Powerful high pressure to the east of NZ will create a “squash zone” – which is a line of windy north-east weather that will build today, ramp up on Wednesday and peak in many regions on Thursday – ...

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

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 ...

High pressure continues to dominate most of NZ’s weather with the next cold front arriving on Monday with another ...

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

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 ...

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

High pressure may be dominating NZ for now, but a large low pressure area is challenging this as we head into Easter. Today we explain why there is some predictable “flip flopping” in the long range ...

Autumnal weather continues on going into this weekend with another burst of windier, unsettled weather going into the start ...

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 ...

Heavy rain and strong winds are pushing across New Zealand today, tonight and over Friday – with weather easing ...