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Monday’s national forecast – Northerlies develop, West Coast Rain (+11 Maps)
High pressure is slowly sliding eastwards off New Zealand and this is allowing a sub-tropical northerly quarter wind flow to…
Sunday’s national forecast – Oh wow, it’s a really big high (+4 Maps)
High pressure is firmly dominating New Zealand today bringing mostly settled weather, mild to hot conditions and dry skies too….
Saturday’s national forecast
Northland, Auckland, Waikato & Bay Of PlentyAreas of cloud and occasional sun, light winds then afternoon sea breezes.Highs: 25-27 Western…
VIDEO: NZ’s Waitangi Weekend Weather + New Cyclone risks for Fiji & Australia
The tropics are very busy with at least four storms, or areas of concern, worth monitoring. New Zealand itself has…
Droughts are not ‘declared’ – so what makes a drought ‘Official’?
Head forecaster Philip Duncan speaks with the Ministry for Primary Industries to make sense of it all. Parts of New…
Friday’s national forecast – An anticyclone pushes into the South Island today, southeasterlies for the North (+4 maps)
A south to southeasterly airflow lies over New Zealand today moving around a large high centred to the southeast of…
VIDEO: Storms in the tropics & Australia, NZ dry but showers coming
We have New Zealand’s long weekend Waitangi forecast plus another look at the tropics across the South Pacific and Australia…
Thursday’s national forecast – A bit cool in the east, warm out west (+4 maps)
A southerly airflow brings cloud and the odd shower to some eastern regions today meanwhile conditions are mostly sunny out…
Auckland vs Alice Springs – Big desert rainfall totals as Auckland drought looms (+2 Maps)
Auckland (and surrounding regions) have had over two years of rainfall deficit. La Nina has so far failed to make…
VIDEO: Waitangi Weekend weather and a tropics storm update
NZ has a long weekend coming up and the tropics are still busy. We take a look at the set…
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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…
