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Cyclone Vaianu Threatens North Island with Severe Weather
Cyclone Vaianu is expected to bring widespread severe weather to New Zealand's North Island from Sunday, April 12. MetService has issued a Severe Weather Outlook detailing potential impacts, with moderate confidence that warning amounts of rain will fall across the…
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MetService Issues Severe Weather Warnings for Central and Southern New Zealand
MetService has issued severe weather warnings for heavy rain and strong winds across central and southern New Zealand, effective through to early Monday morning. An active frontal system is bringing significant rainfall and severe northwest gales to the affected areas.…
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New Year's Eve Forecast: Heavy Rain and Gales Expected Across New Zealand
New Zealand is set to ring in the New Year with a significant weather event, as MetService forecasts heavy rain and strong gales across much of the country from Monday, December 29th, through Thursday, January 1st, 2026. The final week…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Gales Forecast for South Island
MetService has issued a Severe Weather Warning for the South Island, effective Wednesday night and Thursday. A series of fronts, preceded by humid northerlies, are expected to bring periods of heavy rain and northwest gales. An Orange level Heavy Rain…
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Heavy Rain and Gales Forecast for New Zealand's North Island
A severe weather warning has been issued for the North Island of New Zealand, with a low-pressure system and associated fronts expected to bring heavy rain and gales. The warning, issued at 9:43 am on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, indicates…
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Severe Weather Outlook: High Winds and Heavy Rain Expected
A severe weather outlook issued by MetService at 10:31am on Monday, October 6, 2025, indicates a strengthening northwest flow over New Zealand. Wednesday sees a ridge over the north, while the South Island experiences showery conditions. There is low confidence…
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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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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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New Zealand Weather Outlook: Westerly Flow and Gale Risk
New Zealand can expect a disturbed westerly flow, bringing a minimal risk of severe weather this weekend. According to the MetService, snow showers may affect higher roads in the South Island. Looking ahead to Sunday, a strong southwesterly flow is…
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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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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Gales Forecast for New Zealand
New Zealand's MetService has issued a severe weather warning at 9:40 am on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, for southern and central regions. A subtropical low is expected to move southeast along the northern and eastern North Island, bringing heavy rain…
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Snow Expected to Hit South Island and Central North Island
Snow is expected to affect many South Island areas above about 200 metres on Tuesday 19 August 2025. The central North Island high country is also likely to be affected by snow above about 900 metres. According to MetService, the…
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New Zealand Braces for Severe Weather as Front Approaches
A severe weather outlook issued by MetService at 9:51am on Friday, August 15, 2025, indicates a series of weather events affecting New Zealand. A front, preceded by a strong northwesterly flow and followed by cold southwesterlies, is expected to move…
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Red Warning Issued for Heavy Rain in Tasman District
A severe weather warning has been issued for many parts of New Zealand, with a Red Warning for Heavy Rain in the Tasman District. A strong, moist northerly flow is expected to bring heavy rain and gales across the country…
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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 Warning: Heavy Rain and Gales Forecast for New Zealand
A severe weather warning has been issued by MetService at 9:50am on Thursday, June 26, 2025, for central and southern parts of New Zealand. An active front, bringing heavy rain and strong north to northwest gales, is moving across the…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Gales Threaten New Zealand
A severe weather warning has been issued for central and southern New Zealand, with an active front bringing heavy rain and strong winds. The front is expected to move onto the South Island tonight and track north, reaching the North…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Gales Forecast for New Zealand
A severe weather warning has been issued for central and southern New Zealand, with an active front bringing heavy rain and northwest gales from Wednesday through Friday. The MetService has issued Orange level Heavy Rain Warnings for several regions, and…
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Severe Weather Expected to Impact New Zealand
A severe weather outlook issued by MetService at 9:58 am on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, indicates that warning amounts of rain and severe gales may affect parts of New Zealand. Watches and Warnings have already been issued. On Thursday, June…
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Severe Weather Outlook: Heavy Rain and Gales Forecast for New Zealand
MetService has issued a severe weather outlook, predicting significant weather events across New Zealand from Wednesday, June 25, through Saturday, June 28, 2025. On Wednesday, high confidence exists for rainfall reaching warning criteria in Fiordland, the Westland District, and the…
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Severe Weather Watch: Heavy Snow and Gales Forecast for Parts of New Zealand
A severe weather watch has been issued by MetService for parts of the South Island and the Chatham Islands, effective Friday, June 6, 2025. The watch indicates a risk of heavy snow in inland areas of Canterbury and Marlborough, between…
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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 Warning: Heavy Rain and Gales Forecast Across New Zealand
A severe weather warning has been issued by MetService, predicting heavy rain and gales across many parts of New Zealand on Wednesday and Thursday. The warning, released at 10:05 am on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, highlights the potential for heavy…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Gales Forecast Across New Zealand
A severe weather warning has been issued by MetService, predicting heavy rain and gales across many regions on Wednesday and Thursday. A low-pressure system over the Tasman Sea is moving southeast, expected to cross the northern South Island overnight Wednesday…
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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 Warning: Heavy Rain and Gales Forecast for New Zealand
A severe weather warning has been issued by MetService, predicting heavy rain and gales for many parts of New Zealand on Wednesday and Thursday. Heavy snow is also possible about Canterbury on Thursday. A low over the Tasman Sea is…
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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 severe weather outlook issued by MetService at 10:08 am on Sunday, June 1, 2025, indicates a series of weather disturbances affecting New Zealand. On Tuesday, June 3, a front is expected to bring rain to Fiordland, although there is…
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MetService Issues Severe Weather Outlook for Early June 2025
A severe weather outlook issued by MetService at 10:32 am on Saturday, May 31, 2025, indicates a low confidence of warning amounts of rain in several regions of New Zealand on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. These areas include Northland, eastern…
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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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