Weather Forecast for Rotorua

Hi there, we think gusts over 100km/h are possible on Monday night in exposed areas but the latest data shows the winds may tilt more SE towards evening and sometimes the Coromandel Peninsula ranges can 'soften the blow' for parts of Auckland in that set up. We'll provide a news and video update tomorrow morning on the set up too.

Cheers

WW

Hi there, we have the ID now and we'll try to sort this today. Seems to be a bug in the system.

Thanks for letting us know :)
- WW

Hi there, actually the hourly chance of rain from IBM did show a chance of rain - and our video yesterday mentioned some areas may have cloud and a few showers remaining in the upper North Island. But yes today's forecast for much of the upper North Island could have been better, especially Auckland and Tauranga.  The super computer we use forecast the showers, they were just more widespread than we thought. Thanks for using our entirely free service when you tax fund both MetService and Niwa forecasts. We're always working to be more accurate.

Cheers
WW

Good morning, ouch it's definitely not that cold today in Cambridge! :) We've blocked the station for now, but please let us know if it's still showing up. (If so, please ensure you send us the precise Station ID so we can easily locate it - we hope we've found the culprit here!)

Cheers
WW

Hi there, thanks for the support! We've worked very hard to provide many more NZ forecast locations (and to ensure they are accurate). We have over 2000 forecast locations, compared to around just 100 with BOTH Government forecasters (we all tax fund) combined. 

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WW

Got to 21 degrees today in Chch, as forecast :)

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Aaron

Hi there, thanks for your very detailed complaint. We are a free service but you tax fund MetService - hopefully you've told them the same thing or it would be quite strange to complain about the free more accurate service rather than the one you pay for that you admit isn't quite as reliable. We'll strive to do better. :)

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Phil.

Hi there, yes we are going to be adding this feature in the near future (within the next 6 months).

Kind regards

WW

You are right Dave, that isn't right. Had a bit of a data issue last night which meant we were lacking some information. Should be looking more correct now.

WW

Hi there, it's too far out to lock in by a long shot! We can go to 10 to 14 days out with some accuracy :)

Cheers

WW

:) Thanks very much!

Hi there, any thunder today was going to be isolated. We removed it from the Auckland forecast at lunchtime. Might be an isolated flicker/rumble tonight but for now the activity is occuring further down the North Island.

Cheers

WW

Hey there Mike, thanks so much - I really appreciate the support (we all do!)

Cheers
Phil D

That depends. What part of New Zealand are you in?

WW

Hi Deano, thanks for the message and sorry for the late reply but we were digging in to this for you. We can't 100% work it out, but here's what we think is possible...(tell us if we are wrong!)... but the first result for Tauranga South is Southland, the third result is Tauranga South. So we're guessing people are hitting Enter or clicking Go before the results have fully loaded and so are being taken to the first result. So it’s not an error with anything, it’s more a user error and search results not as intelligent as they could be (in other words, we could speed our side up and make clearer drop downs - so we'll work on that and hope to improve by January 2020) - but in the mean time, perhaps just let it take longer to load up and see the full drop down. Let us know how you get on.

Cheers
Phil D