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Rain not enough to seriously impact droughts – but more downpours are coming (+7 high res Rain Maps)

Rain fell overnight and this morning in dry drought zones of the upper North Island but the rain failed to…

Temperature trends – mild for much of NI, cooler about Cook Strait and eastern SI

The double-yolker low-pressure system crossing central parts of New Zealand today will have quite different effects on maximum temperatures where…

Monday’s national forecast

Low pressure covers much of New Zealand today with rain bands broken up. Rain will push further into the South…

Australia: Intense burst of wind, rain to affect large swathe of WA

A large swathe of Western Australia’s west is about to be hit by a lengthy burst of intense wind and…

Rain & Snow accumulation maps: 24 hour, 3 day, 7 day totals (+8 Maps)

A low in the Tasman Sea is moving in slowly with a period of rain tonight and Monday moving down…

Sunday’s national forecast – Low pressure system slowly moves in, wind & rain increase later

Clouds increase across New Zealand today as a large but fairly weak Tasman Sea low drifts in. Winds will rise…

RainWatch: Low to bring rain, isolated heavy falls, to North Island & upper South Island

A low is moving towards New Zealand and will bring rain across the North Island and upper South Island –…

Out of season ex-cyclone to impact western Australia, may even bring downpours to NZ (no storm) (+5 maps)

A storm formed west of Indonesia, became an out of season tropical cyclone, will impact western Australia and the remnants…

Saturday’s national forecast – Light winds nationwide today

High pressure again expands back onto the South Island – like it’s reversing backwards temporarily, bringing a calm Saturday with…

VIDEO: An Aussie Autumn cyclone and a NZ sub-tropical low

We have a busy update today with a tropical cyclone moving into western Australia which may bring rain to NZ…

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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…