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25 September 2020
25th September 2020 18:00NZST We're currently watching a Spring storm which is expected to intensify in the Tasman sea, and move rapidly south east over the next day or so. The video below shows the ECWMF forecast from 3am Friday 25th September, thou...
23 August 2020
Finding the right webcam for your weather website takes a bit of research. If you have read our first blog on the types of Webcams, you are off to a good start. If not, you can get some good hints and tips by reading that blog. Before you choose a sp...
23 August 2020
The latest watches and warnings from New Zealand's official forecaster, the MetService are listed below. For the most up to date information please refer to the Met Service website ...
15 August 2020
Recently one of my old web cams died - well to be honest the webcam was fine, but the plastic connection that held the web camera in place, broke and the old sellotape it to the glass window trick, just wasn't going to cut it! I replaced it with an a...
07 June 2020
Sometimes trying to understand what's happening with the weather is made difficult due to all the technical terms used. For example, what does "Expect warm temperatures today - it will be muggy with high humidity with a chance of showers in the eveni...
22 April 2020
On each of our regional weather pages there is space to have a summary panel of data from your personal weather station. You can see an example here. For Weather Display we use the custom web page service to build the weather summary, and then upload...
30 November 2019
Thanks to FelixMittermeier for our celebration of the season photo, this season. If you like it, go to his Pixabay site and by him a coffee! If you have a photo with a seasonal theme you would like to see on our website and our Facebook page, then se...
27 May 2019
Aside from the windy.com maps, you might want to add your site on the Metservice Your Weather maps. New Zealand's Metservice site provides a valuable regional focused resource of local weather stations that is ideal for looking for regional vari...
Tropical Cyclone Tracking
05 April 2020
Quick Links Sunday 5th April 2020 2130 Tuesday 7th April 2100 Friday 10th April 2020 1315 News Snippets Sunday 5th April 2020 2130 TC Harold has rapidly increased in intensity over the past 24 hours, and is now a category 4 storm, sitting slightly we...
11 March 2020
Quick Links Introduction Sunday 15th March 2020 1900 Monday 16th March 2020 Tuesday 17th March 2020 2100 Twitter Feed Introduction A tropical depression is currently forming over North Eastern Australia. This is expected to develop ...