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Pockets of heavy/persistent rain to affect Upper North Island overnight, but easing Thursday

Updated 4:41pm — Areas of heavy or set-in rain continue to affect parts of the Upper North Island although the rain-band…

Heavy rain in the north continues – Your Weather Highlights for the next 3 days

Settled for much of New Zealand today however a low brings a few areas of heavy rain to parts of…

Damp, gloomy, cold – northern NZ has wintry weather finally here

“My fingers are freezing!” is being heard a lot at the moment across the country – and while southerners have…

Wednesday’s national forecast

A high brings settled weather to the South Island today. Southern and western parts of the North Island are mainly…

Chance of heavy rain in the north – The Big Picture on Wednesday

A similar pattern continues on Wednesday as it did today. An anticyclone covers the South Island bringing mainly settled conditions…

Weather Video (Tues): Heavy frosts + Heavy downpours

Heavy frosts are spreading across the South Island and into the North Island as high pressure continues to build over…

Small low in north = more hit & miss wet weather

The weather around northern New Zealand is a little odd at the moment. A polar blast swept through on Saturday…

Sunny in the south, rain in the far north – Your Weather Highlights for the next 3 days

A few showers today about the east coast of the North Island, some rain for Northland. Dry in the west…

Tuesday’s national forecast

High pressure brings a mainly settled day to the South Island, some cloud and the odd shower in the east…

A bit of everything – The Big Picture on Tuesday

A low pressure system sits over the tip of Northland on Tuesday draging a south to southeasterly airflow over the…

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Meteors – Your Eyewitness Reports!

WeatherWatch.co.nz receives meteor reports from all over New Zealand and the globe, 24/7/365. **CASUAL COMMENTS**If you’ve seen something in the…

Latest: Gabrielle approaches NZ (+25 Maps)

The effects of Cyclone Gabrielle will be felt across much of the North Island today, especially later in the day,…

Cyclone Gabrielle strengthening as it slowly passes Great Barrier Island (20+ maps)

12:15am Tuesday NZDT — Cyclone Gabrielle’s movement has slowed to an absolute crawl near Great Barrier Island. The longer the…