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The Burning Question
Friday, 13 October 2006, 2:56 pm | MetService
MetService is predicting pleasant spring weather conditions, cooling breezes, and, as they do year after year, that Kiwis will burn in the sun this side of Christmas. More >>
Out With Cold Winds And In With Warm Dry Winds
Wednesday, 11 October 2006, 2:30 pm | MetService
MetService meteorologists have a severe weather warning out for westerly gales over Southland and Otago. These winds may become widespread from Thursday until the weekend. More >>
Southerly Punches Us Back Into Winter
Wednesday, 4 October 2006, 1:48 pm | MetService
MetService meteorologists are forecasting significantly chilly conditions over the country to last until Friday. Farmers between Gisborne and Marlborough may find these wet cold southerly winds stressful for stock, especially any recently born lambs. More >>
Thundery Start To October
Monday, 2 October 2006, 1:47 pm | MetService
The thunderstorms that hit parts of Auckland on Sunday afternoon brought a deluging start to October. MetService had a moderate risk for thunderstorms in its outlook and their rain gauge at Auckland airport recorded 29mm between 5 and 6pm. Showers ... More >>
Equinoctial Gales
Thursday, 21 September 2006, 1:59 pm | MetService
MetService meteorologists are forecasting more bursts of northwesterly winds on Saturday and Monday. These will bring hot dry and gusty conditions to all eastern districts, more periods of heavy rain to the western slopes of the Southern Alps, and blustery ... More >>
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 >>
