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Friday’s national forecast – Cold front then high nudges in (+12 maps)
A cold front pushes northwards over New Zealand today but it does weaken as it moves northwards, later today as…
Heavy frosts Friday night in South Island, How to check your hyper-local frost risk NZwide:
A brief southerly on Friday will drop temperatures by several degrees bringing heavy frosts into Saturday morning for the lower…
VIDEO: Global WeatherWatch: Today’s worldwide thunderstorms & other extremes
WeatherWatch.co.nz brings you another daily global weather update for Aug 19 (Aug 18 for the Americas), tracking international thunderstorms, tropical…
VIDEO: NZ & Aussie: Some wintry weather coming, but for August it’s not too bad
Both NZ and Australia have a surge of colder weather coming – but to be honest, for this time of…
Thursday’s national forecast – Westerly airflow (+12 maps)
A westerly quarter airflow lies over New Zealand today, there will be a few showers in the west, some rain…
VIDEO: WeatherWatch – Extreme weather around planet earth today
With NZ in a stay-at-home lockdown order we thought it might be a good distraction to focus on extreme weather…
VIDEO: Westerlies, frosts, showers and sunshine – NZ’s weather to Monday
Unsettled weather continues on around NZ this week however high pressure is also expanding and that means frosty weather will…
Wednesday’s national forecast – Unsettled in the north (+8 maps)
Unsettled for the North Island today with showers, showers may be heavy with hail and perhaps even a thunderstorm, these…
Forecast Rainfall Maps: NZ to Friday + special 2 week Hawke’s Bay focus (+3 Maps)
New Zealand’s weather is being driven by a westerly flow lately, meaning the bulk of our rain is falling in…
Cold front moving into the western North Island with isolated thunderstorms (+Maps)
A narrow but thundery band of rain is moving in from the Tasman Sea this afternoon with strong to gale…
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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…
