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Giant Southern Ocean storm whips up more wind & dangerous seas (+3 Maps)

The Southern Ocean’s weather looks more like the depths of winter. The situation means more windy weather across parts of…

Thursday’s national forecast (+4 Maps)

A weak cold front falls apart over the North Island today bringing cloud to the west and only a few…

ClimateWatch for December & rest of Summer (Jan/Feb) +13 Maps & 15min Video

La Nina is a no show for the start of December in New Zealand with an aggressive spring-like westerly returning….

Rain Maps for NZ: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.

The late surge of spring weather means the south west of New Zealand is most exposed to heavy rain in…

Wednesday’s national forecast – Gales, rain, return to parts of South Island (+9 Maps)

Winds ease in northern NZ today but return to the South Island and Wellington/Cook Strait area. A storm in the…

VIDEO: Summer arrives but a stormy Southern Ocean makes it feel like spring

NZ has at least two major storms tracking just south of us over the next week, both lows into the…

Gales affect NI regions Tuesday, then ease, but Wednesday gales return to SI. (+7 Maps)

On the first day of summer on the meteorological calendar NZ kicks off with peak spring weather! Gales will blast…

Tuesday’s national forecast – A southerly gale and North Island rain (+9 Maps)

Welcome to the first day of summer on the meteorological calendar! A low will today lie over the eastern upper…

On the first day of Summer, parts of Hawke’s Bay will have lower daytime highs than midnight tonight

It’s all about timing. For Hawke’s Bay the first day of summer on the meteorological calendar will see an increasingly…

Flight delays possible on Tuesday due to North Island gales

Severe gale southerlies through Cook Strait and up to Taranaki, along with usual gales in other parts of the North…

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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…