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Cooler weather this week – but still some hot days
This week will see cooler weather than last week generally speaking as our wind direction chops and changes from warmer…
Monday’s national forecast
A light westerly airflow covers the country today, a disturbance forms about eastern Australia and moves towards central New Zealand…
Weather may affect Wellington airport Monday + fire risks for eastern NZ
Bad weather disrupting flights at Wellington airport isn’t expected to clear until Tuesday. Today most domestic flights in and out…
Australia reaches 49.6C – but only hottest in 15 years
Yesterday Moomba in the far northeast of South Australia recorded a maximum temperature of 49.6 degrees, which makes it the…
Opinion: NZ has summers that are “juuust right”
This, the weather we’ve been having for the past five weeks, is what a “fairly average summer” in New Zealand…
46 dead after landslide in southwest China
Burrowing by hand and machines, Chinese soldiers and emergency crews toiled on steep, frigid slopes looking for the few missing…
Sunday’s national forecast
High pressure will bring a dry start to most of the North Island whilst a set of frontal boundaries brings…
Sunday will be mainly hot and mainly dry for the NI
High pressure will continue to keep much of the North Island hot and dry on Sunday. That doesn’t mean the…
Heavy rain on the way for the parts of the Mainland
Another round of heavy and thundery falls is on the way for the western South Island. A pair of frontal…
NSW/ACT heat and fire threat continues
Fire Weather Warnings are in place about many parts of Australia. Parts of WA, SA, QLD, VIC and NSW all…
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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…
