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Chilling Winds Affect The South
Saturday, 16 September 2006, 3:34 pm | MetService
MetService meteorologists are forecasting a significantly chilly change in Southland and south Otago. A very deep low passing south of New Zealand is dragging air from Antarctica onto our south coast. These conditions are likely to be very stressful ... More >>
Frost Alert
Monday, 11 September 2006, 2:49 pm | MetService
MetService meteorologists are forecasting moderate to severe frosts for several places on Tuesday and Wednesday morning. Already on Monday morning Ashburton reported 8 degrees of ground frost and Christchurch and Paraparaumu reported a 5 degree frost. More >>
Spring is Whistling in
Wednesday, 30 August 2006, 4:16 pm | MetService
For Thursday, MetService is forecasting strong westerly winds over southern and eastern parts of the South Island and the south of the North Island as a deep low-pressure system passes by in the Southern Ocean. More >>
Brief Snowy Southerly
Monday, 21 August 2006, 12:45 am | MetService
MetService meteorologists have issued a heavy snow warning for southern parts of the South Island this afternoon and Canterbury and Kaikoura Coast tonight. The southerlies will also be spreading onto the North Island tonight, bringing rain laced with hail ... More >>
Sun and Frost
Monday, 14 August 2006, 12:15 am | MetService
MetService reported a six degree ground frost at Nelson airport this morning and there are more frosty mornings to come. More >>
Wintry Weekend
Thursday, 10 August 2006, 3:20 pm | MetService
MetService is expecting a very cold change to sweep over the country this weekend. "We should prepare for another weekend with biting cold winds and wintry showers," commented MetService Weather Ambassador, Bob McDavitt. "It is lambing and calving ... More >>
Rain Giving Way To Settled Weather
Monday, 7 August 2006, 2:13 pm | MetService
Settled weather is forecast to return to all the country by Wednesday. More >>
Metservice Wise System Wins Award
Thursday, 3 August 2006, 11:06 am | MetService
At the 2006 Computerworld Excellence Awards winners announced 21st July. MetService won an award for its Weather Information Service Engine (WISE) system. More >>
Wet Winter Weather Explained
Monday, 31 July 2006, 2:17 pm | MetService
MetService Meteorologists say that the weather which brought the wettest July on record to parts of the Wairarapa and Wanganui is due to an unusual cluster of weather patterns. More >>
Wet and Cold for Mid-Winter
Wednesday, 19 July 2006, 12:56 am | MetService
MetService meteorologists have issued severe weather warnings for heavy rain for the Coromandel Peninsula, western Bay of Plenty, and Hawke's Bay regions and the Tararua District. A heavy snow warning has been issued for the Canterbury Foothills, ... More >>
It's Been Wet Wet Wet
Monday, 17 July 2006, 4:14 pm | MetService
Southern parts of the North Island have been very wet so far this month, with several places already having their wettest July on record. "The southeastern end of the North Island has been taking the brunt of the recent rain", commented MetService ... More >>
Brace for Wind-Driven Rain
Wednesday, 12 July 2006, 2:41 pm | MetService
The MetService weather outlook map for Friday shows zones of significant wind-driven rain mainly affecting eastern and southern districts of the North Island and the northeast of the South Island along with a band of severe gales from Gisborne to ... More >>
MetService Sponsors Te Papa Constable Exhibition
Wednesday, 5 July 2006, 2:03 pm | MetService
The exhibition of Constable paintings that opens on Wednesday 5th July at Te Papa is being proudly sponsored by MetService and Jardine Lloyd Thompson Limited. This exhibition, entitled Constable: Impressions of Land, Sea and Sky, provides New Zealanders ... More >>
Another Bite Of Winter
Monday, 3 July 2006, 1:15 pm | MetService
MetService meteorologists have issued a heavy snow warning for Otago, Canterbury and the Kaikoura Coast areas for Tuesday morning. More >>
Sustained June Cold Was Rare
Friday, 30 June 2006, 11:19 am | MetService
MetService meteorologists say that the low-pressure system on Monday 12th June was a major system, bringing severe wind, rain and snow. It was followed by a sustained blast of polar-chilled southwesterly winds that kept some snow on the ground for ... More >>
Wellington's Exporter Of The Year
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 10:39 am | MetService
Metra, the international commercial arm of New Zealand's MetService, was recognised for its contribution to New Zealand's export success and was awarded Export NZ's Wellington Exporter of the Year for "the sheer hard work, determination, entrepreneurship ... More >>
The Grip of Winter
Tuesday, 20 June 2006, 12:55 am | MetService
MetService meteorologists have issued a Severe Weather Watch for the Canterbury Plains and Kaikoura Ranges to cover the possibility of further snow from the next cold front which is expected on Wednesday. More >>
MetService warns of more cold and snowy weather
Friday, 16 June 2006, 9:43 am | MetService
From late Friday, and at times on Saturday and Sunday, very cold southerlies are expected to bring snow to Southland and coastal Otago. The snow is currently not expected to accumulate to warning amounts over a widespread area, but significant ... More >>
Frost Biting Harder Than Normal
Tuesday, 6 June 2006, 2:44 pm | MetService
Frosts hit many parts of the country this morning, causing icy conditions in the wake of the cold southerly change that whistled through during Queen's Birthday weekend. Five degree frosts were reported by MetService weather stations at airports in Nelson, ... More >>
MetService Issues New Improved Marine Forecasts
Thursday, 1 June 2006, 2:10 pm | MetService
The wording of MetService coastal and recreational marine forecasts has changed. Wind speed forecasts in the outlook are now described by single numbers rather than by a speed range. In other words, numbers such as "15 knots" have replaced ranges ... More >>
