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MetService Orange Heavy Rain Warning For Hawke’s Bay
Thursday, 23 February 2023, 2:59 pm | MetService
MetService advise that a complex weather system continues to affect the country, before moving away to the south late Saturday. Further heavy rain and possible severe thunderstorms are expected to affect already saturated areas of the North Island, ... More >>
Considerable Uncertainty About Upcoming Rain, But Even Best-case Scenario Is Unwelcome
Wednesday, 22 February 2023, 11:10 pm | MetService
Covering period of Wednesday 22 - Saturday 25 February MetService is forecasting rain to continue to move up the country in the next 24 hours. As it does, it will shift from its current focus to the North Island. The majority of the North Island ... More >>
Rain And Cold Creeping North
Monday, 20 February 2023, 1:23 pm | MetService
MetService is forecasting a substantial drop in temperatures this week, as a cold front moves over the country from the Southern Ocean. The arrival of the cooler airmass will bring rain to many of the parched areas of the South Island. Several Heavy Rain ... More >>
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Issued
Thursday, 16 February 2023, 1:44 pm | MetService
Covering period of Thursday 16 - Sunday 19 February MetService says there is a risk of thunderstorms in some of the vulnerable areas today, but the weekend sees settled weather across the country. MetService has issued a Severe Thunderstorm ... More >>
Cyclone Gabrielle Moves Away But Its Tail Brings More Rain
Wednesday, 15 February 2023, 2:21 pm | MetService
Cyclone Gabrielle was located 400km to the east of Gisborne at 10am this morning (Wednesday) and is continuing to move further away to the southeast, weakening as it travels towards the north of the Chatham Islands. MetService advises that severe ... More >>
Cyclone Gabrielle Still Impacting Some Areas, Easing By The End Of Today
Tuesday, 14 February 2023, 12:54 pm | MetService
Covering period of Tuesday 14 - Friday 17 February While some MetService Red Rain Warnings are lifting there are still several Warnings and Watches in place as severe weather from Cyclone Gabrielle continues throughout the day (Tuesday). ... More >>
Worst Of Cyclone Gabrielle To Affect The Country Today
Monday, 13 February 2023, 11:58 am | MetService
Cyclone Gabrielle is bearing down on the North Island, and despite widespread damage and disruption last night and this morning, the worst weather is still to come for many regions today. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2302/44965c327339495d145d.jpeg" ... More >>
Impacts Already Felt From Cyclone Gabrielle
Sunday, 12 February 2023, 6:53 pm | MetService
Covering period of Sunday 12 - Tuesday 14 February The impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle are being felt as the extreme weather system bears down on Aotearoa New Zealand. Gale force winds have been recorded at many sites already: Kaitaia 90km/hr gust, ... More >>
MetService Red Warnings Issued - Prepare To Batten Down The Hatches
Saturday, 11 February 2023, 7:33 pm | MetService
Covering period of Saturday 11 - Tuesday 14 February Key information from MetService: - MetService have issued a Heavy Rain Red Warning for Coromandel Peninsula and Tairāwhiti Gisborne north of Tolaga Bay. A MetService Red Warning is our highest warning for ... More >>
Prepare For Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle
Thursday, 9 February 2023, 8:19 pm | MetService
MetService is forecasting that Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle is likely to impact the northern parts of Aotearoa New Zealand on Sunday. It is expected to spread further across and down the North Island by Tuesday. MetService urges the public to start ... More >>
Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle Named In The Coral Sea
Wednesday, 8 February 2023, 7:52 pm | MetService
Covering period of Wednesday 8 - Sunday 12 November The tropical low in the Coral Sea that MetService has been monitoring over the last few days has intensified into a tropical cyclone, named Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle by Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology ... More >>
MetService Monitoring Developing Tropical Cyclone
Monday, 6 February 2023, 6:08 pm | MetService
After a week of severe weather for both the North and South Islands, MetService has now lifted all remaining severe weather watches and warnings across the country. A high pressure system building to the west of the country is expected to bring more ... More >>
More Extreme Marine Heatwaves For South Island
Friday, 3 February 2023, 2:17 pm | MetService
The heavy rainfall affecting the upper North Island is not the only unusual weather New Zealand is expecting at present. In the ocean off southern South Island, marine heatwaves of unprecedented strength are appearing. This is according to MetService ... More >>
MetService Red Warnings Have Been Lifted But Severe Weather Lingers
Thursday, 2 February 2023, 1:42 pm | MetService
Parts of Northland, Auckland and Coromandel set new January rain records after a month of frequent rain which had widespread downpours and flooding. MetService has issued a new set of Heavy Rain Warnings and Watches for further rain around Aotearoa ... More >>
Red Warning Issued For Bay Of Plenty West Of Kawerau
Wednesday, 1 February 2023, 12:44 am | MetService
The whole of the Bay of Plenty has been under a MetService Orange Warning for Heavy Rain expecting 100-150mm of rain during Wednesday. However, after discussion with the Council, Civil Defence and their teams on the ground, MetService has upgraded ... More >>
Concerns For Further Impactful Weather Prompts MetService Red Warnings
Monday, 30 January 2023, 6:39 pm | MetService
After consultation with the local regional councils MetService has issued Red Warnings for Heavy Rain in Northland, Auckland north of Orewa, and the Coromandel Peninsula. The Red Warnings have been triggered because of the likely impacts - significant ... More >>
Upper North Island Not Out Of The Woods Yet
Monday, 30 January 2023, 4:10 pm | MetService
MetService has issued a fresh batch of Severe Weather Warnings for regions recently affected by extreme rain. The moisture lingers through the week and even spreads across the South Island. Heavy rain with the potential for thunderstorms and downpours ... More >>
MetService Forecasting More Severe Weather From The North
Sunday, 29 January 2023, 6:57 pm | MetService
Following on from Friday’s deluge across Auckland, other parts of the North Island have begun to feel the brunt of the severe weather. Many North Island locations remain vulnerable and will see further driving rain in the coming days, warns MetService. ... More >>
Unprecedented Rain In Auckland, With More On The Way
Saturday, 28 January 2023, 6:32 pm | MetService
ollowing unprecedented rain for the Auckland region, MetService is warning of further rainfall for Auckland, although nothing is likely to match the severity of what has happened in the past 36 hours. The MetService Red Heavy Rain Warning was lifted this ... More >>
Unprecedented rain in Auckland, with more on the way
Saturday, 28 January 2023, 3:57 pm | MetService
28/01/2023 Covering period of Saturday 28 - Monday 30 January Following unprecedented rain for the Auckland region, MetService is warning of further rainfall for Auckland, although nothing is likely to match the severity of what has happened in the past ... More >>
