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A windy and wet start to the week
Monday, 14 October 2013, 9:32 am | MetService
Strengthening northwesterly winds are set to play a key part of the weather heading into the start of the week and a new school term. More >>
More wet and windy weather
Thursday, 10 October 2013, 1:28 pm | MetService
The active spring westerly flow will keep the weather systems coming across New Zealand at a fast and furious pace this weekend, with further wet and windy spells likely. More >>
Thunderstorms, snow and cold rain
Monday, 7 October 2013, 11:28 am | MetService
The reasonably settled conditions of the last few days are about to come to an end as a large low develops in the Tasman Sea, along with a surge of much colder air behind a front moving up the South Island. More >>
A quiet weekend; some rain next week - MetService
Friday, 4 October 2013, 11:31 am | MetService
This weekend will be reasonably quiet on the weather front as a ridge of high pressure covers the North Island and couple of fronts further south remain fairly weak. More >>
School's Out
Monday, 30 September 2013, 12:08 pm | MetService
It's the first week of the school holidays for many, and for much of New Zealand the weather looks as though it'll play fair for the week. Although an area of low pressure and some thunderstorms are set to start things off for the North Island, ... More >>
One low followed by another
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 12:07 pm | MetService
The large area of low pressure currently lying over the North Island is likely to dominate the weather for the next day or so.During Thursday,it is expected to move away to the east of the country. More >>
A deep sup-tropical low heads toward New Zealand
Monday, 23 September 2013, 11:54 am | MetService
After the heavy thundery downpours that moved across many parts of New Zealand during the weekend, Monday provides a brief respite from the weather. However, the outlook for the rest of the week is bleak. More >>
A further period of heavy rain - MetService
Friday, 20 September 2013, 11:51 am | MetService
There's a risk of heavy, and sometimes thundery, rain to parts of New Zealand as a complex low crosses the South Island this weekend, and a low of tropical origin approaches the north of the North Island early next week. More >>
A further period of heavy rain
Friday, 20 September 2013, 11:51 am | MetService
There's a risk of heavy, and sometimes thundery, rain to parts of New Zealand as a complex low crosses the South Island this weekend, and a low of tropical origin approaches the north of the North Island early next week. More >>
Sunny skies and frosty nights - Metservice
Monday, 16 September 2013, 2:23 pm | MetService
Last week saw a very active system slowly push its way across New Zealand,resulting in periods of heavy rain, gale force winds - and over 41,000 lightning strikes in one 24-hour period. This week the weather is looking much more settled as high pressure ... More >>
Stormy weather - MetService
Monday, 9 September 2013, 1:14 pm | MetService
An active front accompanied by heavy rain and gale force winds is expected to affect many parts of the country this week, and Severe Weather Warnings have been issued. More >>
Enter spring westerlies
Friday, 6 September 2013, 11:20 am | MetService
The last really cold snap for a while has just about ended. For a few days from this weekend, New Zealand will be in the grip of westerlies. More >>
Another wintry blast to come
Monday, 2 September 2013, 3:46 pm | MetService
This week another active trough will spread a bitterly cold southerly change across the country accompanied by snow to very low levels and large wind chills. More >>
A sting in winter's tail
Wednesday, 28 August 2013, 2:40 pm | MetService
After a very mild July and August a cold wintry blast pushing northwards across the country is set to remind us that winter has not yet relinquished its grasp on the country. Behind a front moving quickly across the South Island today and the North ... More >>
A colder change on the horizon
Monday, 26 August 2013, 3:25 pm | MetService
The recent mild weather will take a back seat later this week as a cold southerly change sweeps across much of the country. More >>
A stubborn high brings settled weather - for now
Monday, 19 August 2013, 1:44 pm | MetService
For the next few days, a large high is expected to sit to the southeast of the Chatham Islands. "The high should maintain fairly settled weather over much of New Zealand for the next two to three days," commented Media and Communications Meteorologist ... More >>
A low to the north
Friday, 16 August 2013, 12:45 pm | MetService
For the third weekend in a row, a low is expected to pass near northern New Zealand. More >>
An active week of westerlies
Monday, 12 August 2013, 3:17 pm | MetService
This week, a brisk westerly flow across New Zealand will keep weather systems coming, with wet weather likely in many western places. "On Tuesday, there's a fleeting settled spell before an active trough rattles across the country in the afternoon and evening," ... More >>
Settled in the south while the north watches the low
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 4:11 pm | MetService
Parts of the North Island are expected to be windy, some wet, and others both at times this weekend. "A sub-tropical low is expected to move across the sea area to the east of the North Island during Saturday and Sunday," commented MetService Media ... More >>
MetService and MetOcean join forces for international growth
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 9:19 am | MetService
MetService announced today that it has acquired a 49% share in leading New Zealand oceanographic consultancy, MetOcean Solutions Ltd. More >>
