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Monthly sea level peak for February 2021
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred between 15th and 16th February 2021 for Waitemata harbour and Great Barrier Island. The Waitemata...
Mar 1, 20211 min read


The scattering effect
Vivid reddish, orange and violet colours have just appeared in the sky on sunset last night. The phenomenon is called 'Scattering'....
Feb 18, 20211 min read


Tsunami strikes Great Barrier Island after M7.7 Pacific quake.
The seismic waves from the M7.7 Loyalty Islands earthquake at 2.20am this morning reached the upper North Island within 3 minutes and...
Feb 11, 20211 min read


Monthly sea level peak for January 2021
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred between 14th and 18th January 2021 for Waitemata harbour and Great Barrier Island. The Waitemata...
Feb 1, 20211 min read


Fireworks trigger man made inversion thunder across Auckland and the gulf last night.
Greater Auckland was shaken just after 10.00pm last night with thunderous window rattling explosions from the Tamaki Herenga Waka...
Jan 24, 20211 min read


Small quake in the Gulf
There was a small shallow magnitude 1.5 earthquake in the gulf at 3:16am this morning near the Auckland volcanic field. Location was 43km...
Jan 3, 20211 min read


2020 - time to say good-bye
We will finish the year with a fine, dry and mild day across the upper North Island with no rain expected tonight. Here were a few highs...
Dec 31, 20201 min read


Mt Ruapehu unrest
Mt Ruapehu's crater lake is steaming this morning after 3 earthquakes in the last 24 hours below it. Last night's 2.2 quake at 7:03pm was...
Dec 27, 20201 min read


Monthly sea level peak for December 2020
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred between 13th and 19th December 2020 for Waitemata harbour and Great Barrier Island. The Waitemata...
Dec 26, 20201 min read


The start of the astronomical summer
Last night's sunset at 8:40pm was the end of 14 hours and 41 minutes of daylight, the longest for the year. The astronomical summer has...
Dec 22, 20201 min read


Strong geomagnetic storm incoming
A space weather alert has been issued across the earth this evening by many government weather agencies for the next 48 hours. An...
Dec 10, 20201 min read


One of the wettest November on record
Many areas breaking their monthly rainfall records due to several days of storms and downpours throughout the November. Here are your...
Dec 1, 20201 min read


Monthly sea level peak for November 2020
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred between 14th and 20th November 2020 for Waitemata harbour and Great Barrier Island. The Waitemata...
Nov 27, 20201 min read


A wet and stormy week
It’s been a wet and stormy week with most areas already past their November rainfall average with totals ranging between 70 to 140mm....
Nov 11, 20201 min read


Stormy days
A stormy afternoon for many areas around the gulf with day time heating from the sun and a cold upper atmosphere assisting in triggering...
Nov 10, 20201 min read


Heavy rain over the Auckland water catchment
Great news for Auckland's water supply with its largest water storage reservoir Mangatangi dam receiving 83mm today. Many other large...
Nov 5, 20201 min read


October was hit and miss for rainfall
October rainfall was hit and miss with isolated downpours. Some did ok, others were very dry. Here was your local October rainfall...
Nov 1, 20201 min read


Monthly sea level peaks for October 2020
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred between 15th and 22nd October 2020 for Waitemata harbour and Great Barrier Island. The Waitemata...
Oct 26, 20201 min read


The scattering effect on sunset
Vivid red and violet colours have just appeared in the sky around sunset tonight. The phenomenon is called 'Scattering'. Because the sun...
Oct 21, 20201 min read


A major La Niña is developing in the equatorial Pacific
Be aware, a Marangai weather pattern is emerging. 1 chart alone suggests to start preparing for a wet and wild ride in the lead up to and...
Oct 20, 20201 min read
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