top of page
Search
Jan 141 min read
3 years on since the climate changing Tonga major volcanic eruption.
It's now 3 years on since the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai 'VEI 6' submarine explosion that reached 57km into the mesosphere, sending...
12 views0 comments
Dec 31, 20241 min read
2024 - A year in summary
It is time to say good-bye to 2024 in what was a quieter year of weather and geological events for upper North Island compared to the...
7 views0 comments
Dec 1, 20241 min read
Te Aroha earthquake sequence awakens
This morning's Te Aroha shallow magnitude 3.2 earthquake on the Kerepehi Fault is the 3rd and strongest over the last 72 hours in the...
16 views0 comments
Nov 24, 20241 min read
M2.1earthquake in the central Hauraki Gulf just before a whale stranding
An interesting magnitude 2.1 shallow earthquake under the Hauraki Gulf this afternoon. It occurred on the extension of the Hauraki fault...
8 views0 comments
Jun 25, 20241 min read
Artificial Intelligence is taking weather forecasting by storm
Less than a year old, low resolution AI based weather models are already defeating physic based super computing models within a 7 day...
51 views0 comments
May 16, 20241 min read
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...
29 views0 comments
Apr 1, 20241 min read
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...
44 views0 comments
Mar 17, 20241 min read
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...
46 views0 comments
Jan 17, 20241 min read
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...
141 views0 comments
Dec 31, 20231 min read
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...
39 views0 comments
Dec 20, 20231 min read
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...
24 views0 comments
Nov 19, 20231 min read
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...
38 views0 comments
Oct 31, 20232 min read
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...
35 views0 comments
Jul 16, 20231 min read
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....
62 views0 comments
May 20, 20231 min read
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...
27 views0 comments
May 11, 20231 min read
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...
52 views0 comments
Apr 25, 20231 min read
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...
26 views0 comments
Mar 26, 20231 min read
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...
38 views0 comments
Feb 17, 20233 min read
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...
139 views0 comments
Feb 4, 20233 min read
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...
1,530 views0 comments
bottom of page