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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 >>
Road weather innovations at ITS World Congress 2016
Tuesday, 4 October 2016, 4:26 pm | MetService
The impact of weather events on road users and transport agencies is a major focus for MetraWeather, the global commercial arm of MetService, New Zealand’s National Meteorological Service. More >>
A Volatile Spring Week in Store
Monday, 3 October 2016, 1:36 pm | MetService
Over the weekend, an active band of rain crossed the country bringing short bursts of heavy rain and thunderstorms to many. “Though many northern areas received only 10 to 30mm of rain, there were a number of intense and localised heavy falls,” ... More >>
Spring Weather Comes into Play
Sunday, 2 October 2016, 10:50 pm | MetService
An active front passed over the North Island this morning. Thunderstorms affected Northland and Auckland causing power outages. The already saturated conditions in most northern parts of the country have led to localised flooding and slips when ... More >>
October 2016 – Westerlies to kick-start October
Friday, 30 September 2016, 2:11 pm | MetService
September weather patterns were anything but spring-like. “The typical wild westerlies of spring have been absent during recent weeks,” said MetService Meteorologist Georgina Griffiths. High pressure camped out over the South Island, with persistent ... More >>
More rain for saturated parts of the North Island
Thursday, 29 September 2016, 1:17 pm | MetService
It has been a very wet week for eastern parts of the North Island, and more rain is on the way. “A moist northeasterly flow continues to soak areas from Coromandel Peninsula to Hawke’s Bay, and a Severe Weather Warning and Watch remain in force,” ... More >>
Westerlies to return with a vengeance next week
Wednesday, 28 September 2016, 12:59 pm | MetService
After more than a week of east to northeast winds affecting the country, you might be wondering where the normally westerly winds of Spring have gone. More >>
A Weather Traffic Jam in the Tasman
Monday, 26 September 2016, 2:48 pm | MetService
A strong high pressure over Australia and another over the ocean to the southeast of New Zealand are causing a traffic jam of weather features in the Tasman Sea. Sandwiched between these two high pressures, the country is covered with wind from the northeast ... More >>
Taking it easterly this Spring
Sunday, 25 September 2016, 9:35 pm | MetService
This week has seen a generally easterly flow across New Zealand, brought about by persistent high pressure to the southeast of the country, combined with low pressure systems sliding across the North Island. This has brought periods of rain or showers ... More >>
For a sunny weekend, head to the West Coast
Thursday, 22 September 2016, 12:33 pm | MetService
After an overcast and occasionally rainy week for the main centres, people looking for blue skies this weekend should head to the South Island’s West Coast. More >>
Rain for the North, Largely Settled Elsewhere
Monday, 19 September 2016, 1:50 pm | MetService
For many regions of the country, especially those living on the west coast, this week looks on the settled side. Eastern and southern parts see more cloud, however. After the rain during the weekend, a quieter week weather-wise will be welcome. But ... More >>
Wet, windy and warm start to the weekend
Thursday, 15 September 2016, 1:23 pm | MetService
There will be a period of heavy rain for western and northern parts of the country on Friday andSaturday, with strong to gale northwest winds also expected to affect parts of New Zealand. The winds are expected to bring a warm start to the weekend ... More >>
A change to more spring like weather
Monday, 12 September 2016, 1:34 pm | MetService
The weather over New Zealand will change to a more spring like pattern late this week, as two low pressure systems hit the country in quick succession, bringing strong winds and rain to many areason Friday and the weekend. “These fast moving weather ... More >>
Temperatures rebound after cold snap
Sunday, 11 September 2016, 12:08 pm | MetService
Temperatures across New Zealand are returning to normal this week, after last week’s cold snap. The cold southerly flow that brought gale force winds and snow to low levels late last week has been replaced by a ridge of high pressure this weekend, ... More >>
Settled weather on the horizon as southerly storm eases
Friday, 9 September 2016, 1:18 pm | MetService
A vicious southerly storm that blasted up the country during Wednesday and early Thursday brought with it severe southerly gales, snow to low levels and bitterly cold temperatures. More >>
