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Are droughts starting to develop in parts of NZ? We examine as March kicks off very dry (+5 Maps)

The Tasman Sea is being dominated by high pressure and it’s killing off our rainmakers with more of the same…

Monday colder than normal for half of NZ, but most of NZ colder than normal tonight (+3 Maps)

A refreshing southerly change has now spread nationwide and has dropped temperatures by a few to several below where they…

Video: High & dry weather to dominate much of NZ this week, meanwhile tropics still active

High pressure is rolling in to New Zealand this week, the same high that helped tear apart Cyclone Oma at…

InfoGraphic: The Big Picture for Monday / Tuesday

A ridge pushes in over the South Island today meanwhile a gusty south to southeasterly airflow for the North Island…

Monday’s national forecast

A ridge pushes in over the South Island today meanwhile a gusty south to southeasterly airflow for the North Island…

Monday’s weather outlook

A ridge pushes in over the South Island on Monday meanwhile a gusty south to southeasterly airflow for the North…

Updated Rainfall Accumulation Maps (x2) plus Temperature Maps (x2) showing colder change

Sunday will gradually become a windier day for a number of regions with central New Zealand (upper South Island, lower North…

Sunday’s national forecast – Windier, cooler and wetter for some

We have an unsettled Sunday developing across New Zealand with wind and rain and some isolated severe weather potential too….

Fairly dry Saturday but a colder, windier, Sunday coming (+5 Maps, including updated Forecast Rainfall)

The main rain band is sliding out to east sea east of the upper North Island as of Saturday morning…

Oma downgraded to Ex-Tropical Cyclone but about to do U-turn back north into the tropics (+7 Maps)

UPDATED 3:45pm Saturday — Cyclone Oma has this afternoon been downgraded to an Ex-Tropical Cyclone by Australian forecasters at the…

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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…