Category: general_weather
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New Zealand Braces for Severe Weather Shift After Lunar Eclipse
New Zealand is preparing for a significant weather shift this week, transitioning from calm conditions to severe weather. The week began with clear skies and a lunar eclipse, visible across much of the country due to a ridge of high…
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New Zealand Weather Alert: Strong Winds and Heavy Rain Forecast
A severe weather outlook issued by MetService at 10:24am on Monday, September 8, 2025, indicates a week of unsettled weather for New Zealand. Fronts embedded within a strong west to northwest flow are expected to move northwards over the central…
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New Zealand Weather Outlook: Possible Severe Gales and Heavy Rain
A severe weather outlook issued by MetService at 10:26 am on Sunday, September 7, 2025, indicates a period of unsettled weather for New Zealand. The forecast extends from Tuesday, September 9, to Friday, September 12, 2025. On Tuesday, a ridge…
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New Zealand Weather Outlook: Heavy Rain and Strong Winds Possible
A strengthening north to northwest flow is expected to develop over the South Island on Monday, September 8, 2025, posing minimal risk of severe weather. However, by Tuesday, September 9, a strengthening northwest flow with embedded fronts will affect the…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Gales Forecast for New Zealand
A severe weather warning has been issued for parts of New Zealand, with a front bringing heavy rain to the North Island late Friday and early Saturday. The warning, issued at 8:42pm on Friday, September 5, 2025, highlights the risk…
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New Zealand Weather Outlook: Gales and Heavy Rain Forecast
A severe weather outlook issued at 10:24 am on Friday, September 5, 2025, indicates a mix of weather conditions for New Zealand. Sunday, September 7, will see a strong and showery southwest flow easing over the country. There is moderate…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Gales Expected in New Zealand
A severe weather warning has been issued for parts of New Zealand, with heavy rain and gales expected to impact both the South and North Islands. The warning, released at 9:18 am on Friday, September 5, 2025, indicates that a…
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New Zealand Weather: Severe Weather Warnings Issued as Frontal System Moves Up Country
MetService has issued several Severe Weather Forecasts for strong northwest winds and heavy rain as an active frontal system moves up New Zealand. The most likely severe weather is expected in the Canterbury High Country and headwaters, with Orange Warnings…
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Orange Warnings Issued for Heavy Rain and Strong Winds in New Zealand
MetService has issued Orange Warnings for heavy rain and strong winds affecting parts of New Zealand. A series of fronts embedded within a strong, moist northwest flow over southern New Zealand today will move over central and northern New Zealand…
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Severe Weather Watches in Place as Fronts Affect New Zealand
A series of fronts embedded within a strong, moist northwest flow are impacting New Zealand, bringing a cooler southwest change to the southern regions. Issued at 10:17am on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, the MetService has issued Severe Weather Watches for…
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Severe Weather Outlook: Strong Fronts to Impact New Zealand
A series of fronts embedded within a strong, moist northwest flow are expected to move onto southern and central New Zealand, bringing potential severe weather from Thursday, September 4, through Saturday, September 6, 2025. The MetService issued the severe weather…
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New Zealand Welcomes Meteorological Spring with Weather Warnings
New Zealand has entered meteorological spring with a mix of severe weather conditions. After harsh winter winds, southerly winds are bringing cooler air and potential frosts. A Severe Gale Warning is in effect for Stewart Island, accompanied by Strong Wind…
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New Zealand Weather Outlook: Northwesterly Flow and Frontal Systems
A severe weather outlook issued by MetService at 10:03am on Monday, September 1, 2025, indicates varying weather patterns across New Zealand. While a ridge of high pressure is expected to build over much of the country on Wednesday, a moist…
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Severe Gales Expected to Hit Stewart Island
A severe weather warning was issued by MetService at 9:45 am on Monday, September 1, 2025, indicating that a series of fronts embedded in a strong west to southwest flow will bring severe gales to parts of New Zealand. An…
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Severe Gale Warning Issued for Auckland and Coromandel Peninsula
A severe weather warning has been issued by MetService at 8:47pm on Sunday, August 31, 2025, for parts of New Zealand. A series of fronts embedded in a strong west to southwest flow will bring severe gales to exposed places.…
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Severe Gale Warning Issued for Auckland and Coromandel Peninsula
