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High desperately hanging on – rain delayed for some

A strong high pressure system that today marks it’s seventh day over our skies continues to hold on – despite…

Blog: The chaos that is spring, it’s anything but vanilla

I’m a big Simpsons fan and one line I particularly like is from an episode when Homer becomes a Food Critic.  In…

Tuesday’s national forecast

Mostly cloudy for western areas of the North Island today but the odd sunny break at times, the odd shower…

Thunder outlook and rain threat for coming frontal system

As an anticyclone slips away to the east of the country and a new weather system approaches from the west…

Weather Video: Sorry, but rain returns this week!

More rain is moving in to the country this week as we shift into the last week of September –…

High slowly slipping away

Our anticyclone that has delivered sunny weather for the weekend is sadly now moving away, as it departs we have…

Heavy rain threat update

A Tasman front will be bring plenty of rain to the western part of the country tomorrow.  Northland, Taranaki and…

Today’s best rain chances

Rain chances will be going up across northern and western parts of the country.  The best chances for rain will…

Phil’s Weekly Column – Why are weather forecasters so quirky?

Quirky – not the word I wanted to use initially, but “odd” or “unusual” just sounded too negative.  If you…

Monday’s national forecast

Sunny areas and increasing cloud for most of the North Island today, winds will be breezy from the northeast. 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…