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Mt Ruapehu crater lake heats up to 43C, Alert level raised to 2

Most people want 2020 to end – but they don’t want it to go out with a bang. The news…

VIDEO: Your official countdown to Christmas and the weather looks… hmmm

An unsettled weather pattern is forecast for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day around New Zealand with a colder…

Your 2020 Christmas Day forecast: An unsettled sou’west flow for many, colder in the south

The southern end of NZ will have a cooler, showery, Christmas Day while those in the north eastern North Island…

Yasa’s remnants to fall apart just offshore + Expected rainfall for rest of 2020 (+10 Maps)

The rainy remnants of what was Cyclone Yasa will get quite close to NZ on Wednesday – but fail to…

Monday’s national forecast – High pressure covers NI, cool in Canterbury/Coastal Otago (+10 Maps)

Today is the summer solstice (the longest day of the year, or day with the most amount of available sunlight)….

Sunday’s national forecast – Cooler, drizzly, change moves up South Island (+6 Maps)

Temperatures are dropping up the South Island today as a weak southerly change moves in. Cloud, drizzle, showers and some…

Cyclone Yasa brushing Tonga, but the centre well out to sea

Yasa is no longer a ‘severe’ tropical cyclone but is still a powerful storm packing a punch as it passes…

Saturday’s national forecast – Hot for some, 30 degrees possible

High pressure now lies well east of NZ and it’s this large high that will help guide the remnants of…

VIDEO: Friday update on Cyclone Yasa & NZ’s forecast right up to Christmas Day

Severe Cyclone Yasa is now a Category 3 cyclone (at the time of recording this it was still Cat 4)…

Cyclone Yasa still blasting Fiji but now moving away, Tonga may be next (+3 Maps)

Updated 11:45am NZDT — Severe Cyclone Yasa passed over Fiji last night and this morning lies south east of Vanua…

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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…