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Weekend outlook

This weekend will be the last of our spring like pattern till anticyclones dominate next week. Saturday a front approaches…

Sunday night weather

 It’s been another warm to hot day today for many areas and tonight once the sun sets it’ll cool off…

Global temperature in 2012 was 10th highest on record

The globally-averaged temperature for 2012 marked the 10th warmest year since record keeping began in 1880. It also marked the…

Severe weather threat today

A strong disturbance in the upper levels of the atmosphere will support a frontal boundary at the surface to generate…

Today: Melbourne 40C, Invercargill 14C

A high pressure system in the Tasman Sea is set to push temperatures back into the 40s across South Australia and Victoria today…

Thursday’s national forecast

An unstable southwesterly airflow lies over the country today with showers developing in most parts at least for a time….

Long range, next week looks anticyclonic

This week is quite spring like in fashion, meaning southwesterly winds mostly. Fronts, showers, sunny dry spells and even thunderstorms…

Forecast Video: Brief cold snap coming!

As parts of Australia climb to 40 degrees on Thursday some parts of New Zealand will only reach the low…

Dead whale washes up at Paraparaumu

The massive sperm whale which washed up on the Kapiti Coast last night will be cut up into pieces today…

Cold Southern Ocean air for NZ Thursday

As southern parts of Australia head towards a high of 40 degrees on Thursday the southern part of New Zealand will be…

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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…