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Sunday’s national forecast – Wet and windy in many places (+5 Maps)

NZ is in the squash zone of wind today with a band of rain also moving over drought zones. Rainfall…

Gusty winds increasing across NZ this weekend (4 Maps)

High pressure to our north east and low pressure to the south west puts NZ in a northerly squash zone…

Saturday’s national forecast

A northerly airflow lies over New Zealand today, a front pushes northwards over the South Island reaching the lower North…

RainWatch – Rain for the western SI on Saturday, NI on Sunday

As you can see with the map below heavy rain pushes northwards along the West Coast of the South Island…

VIDEO: Rain for drought zones Sunday, cold change nationwide Tue/Wed

This weekend will be mild for this time of year with sub-tropical winds and nor’westers dominating. A low in the…

Temperature trends – Warm weather continues

As you can see on the map below clearly temperatures are warmer than normal for most regions around New Zealand…

Friday’s national forecast

Still quite anticyclonic over New Zealand today bringing mainly settled weather, meanwhile a large low and accompanying front sit in…

RainWatch – Dry on Friday then rain starts to move in on Saturday

Conditions are quite dry on Friday around New Zealand, the map below does show showers appearing in the west but…

VIDEO: A blast of cold air, rain and showers heading to NZ

Warmer weather with sub-tropical winds will continue this week and into the weekend but a cold change is coming on…

Temperature trends – More warm temperatures on the way

A northwesterly airflow brings warm temperatures to New Zealand today, most regions will be warmer than normal. Getting into the…

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