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- May 16
- 1 min
The great solar storm of 2024
Between 7th to 9th May sunspot region 3664 blasted multiple X class solar flares towards earth. Initial radio blackouts occurred across...
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- Apr 1
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Upper North Island records its coolest March for 12 years
The early arrival of the polar jet stream has given the upper North Island the coolest March since 2012. Our climate station only started...
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- Mar 17
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Fallstreak hole formed over upper North Island
The rare 'Fallstreak hole' formation appeared in a group of cirrocumulus clouds this week over the upper North Island . It was caused by...
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- Jan 17
- 1 min
2 years on since the climate changing Tonga major volcanic eruption.
It's been 2 years since the largest volcanic eruption of the 21st century (so far), occurred at the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai, submarine...
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- Dec 31, 2023
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Good-bye to 2023
It is time to say good-bye to 2023 in what was a year of notable historical weather events for upper North Island. We will finish the...
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- Dec 20, 2023
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Waterspout touch down in the gulf
A waterspout touched down into the Gulf this morning off Orewa with the sunrise making the funnel glisten. Waterspouts are more common...
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- Nov 19, 2023
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The Asperitas clouds appear over the upper North Island
The rare 'Asperitas clouds' arriving over the upper North Island on Friday. The cloud type was officially added to the International...
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- Oct 31, 2023
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Cyclone Lola (18th to 31st October)
After starting as a tropical depression on October 17th 1200km to the north east of Vanuatu, a tropical low was given the name 01U on...
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- Jul 16, 2023
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Atmospheric impacts18 months on from Tonga's volcanic eruption.
18 months on since the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcanic eruption, the global surface temperature is +0.13°c above January 2022....
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- May 20, 2023
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Large M7.7 Loyalty Islands quake triggers small tsunami
A large shallow magnitude 7.7 occurred in the Loyalty Islands at 2:57pm NZT on Friday afternoon which triggered small tsunami waves...
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- May 11, 2023
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Lightning strikes Auckland's Sky tower
Last night's Auckland thunderstorm produced a direct hit on the Sky tower caught on our live webcam. A negative charged downward streamer...
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- Apr 25, 2023
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Geomagnetic storm, Auroras, and a large M7.1 earthquake
It was a very active 24 hours for space weather and seismic activity yesterday as a severe G4 geomagnetic storm bombarded earth’s...
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- Mar 26, 2023
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Severe G4 geomagnetic storm impacts upper North
A severe level G4 Geomagnetic storm arrived into earth's magnetosphere on Friday evening NZT, triggering the Aurora Australis over the...
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- Feb 17, 2023
- 3 min
Cyclone Gabrielle
Cyclone Gabrielle will go down as one of the most devastating weather events in New Zealand's modern history which affected many parts of...
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- Feb 4, 2023
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The Great Marangai of 2023
The term 'Marangai' means east wind, also meaning a storm, or bad weather. However, in some districts, Marangai means the north wind. It...
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- Jan 15, 2023
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1 year on from the Tonga eruption - global temperature check.
It’s 12 months today since the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai major volcanic eruption that sent atmospheric shock waves and tsunamis across...
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- Jan 14, 2023
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Seismic activity in the last 7 days for the upper North Island
Here is a weekly summary for seismic activity under the upper North Island as detected by GeoNet. There have been 20 small earthquakes in...
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- Jan 12, 2023
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Cyclone Hale: 9-11th January 2023
After starting as a tropical depression (93P) on January 4th in Far North Queensland, late on 8th January a tropical storm 07P over the...
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- Jan 4, 2023
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Largest quake in nearly 100 years rocks upper North
A strong shallow magnitude 5.1 has rattled the upper and central North Island this morning at 5:39am and was felt by 20,000+. Located 5...
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