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NZ broken into three sections

One end of the country is mild with sub-tropical downpours, the other end has severe frosts and in the middle?…well…

Wednesday’s national forecast

A mixed bag today with a weak ridge lying over the south of the South Island and a low stretched…

Large earthquake felt across NZ

A large earthquake has been felt across the North and South Islands tonight. The 6.5 magnitude quake was centred 60…

Eastern North Island’s turn for some heavy rain

The band of rain that gave some torrential downpours in Auckland today will slip a little further south overnight to…

Freezing Australia

Much of the Australian outback has had a freezing night with some places having their coldest night in several years….

Another “hard to start” day over Southern NZ

It’s another “hard to start” day in the south with another widespread frost covering the region. The frost reading in Invercargill…

Traffic jam over North Island skies today

A large low and a front with sub-tropical connections, sounds like a recipe for heavy rain – and it is.  Today…

Tuesday’s national forecast

Any rain about Northland clears in the morning to mostly sunny weather however there may be a few isolated showers…

Wet for the upper half of the North Island tomorrow

The main feature in New Zealand tomorrow will be a front which will work it’s way south over the upper…

Drier late winter likely for some

Neutral conditions (neither La Niña nor El Niño) presently exist in the tropical Pacific, but an El Niño is likely…

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