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Brace For Another Bout Of Wind And Rain

Monday, 6 October 2008, 2:15 pm | MetService

MetService has issued severe weather warnings for wind and rain covering many central and northern parts as an active cold front coupled to a deepening low pressure area crosses the country on Tuesday. More >>

Burnt Before Christmas

Thursday, 2 October 2008, 1:18 pm | MetService

UV indices have been added to the www.metservice.com website weather forecasts for 42 places around New Zealand. More >>

Icy Weather Watchers Win Award

Tuesday, 23 September 2008, 4:15 pm | MetService

At the recent annual New Zealand Road Safety Innovation and Achievement Awards, MetService won the Road Engineering category for its Central Plateau Road Weather Network. According to Peter Fisher, MetService Senior Market Manager, the Network is aimed at making ... More >>

The Gales Of Spring

Monday, 22 September 2008, 12:56 am | MetService

MetService is warning that on Tuesday, northwest gales may generate gusts of 120 km/hour over inland eastern areas from Southland to Wairarapa and about Wellington. Additionally, heavy rain is likely in the mountains about and south of Otira, with ... More >>

Amazing Half A Metre Of Rain Likely In Three Days

Monday, 1 September 2008, 2:24 pm | MetService

MetService forecasters advise that heavy rain on the ranges on the South Island West Coast ranges could total in excess of 500 mm this week. More >>

August Ends On A High

Thursday, 28 August 2008, 2:25 pm | MetService

MetService forecasters expect the last few days of August to bring generally dry weather as an anticyclone moves across the South Island. More >>

More Than Two Months Of Rain In Two Days

Monday, 25 August 2008, 2:05 pm | MetService

During Monday and Tuesday, MetService expects 250 to 300 mm of rain to fall on the Kaikoura ranges, and around 120 to 200 mm to fall on the lowlands between Banks Peninsula and Kaikoura. More >>

Warm Rain For The North Island On Sunday

Friday, 22 August 2008, 1:10 pm | MetService

MetService meteorologists expect a low pressure system to track across the North Island on Sunday and Monday, and to bring a burst of heavy rain to northern and central parts of New Zealand. More >>

Why So Much Snow

Monday, 18 August 2008, 1:14 pm | MetService

Since last Thursday there has been around 80 cm of fresh snow on the central North Island mountains and a metre or more on the western slopes of the Southern Alps from Mount Cook northwards. More >>

Winter Is Still With Us

Thursday, 14 August 2008, 2:09 pm | MetService

MetService meteorologists expect unsettled wintry weather to continue over the north and west of both main Islands during the next few days. More >>

Wet Windy Weekend For Some After Wet Windy Week

Friday, 1 August 2008, 3:42 pm | MetService

The latest MetService forecasts and Severe Weather Warnings mention a further significant period of wind and rain affecting the North Island from Saturday afternoon to Sunday afternoon. More >>

More Rain Coming

Monday, 28 July 2008, 12:54 am | MetService

MetService meteorologists expect a deepening low to move from the Tasman Sea onto New Zealand on Wednesday. Severe weather warnings for heavy rain from Tuesday afternoon have been issued for Northland, Coromandel, Western Bay of Plenty and northern Gisborne, ... More >>

The Frostiest Dawns Of The Year

Monday, 7 July 2008, 12:19 am | MetService

From Tuesday to Thursday a slow moving anticyclone is likely to being light winds and clear nights to much of New Zealand and may well produce the harshest frosts of winter. More >>

Coldest Weather Of The Week On Friday And Saturday

Thursday, 3 July 2008, 2:20 pm | MetService

MetService forecasters expect that the coldest weather of the week will coincide with a low pressure system crossing the South Island on Friday and Saturday. "The low is likely to bring bursts of heavy rain and snow, and to be followed by an area ... More >>

Wild Weather Continues Into Weekend

Friday, 27 June 2008, 2:51 pm | MetService

MetService forecasters expect strong westerly winds and squally showers to continue until early Sunday in Northland, Auckland and Coromandel Peninsula but ease over other parts of the North Island on Saturday morning. More >>

Squally Westerlies

Tuesday, 24 June 2008, 12:53 am | MetService

Chilly southerly winds laced with rain, sleet, hail and snow are sweeping across New Zealand. MetService forecasters expect these southerlies to move off tonight, and be replaced by squally westerly winds on Wednesday. More >>

Winter Tightens Its Grip

Monday, 23 June 2008, 9:47 am | MetService

MetService currently has heavy rain warnings for Bay of Plenty, Mount Taranaki and northwest Nelson, and a Severe Weather Watch is in effect for Northland, Coromandel Peninsula, the hills of inland Taranaki, across the Central Plateau, and for northern ... More >>