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Sunday’s national forecast – an almost quiet day

Those big afternoon downpours become far more isolated today with a mainly dry day across NZ thanks to a big…

InfoGraphic: The Big Picture for Saturday / Sunday

Anticyclonic conditions for most of New Zealand on Saturday mean the weather is starting to become quite settled and areas…

Saturday’s national forecast

Anticyclonic conditions for most of New Zealand today mean the weather is starting to become quite settled and areas of…

Video: Severe Cyclone Owen aims for Queensland, while NZ has more thunderstorms

Cyclone Owen has reached ‘severe’ category 3 status and may reach 4 before making landfall in northern Australia and then…

Unusual Cyclone Owen now ‘severe’, flooding for Australia likely but storm unlikely to directly affect NZ (+6 Maps)

Cyclone Owen is now a Severe Category 3 Tropical Cyclone and Australian forecasters say it may peak at Category 4…

InfoGraphic: The Big Picture for Friday / Saturday

A large high pressure system lies to the east of New Zealand today, slowly pushing a humid northeasterly airflow over…

Friday’s national forecast

A large high pressure system lies to the east of New Zealand today, slowly pushing a humid northeasterly airflow over…

InfoGraphic: The Big Picture for Friday

A weakening low pressure system lies to the west of the country on Friday in the Tasman Sea, surrounding this…

Video: More big downpours, but a lot of dry on the way too

New Zealand has afternoon downpours for the next few days, some quite heavy with thunderstorms. The main threat is inland…

InfoGraphic: The Big Picture for Thursday / Friday

A low pressure system lies to the west of the country today in the Tasman Sea, surrounding this low is…

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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…