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After A Wild Start, We Ease Into A Settled Weekend
Thursday, 17 September 2020, 12:24 pm | MetService
MetService is forecasting broad areas of severe weather today (Thursday), with some of it lasting into Friday as an active cold front pushes up the country. The front moves over the central North Island around midday Friday and is replaced ... More >>
Windy Westerlies Prevail
Monday, 14 September 2020, 1:51 pm | MetService
Secure your trampoline - MetService is forecasting westerlies to prevail this week, bringing periods of rain and gales across Aotearoa. MetService meteorologist Tahlia Crabtree explains, “Several fronts are expected to move up the country over the ... More >>
Cold But Mainly Settled Weather This Weekend
Thursday, 10 September 2020, 11:43 am | MetService
A cold change is making its way up the country and MetService is forecasting rain to turn to snow for some elevated roads. However, most of the wet weather moves off the country on Friday leading to a relatively settled weekend albeit colder than ... More >>
Westerlies For The Weekend
Thursday, 3 September 2020, 12:24 pm | MetService
Spring is in full swing, having already delivered a smorgasbord of weather over the course of this week. After a fine and frosty finish to the working week, MetService is forecasting warm and wet westerlies for the weekend. The cold ... More >>
Weather To Swing Into Spring
Monday, 31 August 2020, 11:35 am | MetService
MetService is forecasting changeable weather for much of the country this week, with bursts of rain or showers, snow to low levels over the South Island, periods of strong to gale force winds, and wildly swinging temperatures likely. A ... More >>
Spring Is Just Around The Corner
Thursday, 27 August 2020, 12:12 pm | MetService
MetService is forecasting a showery weekend for the west of both Islands and a finer one for the east. However, ahead of this are several fronts bringing some snow today and rain tomorrow. MetService meteorologist Andy Best says, “An active ... More >>
A Return To Cold Conditions
Monday, 24 August 2020, 12:51 pm | MetService
MetService is forecasting an active weather week ahead, with a southwesterly change in wind flow bringing a gradual return to cooler conditions for the last full week of meteorological winter. A dynamic atmosphere over the Tasman Sea has seen ... More >>
Active weather continues over New Zealand
Thursday, 20 August 2020, 1:32 pm | MetService
MetService is forecasting a continued period of unsettled conditions, with several lows and associated fronts bringing wet weather for many in the coming days. More >>
Wet And Windy Winter Week
Monday, 17 August 2020, 2:42 pm | MetService
We’ve had settled conditions for the last few days, but MetService is forecasting that to change this week as a slow moving ridge of high pressure over the country gives way to northeasterlies Monday, then a northwest flow on Wednesday. "A ... More >>
Settled But Cold Weather For Weekend Ahead
Thursday, 13 August 2020, 12:26 pm | MetService
MetService forecasts a cold front will move across New Zealand today (Thursday) and tomorrow, although the front is expected to weaken it will bring wet weather to the far south and eastern areas of the country. The main affect is that ... More >>
Heavy Rain And Strong Winds For The Upper North Island On Tuesday
Monday, 10 August 2020, 12:38 pm | MetService
MetService is warning that heavy rain and strong winds will affect the upper North Island on Tuesday. MetService Meteorologist Stephen Glassey explains, “A low pressure system deepens west of Northland on Tuesday, dragging down moisture-laden air from ... More >>
Wintry Conditions To Break Settled Run
Thursday, 6 August 2020, 12:46 pm | MetService
New Zealand says goodbye to the high pressure that has dominated for the last couple of weeks, as a low from the Tasman Sea and associated fronts move up the country from today (Thursday). MetService is forecasting a change in conditions as the pattern ... More >>
Fine, Warm Weather Continues Until Thursday
Monday, 3 August 2020, 12:28 pm | MetService
Settled weather continues over New Zealand thanks to a ridge of high pressure that remains parked just east of the country.This ridge shielded New Zealand from a significant low-pressure system in the Tasman Sea last week, the remnants of which scuttle away ... More >>
Settled For Most But Some Rain For The Northern Areas
Thursday, 30 July 2020, 12:29 pm | MetService
If you’re having that feeling that the weather hasn’t changed much this week, well you wouldn’t be wrong. The blocking high phenomenon has been gracing our slice of Earth’s atmosphere and bringing static conditions across Aotearoa. ... More >>
Fine Weather High Gives Way To Tasman Sea Low Later This Week
Monday, 27 July 2020, 10:40 am | MetService
A slow-moving ridge of high pressure over New Zealand brought fine, calm and frosty weather to most places over the weekend, with MetService forecasting more of the same for the start of this week. However, by mid-week a front associated with a slow-moving ... More >>
Cold Southwest Flow Gives Way To Settled Weather For The Weekend
Thursday, 23 July 2020, 11:55 am | MetService
MetService is forecasting cold southwesterlies cover the country today, with several Severe Weather Watches and Warnings in force. There is a Strong Wind Warning (Orange) in force for Hawkes Bay south of Napier, as well as the Tararua District, whilst ... More >>
Winter Westerlies Return For The Working Week
Monday, 20 July 2020, 1:58 pm | MetService
Sodden centres around the North Island can breathe a sigh of relief as MetService forecasts the return of westerlies. Strong southwesterlies, showers, and some southern snow shift the weather focus to the west this week, giving the east and far north ... More >>
Cloud To Close The School Holidays
Thursday, 16 July 2020, 1:08 pm | MetService
After a soggy Wednesday night, many gauges around the Northland and Auckland regions accumulated upwards of 50 mm of rain, hopefully providing some well needed top ups to dams around the region. As the wild wind and rain wraps up the working week, MetService ... More >>
Rainy Week Ahead For The Upper North Island
Monday, 13 July 2020, 1:39 pm | MetService
Today, a weakening rain band over the central North Island will continue to sit frustratingly south of Auckland dams in need. However, MetService is keeping an eye on a low pressure system brewing in the Tasman Sea which is set to bring some rain ... More >>
Settle Down, But Don’t Expect The Warm
Thursday, 9 July 2020, 12:16 pm | MetService
After a cold and a tempestuous week, MetService is forecasting generally calm weather for the weekend and the week ahead, briefly interrupted on Sunday and Monday by yet another cold front that will bring a bit more wet and windy weather. ... More >>
