an outside chance.

Saturday looks to be a dry day.

Cheers
Aaron

Lack of wind, high humidity / dewpoints etc are likely causes.

WW

Hi there

That's basically two weeks away so anything I say now may not come to fruition.

At this stage it looks like a SE airflow so perhaps it may be mainly settled in Auckland then. Check these maps out:

http://www.weathermap.co.nz/forecast-maps

They go out to the end of March so you can keep an eye on what's happening.

Cheers
Aaron

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Hi there

Looks quite good this Sunday morning, mostly sunny weather with light winds in the morning tending easterly in the afternoon. Highs in the mid twenties, should be a good one!

Cheers
Aaron

Hi Clare, these aren't chem trails. Chem trails do not exist in NZ and no one has ever provided NZ evidence of it other than photos of clouds or normal vapour trails. While those clouds were unusual they are not associated with chem trails actually observed overseas where it has occured.  Highs yesterday were in the mid 20s for the most part. 

Kind regards
WW

Hi David, looks to me like the forecast is showing drizzly showery stuff in the Nelson region. If you look at the HOURLY forecast for Nelson on Saturday it is much drier, suggesting just a 20 to 25% chance during the day but highest risk of some light wet weather around dawn. Both are updated but the Nelson forecast has probably thrown you by looking so wet - we're actually working on better displaying rain (better icons that show heavy rain or drizzle at a glance, plus rainfall totals each hour and day - to really help you plan your day). We're also going to query with IBM why they have a 70% risk for Saturday when their hourly data isn't so high. Hope that helps! All the best for harvest!

Cheers
Phil D

Hey there, do you have a Station ID for this weather station please (should show you in the Now/Current section). Give us that ID, we'll take a look and if we think it's sitting in someone's sunny hot deck we will simply block it! We've removed most false readings but a handful around NZ are still showing. While frustrating I know, it is cool that WeatherWatch has hundreds and hundreds of weather stations, rather than just a select few dozen like the Government forecasters. We're working to lift the accuracy of these stations right now so thanks heaps for letting us know --- and if anyone else is reading this and has a similar incorrect local weather reading please send us the Station ID and we'll quickly look in to it. Accuracy matters!

Cheers
Phil D

Hi there, please see our news section or homepage as we have a special animation and news story up about the potential for rain and tropical storms next week that has just gone up!

Cheers
WW

Hi there

Could be perhaps, the best thing is to use this site here:

http://www.weathermap.co.nz/forecast-maps     then click on "Rain"

Those maps go out a bit further then ours and will let you see into the future most, but bear in mind the further you go out generally speaking the less accurate models become.

Hope that helps! :)

Cheers
Aaron

Good morning - and good question to ask. We had a 25% risk of showers which which lifted at 2am to 70%. The reason why it's wetter is due to the centre of a small area of low pressure crossing Auckland right now - and as it does so it flicks up a small area of showers behind it and triggers brand new downpours. It can be one of the most unpredictable parts of weather - forecasting what is happening precisely in/around the centre of a weak spinning low. The reason why weren't bigger with the risk yesterday (for today) was due to thinking this small cluster of showers would be nudged a little further north of the city, as is often the case...but clearly it didn't pan out that way. It's a fairly small area of wet weather but it's perfectly lined up with the city. It's disappointing when we don't perfectly nail a forecast but we do have a unique policy of admitting when we're wrong and why we were wrong as a sign we are always trying to do better. 

Kind regards

WW