Weather Forecast for Rotorua

Hey there, thanks for the question and kind feedbacl! :) Saturday is proving to be a tricky day to lock in for Auckland but it does appear rain is more likely later in the day. There might be a couple of showers morning/afternoon, but for now any patchy rain or showers look likey late afteroon or evening. Keen an eye on our hourly % of rain on Saturday too - it should be a helpful guide along with the rain maps we also provide.

All the best!
Cheers
Phil D

Hi there, thanks for your question! At this stage Saturday sees a chance of heavy downpours in the Auckland region but by Sunday most of that risk appears to be well east of Auckland, which SHOULD make for a dry day with a SW change. It may be a little cloudy at first and we can't rule out a shower, but for now Sunday looks to be the better of both days. Keep an eye on our forecasts and Rain Maps too as the set up this weekend makes it a little hard to lock in.

Cheers - and all the best for the Marathon!!

- WW Team

Hi there, Saturday is quite hard to lock in due to an area of convergence - meaning big downpours could form over the city and set in, turning to rain for a time. Or - it may form further out to sea or over surrounding regions. We'll be in a better place to lock in by late Wednesday/Thursday but at this stage Saturday has a moderate to high chance of some wet weather, drying out by the end of the day. Winds look light and that's the reason why this isn't a straight forward clean set up.

Cheers
WW

Hi D, thanks for your message and question :) Yes definitely a colder snap coming this week for Dunedin and will take a few days to recover. For the most part, most regions in NZ look to have a warmer than average rest of October but coastal Otago is definitely more exposed to some cooler southerlies and SW flows over the next couple of weeks. Here's our recent story about the warmer weather https://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/content/brief-hiccup-warmer-average-weather-week-otherwise-its-here-rest-october 

So make the most of today and tomorrow as the next several days ahead look cooler for Dunedin but we expect milder weather to bounce back late Oct/early Nov.

Cheers
WW

Hi there. Unfortunately the NZ Govt blocks open commercial access to data (in other words the weather observations we all collectively tax fund WW cannot display even for non commercial reasons). The NOW temps we have are local weather stations from private operators and some data is truly flawed and we have begun actively blocking those stations from appearing. The good news is that we have a couple of very big new changes coming in 2019 to our NOW observations. We'll not only display more data than anyone else but it will all be verifed to being accurate or very near accurate and will completely stop these false readings. We will also give the option for you to select the nearest weather observation you feel is most accurate to your local micro-climate. So we accept the problems - but are definitely working to fix in a bigger and better way in 2019.

Kind regards

WW

Hi there, yes we feel your pain with this much warmer and drier than average pattern setting in. The good news is that NZ and Australia aren't stuck in any global weather pattern. In Aussie they have major droughts in SA and NSW but recently they've had more than a months rainfall in just a matter of days in some of those states. NZ may get some of this rain this weekend. It's a bit hit and miss for Pukekohe but there are chances of good solid downpours this weekend in the Upper North Island. Keep an eye on our Rain Maps to get a better picture. As for long term - summer can't be locked in but the fact there's no major El Nino or La Nina going on means NZ will be in a 'chaotic local pattern' which means we can truly have anything thrown at us... a few highs could give several weeks of dry, but equally we could get a pattern of rain makers moving in too. Generally speaking NZ is trending dry than average for the next week or two overall nationally but definitely rain makers in the mix for the first time in a while.

Cheers
Philip Duncan

Hi there

You may have to driect that question at either Metservice or NIWA who hold records on such information, hope you find what you are after! :)

Cheers
Aaron

Good morning Lyn, thanks for your question. Unfortunately it's a little too far out for us to know yet with any certainty. We won't be able to really lock anything in until the start of November (for about 10 to 14 days out). Ask us again around then :)
Cheers

WW Weekends

Gday there

Where for in New Zealand?

Cheers, Aaron

Hi Dave, great to see you writing to the Minister. Megan Woods needs to hear from as many people as possible about the anti-competitive and bullying behaviours well documented in these two Government Agencies. Our meeting was positive but the Commerce Commission is refusing to help us currently, despite the Minister assuring us the ComCom was our next step following our meeting with her recentlly. We have held off on explaining it all to the public as we are waiting on a formal letter from the Minister's Office, which we hope to get this month. We've told her we feel the system is corrupted and broken - we repeated that again to Megan Woods Office on Friday after the ComCom were flat footed on what their responsibilities will be moving forward. Frustrating and painful. 

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Philip Duncan

Hi there

Very latest updates show areas of cloud and occasional sun, may be a brief shower or two about otherwise mainly dry. Winds light from the north, a high in the late teens, possibly early twenties if your lucky.

Cheers, Aaron

Hi there, tomorrow is a classic 50/50 forecast with rain in the area but it is clearing away...so timing is EVERYthing! It does look as though it will break up in the morning but whether it happens by 9am in Beachlands isn't 100% known yet. Either way, it doesn't look likely to linger all day but there is a moderate to high chance of early rain or showers. We'll be fine tuning our Auckland update a few times across today, for Saturday. :)

Cheers
WW

Hi thank you for this and sorry for the inconvenience. We'll check in with Panasonic and our developers and see what the issue might be.
Cheers,
WW

Hey there, normally a SE wind does make for a dry day in Auckland but a nearly by offshore trough may encourage rain or showers to linger longer. It's a bit 50/50 but at the moment the chances are weighted towards the day become drier rather than the day becoming wetter as it goes on...so good luck! We'll be fine tuning that Saturday forecast over the next day or so as we try to lock in the timing.

Cheers!
WW

Hi there

Is looking mainly dry next Sunday with a southerly wind in control so hopefully a good day on the cards for you. Have a good one!

Hi Ken,
The observations network we display is actually operated by WeatherUnderground and the site has some data being switched off now. On top of that issue, NZ is the only country in the western world to give their forecaster (MetService) the power to commercially block people access to the data they helped fund. So we can't display live tax funded weather observations, instead we switch to the private network (which is actually much more detailed and granular, but it also has glitches, like the one currently affecting you). We are working on a major overhaul of the entire current observations network next year, but in the meantime we'll take a closer look at this issue in your area. As for the weather station above, we can look into it also but please note we do not run this network, or have access to the weather stations - we simply display them.

Cheers
Phil D

Hi there, take a look at our observations page and you can see the various stations we have in Tauranga. They are here: https://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/observations

Kind regards

WW

Well that depends, where are you located in New Zealand?

Aaron

Hi there, yes we are seeing an early November pattern kicking in across New Zealand already. Mostly dry for the week ahead too but hopefully a rainmaker kicks in next week in the north. Definitely a bit concerning and droughts have been declared in both NSW and SA over in Aussie in recent weeks. Can't connect this with climate change at this stage, simply the reality of weather patterns impacting a small nation, but the warmer than average year can be considered part of global climate change.

Cheers

WW

East is best today and again on Sunday. Bay of Plenty, Bay of Islands, eastern Auckland and Coromandel, Hawke's Bay etc :) 

Good luck!

WW

Hi there

Is looking mainly dry. Just a spell of early clearing rain on Monday then later in the week on Thursday there could be some rain associated with a low slipping southeastwards to the east of the North Island. With its associated southeasterly airflow rain may be not too bad about Auckland but places like Coromandel, Great Barrier Island, eastern Northland and East Cape could be affected with heavy falls. But we'll wait and see, still a while away yet and things could change.

Cheers
Aaron