A rare July Tropical Cyclone
Tropical Cyclone Raquel was named at 6am on 1 July 2015, located at 5.8° South 159.3° East, some 410km north-northwest of Honiara, the Capital of the Solomon Islands. The maximum winds near the centre...
View ArticleWeather for Flying – Turbulence
Have you ever thought that for aeroplane pilots, every day at work is a blue-sky day? Soaring above the clouds you might think that the weather isn’t such a big deal. But this couldn’t be further from...
View ArticleNew satellite data
The Japan Meteorological Agency recently launched a new geostationary weather satellite called Himawari-8. “Himawari” means sunflower, and the name has been given to a new series of satellites that we...
View ArticleIsolated showers
The Auckland forecast for Monday 12 October included mention of the following: ‘… isolated showers …‘ and ‘ … southwesterly winds …’. From time to time you’ll hear the word ‘isolated’ in weather...
View ArticleEl Niño explained
There’s been a lot in the news in recent months about El Niño. See, for example, the latest monthly outlook, and an ABC news story. Here’s a ‘back-to-basics’ description of El Niño. To start, the chart...
View ArticleTropical depression (TD03F) near Samoa – likely to be named a cyclone later...
By Emma Blades, MetService Meteorologist A tropical depression, identified as TD03F, is gradually deepening near Samoa and could be upgraded to a tropical cyclone later today. You can see the location...
View ArticleTropical Cylone Tuni passes Samoa and is tracking southeast
By Emma Blades, Meteorologist Tropical depression TD03F was upgraded to a category one cyclone yesterday evening and named Tropical Cyclone (TC) Tuni by the Fiji Met Service. On Saturday evening TC...
View ArticleTropical Cylone Tuni forecast to track northeast of Niue on Monday
By Emma Blades, Meteorologist Tropical Cyclone Tuni was located 270km south of Samoa today at 1pm (New Zealand local time). It remains a category one cyclone, although the central pressure has deepened...
View ArticleTC Tuni should start to weaken over the next 6 to 12 hours
By Emma Blades, Meteorologist Please note all times are in New Zealand local time. The centre of Tropical Cyclone Tuni was located around 160km northeast of Niue at 9am this morning. Rainfall at Hanan...
View ArticleHow to use our rain radar and rain forecast charts
By Emma Blades, Meteorologist Here’s an explainer on the difference between the rain radar imagery and rain forecast imagery available on metservice.com and how to use them. Rain radar Below is a rain...
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