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Monday’s national forecast

A ridge brings mainly settled weather to the South Island today while a decaying front slowly moves northwards over the…

Monday’s weather outlook

A ridge brings mainly settled weather to the South Island on Monday while a decaying front slowly moves northwards over…

NZ in shadow of Australian droughts as another giant anticyclone comes our way (+7 Maps)

An abnormally large belt of high pressure is moving in to New Zealand with drier than average weather for the rest…

NZ: Temperature Forecast Plot + Accumulated Rainfall Map

A large but fairly weak area of low pressure is crossing the North Island today with some patchy broken up…

Sunday’s national forecast – Patchy NI rain, mostly dry SI

Low pressure crosses the North Island today with patchy rain and showers, then cooler drier air behind it. The South…

Colder weather coming but Saturday ain’t too bad (+2 Maps)

Friday was much warmer than normal across a large portion of New Zealand, Saturday starts to reset to normal and…

Saturday’s national forecast

Not a lot going on over New Zealand today with a slack pressure gradient covering most of the country, an…

InfoGraphic: The Big Picture for Saturday / Sunday

Fairly settled on Saturday but not totally sunny, a low pressure system to the west brings some rain to the…

Rain and Snow accumulation Maps – next 3 days.

We have some rain and snow coming this weekend – then after that NZ enters a drier than normal period….

Saturday is the shortest day of the year, the Winter Solstice is at 3:54am

At precisely 3:54am on Saturday June 22 is the Winter Solstice – it indicates the shortest day of the year,…

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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…