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Storms Expected To Bring Heavy Rain To Many Parts
Saturday, 28 February 2004, 1:17 am | MetService
A deep depression over the Tasman Sea is expected to move southeast and cross Fiordland and Otago late Saturday. The low and its associated front should bring a period of heavy rain to the north and west of both islands. Worst affected areas will be the ... More >>
More Wet-and-Windy Yo-Yo Weather
Thursday, 26 February 2004, 1:23 pm | MetService
MetService meteorologists have issued a special weather advisory as they monitor two storms which are expected to bring further heavy rain and strong winds to New Zealand over the weekend. More >>
MetService Warn Of Another Front
Monday, 23 February 2004, 2:36 pm | MetService
MetService meteorologists have issued severe weather warnings for heavy rain for Taranaki and the central North Island high country tonight, and are keeping a severe weather watch for the Tararua ranges, Fiordland and the Westland ranges. More >>
Bumpy Old Summer Continues
Friday, 20 February 2004, 1:55 pm | MetService
MetService meteorologists have issued severe wind and heavy rain warnings for another front moving across New Zealand on Saturday. More >>
Heavy Rain And Gales Easing Overnight
Thursday, 19 February 2004, 9:24 pm | MetService
An active front is moving over the country producing a spell of heavy rain in many western areas from Westland to northwest Nelson and in the west of the North Island from Wellington to southern Waikato. More >>
A Burst Of Heavy Rain And Strong Winds Today
Thursday, 19 February 2004, 9:57 am | MetService
MetService forecasters are expecting a front moving over the country today to become more active, producing a spell of heavy rain in many western areas from Fiordland to northwest Nelson and in the the west of the North Island from Wellington to Taranaki. ... More >>
Severe Wind and Rain Warnings for Thursday
Wednesday, 18 February 2004, 1:21 pm | MetService
MetService meteorologists have issued severe wind and heavy rain warnings for an active front moving across New Zealand on Thursday. More >>
MetService Issues Narrative of the Big Storm
Wednesday, 18 February 2004, 8:26 am | MetService
Flooding hit Wellington, Wairarapa, Manawatu and Rangitikei areas hard early this week. This narrative article from MetService Weather Ambassador Bob McDavitt gives a sequential account of the main events leading to flooding. More >>
Eyeing The Storm: 167 km/hr at Beacon Hill
Tuesday, 17 February 2004, 9:41 am | MetService
MetService Weather Ambassador Bob McDavitt described today's storm as extreme and one which delivered more than it promised. More >>
Data From The Extreme Storm
Monday, 16 February 2004, 2:44 pm | MetService
MetService Weather Ambassador Bob McDavitt described today's storm as extreme and one which delivered more than it promised. More >>
Storm Warning Remains But Worst Waether Has Passed
Monday, 16 February 2004, 9:18 am | MetService
The deep low off the Wairarapa Coast that brought stormy conditions over the lower North Island is forecast to move away to the southeast from late morning,with the rain and severe southerly gales easing. However, another 20 to 30mm of rain is still ... More >>
Threats of Wind and Rain
Monday, 9 February 2004, 1:45 pm | MetService
MetService meteorologists have issued weather warnings for heavy rain and severe northwest gales to affect parts of the country tonight and during Tuesday. More >>
The Return Of The Sun For Waitangi Day
Wednesday, 4 February 2004, 12:01 am | MetService
Waitangi treaty grounds have had been soaked twice in the past week and are being soaked again today. MetService meteorologists are forecasting a brisk southwest wind to sweep across the area on Thursday and cool things down and dry out the paddocks. ... More >>
Intense Downpours Cause Problems
Monday, 2 February 2004, 2:51 pm | MetService
A major band of rain moving across the North Island today caused traffic problems in Auckland and Wellington. More >>
Facial Eczema Risk Potential Forecast
Tuesday, 20 January 2004, 3:58 pm | MetService
On the 1st of January 2004 MetService launched a facial eczema risk potential forecast service in time for this years season. More >>
Niue is back on the weather map.
Monday, 19 January 2004, 12:18 am | MetService
A MetService Technician, at the request of the Niue Government, has put the Niue weather station back into operation. More >>
New Zealand's Yo-Yo Weather Continues
Monday, 5 January 2004, 2:25 pm | MetService
Temperatures have been up and down in the past week, dipping to 2 degrees Celsius at Waiouru on New Year's Eve then rocketing to the high thirties over central Canterbury on New Year's Day. There should be a brief cooling of the Canterbury heat wave on ... More >>
World Meteorological Organization looks at 2003
Monday, 22 December 2003, 4:25 pm | MetService
GENEVA, 16 December (WMO) - The global surface temperature for all of 2003 is expected to be +0.45 C above the 1961-90 annual average, according to the records maintained by the Members of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO ). This value makes ... More >>
Good Tail Winds For Rudolph
Monday, 22 December 2003, 2:09 pm | MetService
MetService meteorologists are forecasting windy weather during Christmas week, but the wind is likely to drop in time for barbeques on Christmas Day. More >>
NZ–UK alliance to offer forecasting services
Tuesday, 16 December 2003, 5:10 pm | MetService
NIWA and the UK Met Office announced today that they will become partners in a new venture that will revolutionise the use of weather forecasts. This new alliance will combine the world-class weather forecasting skills of the UK Met Office with NIWA’s ... More >>
