We call this windy area between the low and high a “Squash zone” and this creates stronger and stronger north-east winds and then slows down the sub-tropical rain – bringing a burst of severe wind and ...

This creates a squash zone (additional windy easterly weather between the exiting high and incoming/deepening low – and this ...

High pressure may be dominating NZ for now, but a large low pressure area is challenging this as we head into Easter. Today ...

A lot of high pressure is coming in to NZ – but will it be gone by Good Friday as a sub-tropical low grows? We have the ...

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Two big lows in the Tasman Sea shape the start of April for NZ and some eastern parts of Australia as a more energetic Autumn ...

On Wednesday, after a colder start (with some frosts through the South Island’s interior), high pressure starts to return ...

A storm near NZ will bring gales and pockets of heavy rain into both main islands for the rest of this week with the risk of ...

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 ...

Snow on the ranges, gale force winds and squally showers are in the forecast for Tuesday as an Autumn blast comes through ...