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Soupy Skies for the Supermoon
Sunday, 13 November 2016, 7:58 pm | MetService
This weekend began with a wet Saturday, when parts of Wellington saw nearly a month’s worth of rain in a single day, causing slips and disrupting travel. Average November rainfall for Kelburn since 1928 is 88.3mm, whereas yesterday 84.4mm fell in 24 hours, ... More >>
Crossing Lows Bring Rain
Thursday, 10 November 2016, 2:18 pm | MetService
Frontal bands moving northwards over the South Island on Thursday brought heavy rain to the West Coast, causing disruption to traffic on State Highway 6 with some flooding and land slips. Further periods of rain are expected over central New Zealand today ... More >>
North Island brightening up during Tuesday
Monday, 7 November 2016, 2:16 pm | MetService
A rain band moving over the North Island overnight and this morning has been bringing heavy rain, with many places in the upper North Island recording 15 – 25 mm of rainfall within one hour last night. As the rain eases in the north, the weather ... More >>
Heavy rain and thunder possible for upper North Island
Sunday, 6 November 2016, 10:12 pm | MetService
A front making its way across New Zealand is gradually spreading rain eastwards across the country today. The rain is expected to become heavy at times over the upper North Island later today and on Monday, where Severe Weather Watches are in place. In addition ... More >>
Fizzle or the shizzle? Here’s your Guy Fawkes forecast
Thursday, 3 November 2016, 1:57 pm | MetService
With fireworks and bonfires planned for this weekend, many will be hoping for a calm dry Saturdaynight. The good news is that the showery weather that features at the end of the week takes a brief break on Saturday as a slim ridge rolls by. More >>
A warmer November for eastern regions
Tuesday, 1 November 2016, 3:50 pm | MetService
Rainfall was abundant in many regions, with the notable exceptions of Wairarapa and southern Hawkes Bay. The North Island copped an unusually wet start to October, as did Nelson and Otago. “Canterbury and Marlborough also picked up significant totals ... More >>
An assortment of weather this week - Monday 31 October 2016
Monday, 31 October 2016, 3:07 pm | MetService
A lot of people woke up to frosts early on Monday morning, particularly for inland areas of both islands. Waiouru saw the coldest temperature, with -3.3C. For the South Island, Pukaki Airport was the coldest with -1.3C. Clear skies overnight were the ... More >>
Clear Evening for Halloween
Sunday, 30 October 2016, 8:09 pm | MetService
The weather this past week ended with a cold southerly outbreak, as a trough swept over the country on Friday and Saturday. There was snow about the hills in many South Island areas and skiffs of snow visible in web cams over the Desert Road early Sunday ... More >>
A cool change for the weekend
Thursday, 27 October 2016, 3:19 pm | MetService
After a week of mild temperatures, a southerly change is forecast to bring a period of colder weather this weekend. On Friday, a cold front moves up the South Island bringing heavy rain to the West Coast and a period of rain to eastern places. “Thunderstorms ... More >>
Changeable weather returns this week
Tuesday, 25 October 2016, 1:18 pm | MetService
Several weather systems move eastwards over New Zealand this week, bringing changeable weather after most places experienced a dry Labour Weekend. Periods of rain or showers are likely to affect most places during Tuesday and Wednesday as a low pressure system ... More >>
Rain gets back to work after a sunny Labour Weekend
Monday, 24 October 2016, 9:49 pm | MetService
Labour weekend can often be a mixed bag, but in 2016 most of New Zealand struck it lucky with warm temperatures and plenty of sunshine. Several towns on both islands topped twenty degrees, with Alexandra and Dunedin hitting 21 degrees on Saturday ... More >>
A spell of dry weather for Labour Weekend
Thursday, 20 October 2016, 2:45 pm | MetService
A spell of dry weather is on the cards for nearly everyone this Labour Weekend. Rain or showers affecting parts of the country today, should clear the South Island on Friday and most of the North Island on Saturday. However, the weather is likely ... More >>
Week of typical spring weather ahead
Monday, 17 October 2016, 1:40 pm | MetService
Spring snow flurries and hailstorms affected parts of New Zealand towards the end of last week, leading to a chilly start to the weekend. As the weekend progressed, the weather settled and temperatures recovered. More >>
Spring in full swing
Sunday, 16 October 2016, 8:55 pm | MetService
Spring snow flurries and hailstorms impacted New Zealand towards the end of last week, and that led into a fairly chilly start to the weekend. As the weekend has gone on, the weather has settled and the temperatures have returned to typical spring ... More >>
Tropical Cyclone activity expected to be average this season
Friday, 14 October 2016, 1:05 pm | MetService
Tropical Cyclone activity expected to be average this season The Southwest Pacific tropical cyclone season formally starts on the 1st of November, with an average number of named cyclones expected in the upcoming 2016/2017 season under the influence of ... More >>
Weather brightening up for the weekend
Thursday, 13 October 2016, 1:27 pm | MetService
A front is moving on to the south of the country today, bringing rain to the west and south of the South Island, and lowering snow levels down to about 500 metres overnight tonight. While other parts of the country will be mostly dry today, the ... More >>
A weather smorgasbord this week
Monday, 10 October 2016, 1:21 pm | MetService
The front that moved up the country over the weekend is lingering over the upper North Island today, bringing scattered rain or showers to those north of Tauranga. Further south, a ridge of high pressure is bringing a settled start to the week for ... More >>
Changeable spring weather continues
Monday, 10 October 2016, 10:51 am | MetService
A front has been making its way up the country this weekend, bringing a period of rain to most people as it moved over. While some places did experience heavy rain with this front, it was only brief. Inglewood in Taranaki received 11 mm of rain ... More >>
The end of the school holidays, but not of the wild weather
Thursday, 6 October 2016, 1:32 pm | MetService
As the school holidays draw to a close, the wild spring weather is showing no sign of easing. Spring weather is characterised by strong westerly winds and fast moving fronts racing across New Zealand, bringing short, sharp bursts of showers peppered ... More >>
Strong winds and squally thunderstorms in the forecast
Wednesday, 5 October 2016, 1:17 pm | MetService
Parts of New Zealand are set to experience thunder and lightning over the coming days, with the highest risk being the central and upper North Island on Thursday and early Friday. New Plymouth and Hamilton may get an unwelcome wakeup call on Thursday ... More >>
