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Easter Weekend Scorcher Eases To Settled Warmth
Tuesday, 6 April 2021, 12:25 pm | MetService
After a weekend of record and near-record April temperatures, MetService forecasts a return to more settled autumnal warmth. Timaru Airport reached 30.6°C on Sunday, beating its previous April record of 29.4°C from 1978. Christchurch Airport nearly ... More >>
Calm After The Storm For Easter Weekend
Thursday, 1 April 2021, 12:18 pm | MetService
After a soggy and thundery week for many, MetService forecasts relatively settled weather for Easter weekend. Thunderstorms have been rumbling across the North Island over the last three days, creating localised downpours, and sparking hundreds of ... More >>
A Wet And Wild Week In The Lead Up To Easter
Monday, 29 March 2021, 12:04 pm | MetService
After last week’s dry and settled weather, MetService is forecasting a wet and wild week for most in the lead up to the Easter long weekend as a humid airmass persists over the country. However, a cold front on Friday brings relief from the warm nights, ... More >>
Settled Days Before The Next Bout Of Weather
Thursday, 25 March 2021, 12:53 pm | MetService
The ridge that has called Aotearoa New Zealand home for over a week is slowly on its way out over the coming days. MetService is forecasting settled weather ahead of a low from the Tasman Sea that brings a wet change for parts of the South Island ... More >>
A Calm And Cloudy Week
Monday, 22 March 2021, 12:24 pm | MetService
MetService is forecasting another week of high pressure over Aotearoa, which brings settled conditions. However, these settled conditions will breakdown for some areas by the weekend. MetService Meteorologist Ashlee Parkes elaborates, “Trapped moisture ... More >>
Sweet Weather This Weekend
Thursday, 18 March 2021, 11:26 am | MetService
With no severe weather on MetService’s outlook, and high pressure parked over the country, the weekend is set to be a stunner for most. “There’s nothing coming to mix things up, so today’s weather is set to persist until early next week," ... More >>
Unsettled Beginning To The Week
Monday, 15 March 2021, 11:58 am | MetService
The beginning of the week starts off unsettled with a frontal feature zipping up the country but MetService has settled conditions setting in for many from midweek. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2103/12b952b4b7b9e89484ae.jpeg" ... More >>
Mostly Fine In Time For The Weekend
Thursday, 11 March 2021, 1:13 pm | MetService
A slow moving trough continues to affect the North Island, while a ridge of high pressure builds over the South Island. MetService has issued Watches and Warnings for Heavy Rain and possible Severe Thunderstorms but the weekend looks settled for ... More >>
Settled Autumn Week, But Brief Mid-week Change
Monday, 8 March 2021, 1:32 pm | MetService
Weather over Aotearoa New Zealand remains settled over the next couple of days until a wet weather system approaches mid-week. MetService is forecasting a cool, wet change to cut in on a mild Autumn week. As the country settles into the new season, the ... More >>
A Mostly Wet And Cooler Weekend
Thursday, 4 March 2021, 12:48 pm | MetService
MetService is forecasting that most areas across Aotearoa will see wet conditions over the coming days. A front currently passing over the North Island sets the scene for the coming days, bringing localised areas of heavy rain and possible thunderstorms ... More >>
A Turbulant Start to Autumn
Monday, 1 March 2021, 1:26 pm | MetService
MetService says that on average the waters around Aotearoa are warmer in the first month of autumn than the first month of summer, but around two thirds of the country usually see higher air temperatures in December vs March. Whilst it will be warm, ... More >>
High Pressure Holding On For Now
Thursday, 25 February 2021, 11:49 am | MetService
A blocking ridge of high pressure lingers to the east of New Zealand through to the end of the weekend, with MetService predicting settled and warm weather to prevail across much of the country for the remaining days of summer. A frontal system that ... More >>
Warm Temperatures For The Last Week Of February
Monday, 22 February 2021, 12:17 pm | MetService
A blocking high over New Zealand is beginning to move away, but MetService says there’s still a few more days of warm and dry weather for most. MetService meteorologist Alwyn Bakker explains, “A low pressure system approaching Aotearoa from the Tasman ... More >>
Summer is Back
Thursday, 18 February 2021, 11:48 am | MetService
A ridge of high pressure has parked itself over Aotearoa and MetService says dry and sunny conditions can be expected throughout the weekend and into Monday. MetService meteorologist Ashlee Parkes explains, “Thanks to a persistent high, summer conditions ... More >>
Significant Summer Storm For Parts Of The North Island
Monday, 15 February 2021, 2:00 pm | MetService
Rain is topping up dams and relieving parched soil across the North Island today, but MetService cautions that more rainfall on Tuesday may cause significant impact for already saturated soil. Many areas of Northland were soaked overnight; in 24 ... More >>
Clear Skies Ahead, But Cloud And Rain To Come
Thursday, 11 February 2021, 12:33 pm | MetService
This weekend is sure to remind everyone that we’re still in the summer months. While it might not be the hottest of weekends, calm clear weather, especially on Saturday, will remind us that we’ve still got a wee way to go until autumn strikes. ... More >>
What’s With This Windy Wet Weather?
Tuesday, 9 February 2021, 12:04 pm | MetService
Now here’s something we haven’t seen in a while… Rain and wind! Yes, it is summer (don’t you remember last week?) This week will be wet and a bit windy for most; however, the week will end on a calmer note. MetService are forecasting wet ... More >>
Waitangi Weekend Rounds Off Our Run Of Sun
Thursday, 4 February 2021, 11:32 am | MetService
MetService are forecasting settled conditions over the long weekend, but the weather takes a tumultuous turn in the middle of next week. Waitangi Weekend will be dry for most of New Zealand, although many places will see more cloud than we’ve been ... More >>
It’s Hot Then It’s Cold
Tuesday, 26 January 2021, 12:22 pm | MetService
MetService is keeping a close eye on the numbers this week as temperatures tell the story. Hot weather along the eastern seaboard is the talk of Tuesday, with parts of Canterbury forecast to climb to 36°C. MetService meteorologist Tahlia Crabtree ... More >>
Heat Returns In The East
Thursday, 21 January 2021, 1:27 pm | MetService
MetService is forecasting a run of changeable weather to come, as summer makes a brief return, before a cold front sweeps through, pivoting back to hot weather next week. After a couple of days of unseasonably cool temperatures across the country, ... More >>
