But this weekend high pressure is moving in and should bring lighter winds, drier skies and clearer skies – leading the way ...

Rain continues today along the eastern South Island and lower North Island, coming in from the east with heavy falls….

Heavy rain will continue for parts of Canterbury and Marlborough over the next day or two and it will gradually slide into ...

A bolt out of the blue! WeatherWatch has launched a live, real-time lightning tracker, enabling Kiwis to gain access to data ...

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High pressure lies south of NZ today and that placement encourages a colder south-east wind into the North Island ...

Damaging wind gusts and heavy rain will continue to affect some parts of the North Island and brushing Marlborough today as a low remains just to the north of the country. Coupled with incoming high ...

There is minimal risk of thunderstorms or significant convection during this period. Fujita F1 - i.e. wind speeds greater than 116km/h (63 knots) or stronger. Note: some tornadic systems such as ...

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The brightness and direction of the contours represents surface wind speed and direction. The colour is based on the surface (2m) temperature, and varies from dark blue below freezing, up to green at ...