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Subtropical low vs subantarctic energy = typical early Autumn setup

A low pressure zone leaving Queensland tonight may brush the very top of the North Island midway through this week…

Subtropical low next week worth monitoring as high pressure controls all

High pressure smothers NZ today and will weaken a little on Sunday and Monday to allow a cooler southerly flow…

High pressure in charge, but also monitoring a tropical low next week

High pressure continues to dominate NZ’s weather as a tropical cyclone forms in the Coral Sea today. The cyclone, which…

Yes, NZ’s weather is warming back up again

Temperatures lift on Wednesday for many, then further going into Thursday and Friday as subtropical and/or nor’westers return. Cooler southerlies…

ClimateWatch: MARCH is looking quite orderly to start with

Storms near Antarctica, Autumn’s westerlies building south of Australia & NZ, high pressure again affecting both nations and the tropics…

Colder tonight for many, Lunar eclipse Tuesday, high pressure dominates

A lot of low pressure is spinning east of the country while a large high is moving in – this…

March Madness: Tropical Cyclone URMIL, a cold change and a ‘mountain range of high pressure’

March often brings in some wild changes in our weather – and we do have both a tropical cyclone north…

Monday’s temperature drop, latest on tropical low, + more high pressure in early March

A cold front is today moving up the South Island, falling apart over the North Island going into Friday/Saturday. On…

High pressure, cold fronts & a potential offshore tropical storm

We still have summer weather left – but as end the month of February and kick off March we do…

Monitoring potential tropical storm + southerly change arrives Sunday

High pressure smothers New Zealand today but a cold front is coming on Thursday, and a colder/cooler southerly change for…