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Severe gales expected Sunday & next Wednesday
The final weekend of winter on the meteorological calendar will bring spring-like westerlies across the nation, ramping up further on…
Heavy SI rain + gales return this Sunday nationwide
Heavy rain and heavy snow are both forecast for the South Island with Westland, Canterbury and Otago looking most exposed…
Heavy rain & snow for SI, windy at times for NI
Low pressure will leave Australia tomorrow and quickly move into the South Island, bringing heavy rain which will spread further…
Australian low to bring heavy rain to the South Island
A low exiting Australia this week will bring some significant West Coast rain, with spillover into the east and south…
Sunday Update: Damaging gales moving through
We have a special Sunday update with the latest on the severe gales over parts of the country today. Generally…
Damaging winds possible Sunday, polar cold returns to SI
Warmer nor’west winds will move across NZ on Saturday, strengthening overnight and across Sunday with the chance of damaging gusts…
Gale westerlies this weekend, low to monitor next week
We have a big change in airflow with the freezing southerlies of the past couple of weeks finally fading and…
Spring weather pattern on horizon – but there’s a catch
We’re finally seeing a spring weather pattern emerging, which is defined by an uptick in westerly winds, stronger winds, and…
Windy westerlies this weekend
Cold southerlies continue on for a couple more days across NZ but a change to westerlies starts on Friday and…
Mountain of high pressure to bring windy westerlies
The polar southerly flow covers NZ to kick off this week but a huge high pressure zone leaving Tasmania will…
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