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Severe Weather associated with Cyclone Gita to begin Tuesday
Monday, 19 February 2018, 3:32 pm | MetService
MetService have issued several Severe Weather Warnings and Watches for the impacts of Cyclone Gita. More >>
Severe Weather Watches issued for Cyclone Gita
Sunday, 18 February 2018, 1:24 pm | MetService
Cyclone Gita, currently a Category 3 Tropical Cyclone south of New Caledonia, is expected to move southwards over the next couple of days, and curve towards New Zealand. During its journey, it will weaken to a Category 2 Tropical Cyclone, before it undergoes ... More >>
MetService: Severe Weather outlook – Feb 17
Saturday, 17 February 2018, 2:52 pm | MetService
Cyclone Gita is expected to approach New Zealand from the northwest early next week. There remains some uncertainty with regards to the speed and track of Gita, but the passage of this system across New Zealand on Tuesday and Wednesday is likely to bring ... More >>
Cyclone Gita forecast to impact New Zealand - be prepared
Thursday, 15 February 2018, 2:34 pm | MetService
The next few days will see most of the country experience relatively settled yet humid weather, apart from the west coast of the South Island where there are Severe Weather Warnings and Watches in place for heavy rain easing Saturday afternoon. Leading ... More >>
More Heavy Rain for the North Island Early This Week
Monday, 12 February 2018, 2:15 pm | MetService
The weekend’s widespread rain delivered a massive 229.5mm accumulation to the western ranges of Nelson, and downpours to western parts of the North Island on Sunday (Levin township recording 24.4mm between 7-8pm Sunday evening). More >>
A Cooler Drier Start to the Week Gives Way to Rain
Sunday, 11 February 2018, 3:22 pm | MetService
With the country under a humid blanket of cloud and rain it’s hard to believe the week started off relatively cool when a series of weak cold fronts moved north over the South Island and lower North Island during Monday and Tuesday. More >>
MetService: Wet And Humid Weekend For Most
Thursday, 8 February 2018, 1:19 pm | MetService
The mostly-settled weather we’re currently enjoying is expected to come to an end this weekend as a ridge of high pressure starts to give way to a moist, strong easterly flow. A band of rain associated with a broad area of low pressure from the Tropics ... More >>
Fine for most on Waitangi Day
Monday, 5 February 2018, 2:07 pm | MetService
Fine for most on Waitangi Day A cooler southwesterly flow is spreading across the country today (Monday), bringing showers to the west and south and even some snow for the higher ranges of the South Island. Meanwhile the upper North Island is in ... More >>
Changeable Week of Weather But a Settled Waitangi Day
Sunday, 4 February 2018, 2:04 pm | MetService
A dramatic week of weather in New Zealand draws to a close today with yet more rain for northern parts of the North Island and the west coast of the South Island. More >>
Cooler Temperatures Follow Severe Weather - 01 Feb 2018
Thursday, 1 February 2018, 12:59 pm | MetService
High temperatures were the story of January, with temperature records broken across New Zealand. However, February is starting in a much more unsettled vein. The remnants of Tropical Cyclone Fehi, crossing the South Island today, are delivering plenty ... More >>
Summer heat followed by stormy weather this week
Monday, 29 January 2018, 1:51 pm | MetService
A ridge of high pressure remains over New Zealand today. However, as the ridge starts to move off on Thursday, a front from the south and the remains of recently-named Tropical Cyclone Fehi, tracking from the Coral Sea, will have a significant impact ... More >>
MetService: Hot and humid week continued for most
Sunday, 28 January 2018, 12:21 pm | MetService
The forecasts for most this January may seem like a broken record, hot and humid with isolated thunderstorms. But there really hasn’t been much change as a blocking ridge of high pressure lies over New Zealand. Temperatures records have been broken ... More >>
Even Warmer Temperatures Ahead
Thursday, 25 January 2018, 1:32 pm | MetService
Few would argue that it has been a warm week, and the heat is expected to linger over the weekend and into next week. More >>
MetService: Hot, humid summer thunders on
Monday, 22 January 2018, 11:54 am | MetService
Hot and humid has been the recipe for January 2018 so far, and this week is no different. Warm air from the tropics remains over New Zealand, boosting both temperatures and humidity. More >>
A Sweltering Week But More than a Splash of Rain for Some
Sunday, 21 January 2018, 2:48 pm | MetService
It’s been a warm week for most of New Zealand with a sweltering 35.0C measured at Dunedin airport during Tuesday afternoon - the hottest on record since the station was established in 1972. More >>
MetService: A Taste of the Tropics this weekend
Thursday, 18 January 2018, 12:02 pm | MetService
High humidity, hot temperatures and periods of prolonged and heavy rain are on the cards for the next few days, as tropical air continues to stream down over New Zealand. The weekend itself is spared the worst of the rain, and Saturday afternoon will see ... More >>
Warm, Wet and a Little Windy
Monday, 15 January 2018, 3:11 pm | MetService
Following on from yesterday’s scorcher and similar temperatures today, Kiwis are going to find temperatures tend a few degrees cooler, back to normal January temperatures thanks to some wet and windy weather. More >>
Low pressure system approaching mid-week
Sunday, 14 January 2018, 1:12 pm | MetService
A low approaching from the Tasman Sea is set to spread rain and strong northerly winds over most of New Zealand from the middle of this week. More >>
Long-awaited rainfall for the upper South Island
Thursday, 11 January 2018, 2:15 pm | MetService
Long-awaited rainfall for the upper South Island Over the past 36 hours there has been significant rainfall across the northern two-thirds of the South Island, with well over 150mm around Greymouth and the Alps and more to come. “This rain sticks ... More >>
MetService: Rural Monthly Outlook
Monday, 8 January 2018, 4:50 pm | MetService
December 2017 High pressure dominated the weather map during December, and was particularly intense during the first half of the month. Annual dry spell records were smashed at Christchurch and Whanganui, and Westport and Hokitika experienced their longest ... More >>
