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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- Feb 17
- 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
- 3 min
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
- 1 min
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 12
- 2 min
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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- Dec 31, 2022
- 1 min
2022 comes to a close
It is time to say good-bye to 2022. We will finish the year with a partly cloudy day in the mid 20’s with maybe some isolated showers and...
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- Nov 30, 2022
- 1 min
More storms and inversion thunder rattles the North
A strong squall line on a frontal boundary motored across the Upper North Island on the last day of November which finished out a very...
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- Nov 23, 2022
- 1 min
Stormy November continues
Another parade of thunderstorms moved across the upper North Island as the unusually stormy November continues. One particular...
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- Nov 20, 2022
- 1 min
Waterspout lands in the Gulf off the North Shore
A Tasman low delivered waves of thunderstorm cells into the upper North Island over the weekend with one cell's cloud rotating enough to...
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- Nov 11, 2022
- 1 min
Subtropical low impacts the upper North
A vigorous east to south-easterly developed during the evening of 10th November associated with a subtropical low in Tasman. During the...
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- Aug 18, 2022
- 1 min
The Godwits return to the Upper North
The first Godwit has arrived onto the upper North Island, a sign that the seasons are changing. Using her naturally gifted weather sense,...
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- Aug 9, 2022
- 1 min
Stormy night for the Hibiscus Coast
An upper level low in the Tasman triggered a line for slow moving storms between lower Northland and Auckland on Monday night. Anvil...
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- Jul 31, 2022
- 2 min
One of the wettest Julys on record
July has been one of the wettest on record. Some parts of the Coromandel Ranges have had nearly 1 metre of rain. Here are your local...
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- Jul 12, 2022
- 1 min
A wet start to July
Has it felt like a wet start to July? Local rainfall gauges say yes. Only 12 days in and most monthly averages have already been...
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- Jul 10, 2022
- 1 min
Rare sky and water combo captured
The ocean glow of bioluminescence with the dawn volcanic aerosol glow from Tonga's January eruption. A unique and rare combo. The bio is...
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- Jun 24, 2022
- 1 min
Matariki Dawn
Matariki dawn this year accompanied by the Tonga volcanic eruption glow appearing in the stratosphere.
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- Jun 21, 2022
- 1 min
Winter solstice arrives
The astronomical winter has arrived with a light scattering effect sunset across the upper North Island this evening. The official winter...
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- Jun 13, 2022
- 1 min
Auckland's Sky Tower gets struck by lightning
Our live webcam caught a fizzing direct hit at 11:03am on Auckland's Sky Tower. A negative charged downward streamer found a positive...
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- May 31, 2022
- 1 min
Rare 'Ball lightning' captured in Auckland last night
A thunderstorm's lightning strike has triggered a rare 'ball lightning' event in Auckland last night. Watch the small UFO like object...
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- May 30, 2022
- 1 min
Tasman low undergoes explosive cyclogenesis
Downpours overnight and today over most areas were triggered by a rapidly deepening mid-latitude cyclone in the Tasman. The low has gone...
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