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Heavy rain Tuesday for the West Coast, Moves into the North Island Wednesday

A cold front will move up the West Coast on Tuesday bringing slow moving heavy rain then at night moves…

Infographic for Monday and Tuesday: Warm ahead of cold font

A low in the Southern Ocean is brushing near the South Island on Tuesday sending a cold front up the…

Monday’s national forecast – fairly settled ahead of the next front

An active cold front that brought localised downpours and thunder to some parts of the North Island at the weekend…

Monday’s weather pause before Tuesday’s change (+3 maps)

The working week before Easter Weekend sees a fairly settled Monday but a change arrives as soon as Tuesday, mostly…

3 tropical storms surround Australia, a 4th possibly for Fiji & Tonga next week (+7 maps)

We’re in the peak of the Southern Hemisphere cyclone season with three active tropical cyclones affecting the Australian area alone…

Poll Results: Surprising number of New Zealanders still need more rain

Many parts of New Zealand have had a wetter than usual start to 2018, following on from a drier than…

Sunday’s national forecast – Downpours ease in the north, warmth returns to the south

A narrow front continues to slowly cross the North Island from west to east while West Coast downpours fade away…

Intense downpour and thunderstorm risk this weekend but the front is quite thin (+4 Maps)

A very narrow but intense area of weather lies just off the western coastline of Northland, Auckland and Waikato as…

Cyclone Iris forms near Vanuatu, may not move far in a week (+3 Maps)

Tropical Cyclone Iris has today formed just west of Vanuatu and while not a major storm the tropical low pressure…

InfoGraphic: The Big Picture for Saturday / Sunday

Low pressure hangs around New Zealand on Saturday bringing mainly unsettled weather. Unsettled conditions gradually moving away on Sunday leading…

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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…