A strong wind warning has been issued for Auckland, Great Barrier Island, and the Coromandel Peninsula. MetService reported that a series of fronts embedded in a strong west to southwest flow will affect New Zealand over the next few days,…
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Severe Weather Warning: Westerly Gales Expected in Parts of New Zealand
A severe weather warning has been issued at 8:06pm on Thursday, August 28, 2025, for parts of Hawke's Bay, Wairarapa, and the Tararua District due to westerly gales. A front moving east across the North Island is expected to bring…
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New Zealand Weather Outlook: High Pressure and Easterly Flows
A severe weather outlook issued by MetService at 9:38 am on Friday, August 22, 2025, indicates varying weather patterns across New Zealand. A high-pressure system is expected to persist over the South Island, while a trough embedded in an easterly…
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MetService: Minimal Risk of Severe Weather for New Zealand
A severe weather outlook issued by MetService at 9:10 am on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, indicates a minimal risk of severe weather across New Zealand from Friday, August 22, through Monday, August 25. A large high-pressure area over the South…
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New Zealand Weather Outlook: Minimal Severe Weather Risk Until Sunday
A severe weather outlook issued by MetService at 9:19 am on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, indicates a low risk of severe weather for most of New Zealand until Sunday, August 17. A ridge of high pressure is expected to cover…
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High Pressure System Brings Stable Weather to New Zealand
A ridge of high pressure is set to dominate New Zealand's weather, bringing minimal risk of severe conditions across both the North and South Islands. According to the MetService's Severe Weather Outlook issued on Sunday, August 10, 2025, this stable…
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Media Monitor: Road closures, pet support, and regenerative farming
Radio New Zealand is reporting on several stories this morning. The Desert Road, also known as State Highway 1 in the North Island, is closed due to snow. Warnings have also been issued for the South Island. Separately, The Big…
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MetService: Low Confidence of Severe Gales in Eastern North Island
A severe weather outlook issued by MetService at 9:44 am on Friday, August 8, 2025, indicates a low confidence level for severe southerly gales in specific regions. On Sunday, August 10, 2025, a deep low east of the North Island…
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Severe Weather Outlook: Unsettled Conditions Expected Across New Zealand
A trough of low pressure is set to move north over central and northern New Zealand, bringing unsettled conditions and rain to many areas, according to MetService. The Severe Weather Outlook, issued at 9:07am on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, highlights…
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New Zealand Weather: Dry Start, Rain and Cold Change Expected This Week
New Zealand can expect a mixed bag of weather this week, starting with cool, dry conditions before rain spreads across the country. According to MetService, the week will begin with wintry temperatures and frosty nights, particularly in the lower South…
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New Zealand Weather Outlook: Unsettled Conditions Expected
A severe weather outlook issued by MetService at 9:19 am on Monday, August 4, 2025, indicates a minimal risk of severe weather on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, as a ridge moves slowly east. However, a trough of low pressure approaching…
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New Zealand Weather Outlook: Settled Conditions Expected for Most Regions
A large ridge of high pressure is expected to bring settled weather to much of New Zealand, according to the MetService Severe Weather Outlook issued on Saturday, August 2, 2025. The outlook covers Monday, August 4, to Thursday, August 7.…
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Media Monitor: Consumer NZ Petition Calls for End to Misleading Supermarket Pricing
Consumer NZ is reporting that a petition calling for an end to misleading supermarket pricing is close to reaching its goal. It said New Zealanders will be able to use their cards or phones without incurring surcharges from May 2026.…
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Tsunami Warning Issued After 8.8 Magnitude Earthquake Off Kamchatka
A tsunami warning has been issued for several coastal areas following an 8.8 magnitude earthquake off the east coast of Kamchatka, Russia. The earthquake occurred at 2325 UTC on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, at a depth of 74 km. Tsunami…
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Tsunami Warning Issued After 8.8 Magnitude Earthquake off Kamchatka
A tsunami warning has been issued for multiple coastal regions following an 8.8 magnitude earthquake off the east coast of Kamchatka, Russia. The earthquake occurred at 2325 UTC on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, with its epicenter located at 52.2 North,…
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