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A weekend of two halves
Friday, 6 January 2012, 12:08 pm | MetService
The coming weekend could be described as one of two halves, with dying weather fronts across the South Island and a new sub-tropical low spreading rain onto the North Island. More >>
Latest On The Rain
Wednesday, 28 December 2011, 1:29 pm | MetService
A low pressure system of tropic origin is slow-moving in the Tasman Sea and its associated frontal rain band is expected to move onto the North Island and the northwest of the South Island during Thursday. More >>
A Wet End To 2011
Monday, 26 December 2011, 6:37 pm | MetService
The large anticyclone that brought sunny weather across New Zealand for Christmas will drift east as we head toward the end of 2011. This will open the door for an area of low pressure to slid in and bring some wet weather for the last few days ... More >>
A Wet End To 2011
Monday, 26 December 2011, 6:00 pm | Meteorological Service of New Zealand
The large anticyclone that brought sunny weather across New Zealand for Christmas will drift east as we head toward the end of 2011. This will open the door for an area of low pressure to slid in and bring some wet weather for the last few days ... More >>
Mostly Settled Lead into Christmas
Monday, 19 December 2011, 2:12 pm | MetService
In most places, the weather for Christmas Day and Boxing Day is likely to be generally settled, mild to warm, and not very windy. Near the coast, daytime temperatures are likely to be in the low to mid 20s, with afternoon sea breezes. Inland, daytime temperatures ... More >>
A Week of Humidity And Rain Ahead
Monday, 12 December 2011, 2:03 pm | MetService
Sub-tropical humidity should cover much of the country by the middle of the week. This is in advance of a major trough that is likely to bring rain to the South Island on Wednesday, before moving across the North Island during Thursday and early Friday. More >>
Rain Until Midweek For Some Places
Monday, 5 December 2011, 4:22 pm | MetService
After a wet weekend in many places, another weather system is expected to bring further bursts of heavy rain to some places during Tuesday and early Wednesday. Thundery showers are likely inland during the afternoon, commented MetService Media and Communications ... More >>
Windy End To Wekk
Thursday, 24 November 2011, 5:00 pm | MetService
Very strong west to southwest winds are expected to spread over the South Island and parts of the North Island on Thursday evening and may persist to early Saturday. More >>
Rain Radar in Real Time on Metservice Website
Thursday, 24 November 2011, 4:40 pm | MetService
Today MetService launched real-time rain radar coverage of New Zealand on its website, metservice.com. For the last hour, images are every 7.5 minutes - the time it takes for each radar to go through one scan of its coverage area and send back an image ... More >>
More Rain and Wind On Wednesday
Tuesday, 22 November 2011, 1:28 pm | MetService
Hard on the heels of the most recent event, another fast-moving front is likely to deliver another dose of very gusty northwest winds and heavy rain on Wednesday. MetService have issued Severe Weather Warnings and Watches for heavy rain for the South Island ... More >>
A Classic Spring Storm
Friday, 18 November 2011, 4:19 pm | MetService
On Sunday and Monday, classic Spring northwesterlies and rain are expected to affect central and southern parts of New Zealand. More >>
Bay of Plenty Thunderstorms
Monday, 14 November 2011, 12:58 pm | MetService
MetService has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for the area from Bay of Plenty through to the central North Island high country, for today. More >>
MetService: Brief Wintry Blast
Wednesday, 2 November 2011, 1:47 pm | MetService
An unseasonably cold southwest outbreak is expected over southern New Zealand on Friday. "This wintry blast is likely to bring snow to low levels in Fiordland,Southland and possibly South Otago during Friday and early Saturday," commented MetService ... More >>
Rain For Many On Tuesday
Monday, 31 October 2011, 3:09 pm | MetService
MetService has issued a Severe Weather Warning for heavy rain in Fiordland and over Stewart Island. A Severe Weather Watch, again for rain, is in force for parts of the Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Taranaki, Nelson and Marlborough districts. "A low over ... More >>
Holiday Weekend Weather
Wednesday, 19 October 2011, 4:14 pm | MetService
Weather for the coming holiday weekend will be a mixed bag. The heavy,thundery showers associated with an active low pressure system will have moved away into the open waters of the Pacific, followed by a couple of 'nuisance' weather systems this weekend. More >>
Weather news for South Island
Wednesday, 19 October 2011, 12:47 pm | Meteorological Service of New Zealand
The weather system that spread some very heavy rain yesterday across parts of Southland, Otago and Canterbury will slowly ease away to the north today. Strong and very moist southeast winds on the south side of the low that developed just east of the Canterbury ... More >>
Heavy Rain For Canterbury And Otago
Monday, 17 October 2011, 12:58 pm | MetService
A large, multi-centred area of low pressure is expected to bring adverse weather to much of the South Island and western parts of the North Island this week. One of these low centres should form to the east of the lower South Island,causing an ... More >>
Surf, beach and boating section now live on metservice.com
Tuesday, 11 October 2011, 10:34 am | MetService
MetService has achieved another first for online weather information in New Zealand with the launch of its new beach, surf and boating section on metservice.com - the country's sixth most visited website and number one weather website. More >>
Wet And Windy Spells This Week
Monday, 10 October 2011, 2:46 pm | MetService
A broad trough of low pressure should move across New Zealand during this week, bringing with it several features that are likely to mean unsettled weather for many parts of the country through until the weekend. More >>
A Week Of Weather Contrasts Ahead
Monday, 3 October 2011, 1:00 pm | MetService
For most of this week, big contrasts are expected between the weather over northern and southern parts of the country. "Northern New Zealand is expected to be in a warm, moist northerly flow for the next few days," commented Met Service Media and Communications ... More >>
