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Winter could end on a dry note

A drier late winter is on the way for much of the North Island following recent heavy downpours and flash…

Unsettled weather slowly returns late next week

The big area of high pressure that has provided much of the country with settled weather this weekend, will continue…

Sunday’s national forecast

Look for a dry and settled day today, unless you happen to be in the far east or deep south….

A settled Sunday for most

Most of New Zealand should be looking at a dry and settled Sunday.  The area of high pressure that brought…

North Island rattled by another quake

The North Island has again been rattled by a significant earthquake. GeoNet is reporting that a magnitude 5.7 quake struck…

USA: Historic heat wave continues

  Americans have had a fortnight of record-smashing heat.  The eastern two-thirds of the continental US has baked in unprecedented…

Phil’s weekly column – Anxiety my best forecasting tool

It’s 2am on a foggy Friday morning – yesterday morning to be precise.  As I lie in bed I notice…

Saturday’s national forecast

High pressure continues to take control of our weather. The chunk of stable air will push across New Zealand this…

Weather Video: Big high looms

In today’s weather video Philip Duncan talks about the fog, why we had it and the fog risks this weekend. …

Becoming settled but still some fog

A ridge should bring mostly settled weather to the country tomorrow, still a chance of morning fog in many inland…

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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…