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Keen gardeners dig in as temperatures heat up

Herald on Sunday column — On Sunday daylight saving began and apart from the negatives – such as Sunday being…

Cool, wet, windy, blast coming

A cool and windy blast of weather is heading towards the South Island and lower North Island this coming Friday and weekend say…

Tuesday’s national forecast

Breezy west to southwesterly winds over the North Island today, expect a mix of sunny areas and some cloud with…

Outlook for Tuesday

The area of showers that has moved up the South Island today will moves over the North Island overnight and…

Looking good for thunderstorms

This afternoon and evening is looking quite good for thunderstorms here in Canterbury where I live. I’ll be heading out…

Protecting life and property

Over 40 years ago, I decided that I was going to be a meteorologist.  I couldn’t even pronounce the word,…

Spring thunderstorms today

An unstable weather pattern has set up for today.  Pieces of energy at the surface and favourable conditions aloft will…

Monday’s national forecast

Morning showers ease across most of the North Island in the west however continue during the day in some areas…

October starts off wet

A rather wet pattern is setting up for Monday.  Rain is likely for much of the western South Island and…

Rain ends record dry spell in Alice Springs

Until late Friday night, the last time Alice Springs saw rain was 24 April.  Winter is typically dry for fro…

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