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Saturday’s national forecast

A cold southwesterly airflow lies over New Zealand today, a front hits the lower South Island later this afternoon /…

InfoGraphic: The Big Picture for Saturday / Sunday

Southwesterlies lies over the country on Saturday, a front moves onto the lower South Island late afternoon / evening, reaching…

NZ’s weather in InfoGraphics – Friday, Saturday and Sunday maps

A storm is approaching the South Island today and will unravel over NZ bringing a windy, wintry weekend and start…

15m waves, 1m of snow, severe gales, squally rain – Here are 4 maps to make sense of it all

A Southern Ocean storm is pouncing on the South Island today bringing 15 metre waves to the remote south west…

InfoGraphic: The Big Picture for Friday / Saturday

A low pressure system south of New Zealand flicks a cold front and associated cold air over New Zealand today….

Friday’s national forecast

A strong cold southwesterly airflow lies over New Zealand today. Northland, Auckland, Waikato & Bay Of PlentyShowers. From mid afternoon…

Southern Ocean storm to roar into NZ on Friday, kicks off windy wintry weekend (+8 Maps)

A storm in the Southern Ocean is rushing towards NZ and will hit the South Island on Friday before breaking…

InfoGraphic: The Big Picture for Friday

A low pressure system south of New Zealand flicks a cold front and associated very cold air over New Zealand…

Even colder air this weekend for the south, rain and snow leans west & south (+2 Maps)

Another surge of even colder air will move in to the country this weekend, mostly the South Island, with snow…

VIDEO: We’re not done with the cold! Another wintry surge arrives on Sunday

Gales, heavy rain, squalls and snow to low levels along with bitterly cold wind chills are all in the forecast…

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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…