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Severe Weather Outlook: High Winds and Heavy Rain Forecast for New Zealand
A severe weather outlook issued by MetService at 11:11am on Friday, September 12, 2025, indicates a week of unsettled weather for New Zealand. The forecast, which extends from Sunday, September 14, to Wednesday, September 17, 2025, warns of potential severe…
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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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Severe Weather Outlook: Heavy Rain and Strong Winds Forecast for New Zealand
A series of fronts within a strong, moist northwest flow are expected to impact New Zealand, bringing heavy rain and strong winds. A cooler southwest change will also spread onto southern New Zealand. MetService has issued severe weather watches, with…
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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 Forecast for North Island, Snow Showers Possible
A severe weather outlook issued by MetService at 10:02 am on Friday, August 29, 2025, forecasts strong southwesterly gales for the upper North Island on Sunday, August 31, 2025. Auckland and the Coromandel Peninsula face a high confidence of severe…
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Severe Weather Outlook: Gales and Snow Forecast for New Zealand
A severe weather outlook issued by MetService at 10:25 am on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, indicates a strong and unsettled westerly flow easing over New Zealand as a narrow ridge moves onshore from the Tasman Sea. There is moderate confidence…
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New Zealand Weather Outlook: Trough Approaching with Potential for Strong Winds and Snow
A ridge of high pressure is expected to bring settled weather to southern and central New Zealand on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, while easterlies and showers affect the north. The risk of severe weather is minimal. MetService reports that on…
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Severe Weather Expected to Hit New Zealand's North Island
Severe weather watches and warnings have been issued for many areas of New Zealand as an active front moves east across the country on Tuesday and Wednesday. The MetService has high confidence that rainfall amounts will reach warning criteria about…
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Severe Weather Outlook: Heavy Rain Expected in Northern and Central New Zealand
A severe weather outlook issued by MetService at 10:53 am on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, indicates that a large low over the Tasman Sea is expected to approach central New Zealand later on Friday, July 4, bringing further rain or…
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Severe Weather Expected to Hit New Zealand
A front moving southeast across New Zealand is expected to bring rain and strong winds, with the Bay of Plenty and inland Gisborne/Tairawhiti facing a high risk of rainfall reaching warning levels on Thursday. MetService issued the severe weather outlook…
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New Zealand Braces for Heavy Rain and Strong Winds
A low-pressure system developing in the Tasman Sea is expected to bring widespread rain and strong winds to New Zealand this week, particularly affecting the North Island. MetService forecasts that the unsettled weather will begin on Wednesday, intensifying on Thursday,…
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Severe Weather Watch: Heavy Rain and Gales Forecast for New Zealand
A severe weather watch has been issued for central and southern New Zealand, with heavy rain and strong winds expected to impact several regions. An active front is moving across the upper South Island today, reaching the North Island on…
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Severe Weather Outlook: Cold Southerly Flow Expected to Hit New Zealand
A large, deep low-pressure system is expected to bring a strong, cold southerly flow to central New Zealand on Saturday, June 7, 2025, according to MetService. Snow is anticipated down to 200-300 metres in parts of the eastern South Island,…
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Severe Weather Watch: Heavy Rain, Gales, and Snow Expected in New Zealand
A severe weather watch has been issued by MetService, warning of heavy rain and gales across many parts of New Zealand on Wednesday and Thursday. Heavy snow is also possible about Canterbury on Thursday. A low-pressure system over the Tasman…
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Severe Weather Expected to Hit New Zealand
A severe weather outlook issued by MetService at 10:25 am on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, forecasts a low-pressure system moving across central New Zealand on Thursday, June 5, followed by a cold southwesterly flow. Severe weather watches and warnings are…
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Severe Weather Outlook: Low-Pressure System to Impact New Zealand
A large low-pressure system is set to impact central and southern New Zealand, bringing potential severe weather from Wednesday, June 4th, through Saturday, June 7th, 2025, according to MetService. An associated front will also move onto the North Island. On…
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Severe Weather Outlook: Gales and Swells Forecast for New Zealand
A severe weather outlook issued by MetService at 10:37 am on Friday, May 30, 2025, indicates a strong west to southwest flow easing over New Zealand as a large high moves in from the Tasman Sea. Large southwest swells are…
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New Zealand Braces for Wet Week with Brief Midweek Respite
A wet week is forecast for New Zealand, with a brief break midweek, according to MetService. Rain is expected for the North Island today (Monday), while settled weather spreads from the south today and Tuesday. More rain is forecast to…
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Severe Weather Outlook: Low Pressure System to Bring Unsettled Weather to New Zealand
A severe weather outlook issued by MetService at 10:11 am on Monday, May 26, 2025, indicates a large low-pressure system is moving towards New Zealand from the Tasman Sea. An associated front is expected to bring unsettled weather across the…
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MetService Issues Severe Weather Outlook for New Zealand
A severe weather outlook issued by MetService at 11:00 am on Sunday, May 25, 2025, indicates a series of weather disturbances affecting New Zealand. On Tuesday, May 27, a frontal rainband is expected to move over northern New Zealand, with…
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New Zealand Weather Outlook: Strong Winds and Rain Possible Late Sunday
A ridge of high pressure is currently over most of New Zealand, posing minimal risk of severe weather through Saturday, May 24, 2025. According to the MetService, on Sunday, May 25, 2025, a ridge will persist over the North Island,…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Gales Forecast for New Zealand
A severe weather warning has been issued by MetService at 9:47am on Thursday, May 8, 2025, indicating heavy rain and possible severe gales for several regions. An active front, bringing heavy rain and gale-force northwesterlies, is set to move northwards…
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Red Wind Warning Issued for Wellington
MetService has issued a Red Warning for Winds in Wellington, effective from 10 a.m. Thursday to 3 a.m. Friday, marking the first such warning for the region. Red Warnings are reserved for the most extreme weather events, anticipating significant disruption.…
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Severe Weather Warning: Red Alert for Wellington as Gales Threaten
A severe weather warning has been issued for parts of New Zealand, with Wellington facing a RED wind warning. A deep low east of central New Zealand is expected to bring significant rain and severe southerly gales to central regions.…
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