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Monthly sea level peak for November 2021
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred on 7th November for Waitemata harbour. Due to instrument issues, Great Barrier Island has had to...
Nov 30, 20211 min read
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Rangitoto shows that summer is arriving
Day time heating this morning on Rangitoto's volcanic rocks has caused warm air to rise, producing atmospheric convection and it own...
Nov 26, 20211 min read
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NASA launches a mission to crash into an asteroid
In Space news this evening, clear weather has allowed NASA to successfully launch a rocket and spacecraft from California in its first...
Nov 24, 20211 min read
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Funnel cloud above Rangitoto
A nice 'fair weather funnel cloud' appeared last night over the Gulf around Rangitoto. The harmless rotating vortex developed at the base...
Nov 17, 20211 min read
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Warm and stormy finish for the southern areas of the gulf
Saturday 6th November was the warmest day for most areas since 25th March. The day time heat has helped triggered a line of showers and...
Nov 7, 20211 min read
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A magical Aurora Australis seen from Auckland
Another major G3 level (KP7) geomagnetic storm has hit the planet in the last 12 hours. The plasma cloud driven by a vigorous 700 km/sec...
Nov 5, 20211 min read
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A very wet October
Did you think it was a wet October? You were right, it was one of the wettest in decades in some areas thanks to a north-easterly La Nina...
Oct 31, 20212 min read
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Monthly sea level peak for October 2021
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred on 7th October for Waitemata harbour and Great Barrier Island. The Waitemata harbour tidal gauge...
Oct 31, 20211 min read
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Reawakened gulf fault has another small earthquake
Reawakened gulf fault triggers another small shallow earthquake this morning. A magnitude 1.5 was detected at 4:53am by GeoNet, between...
Oct 30, 20211 min read
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Major X class solar flare
The sun erupted a major solar flare this morning at around 4:30am NZT causing a X class solar flare to hurtle towards earth. The region...
Oct 29, 20211 min read
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M5.9 quake rattles the North and South Islands
A notable magnitude 5.9 earthquake, 210km deep has rattled across NZ at 10.58am this morning. Located 60km to the north west of Mt...
Oct 22, 20211 min read
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A rare 'Fire Rainbow' over Auckland
A rare 'Circumhorizontal arc' or otherwise known as a 'Fire Rainbow' has been spotted above Auckland this afternoon. This natural...
Oct 20, 20211 min read
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A La Niña weather pattern is arriving
The equatorial Pacific's upper ocean temperatures are cooling dramatically as we head towards summer. This is being caused by tropical...
Oct 17, 20211 min read
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Small Tasman earthquake south west of Auckland
Another interesting earthquake this afternoon. A small magnitude 2.0 just to the south-west of Auckland Volcanic Field in the Tasman. The...
Oct 16, 20211 min read
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Strong Geomagnetic storm strikes earth
A strong G2 geomagnetic storm arrived over New Zealand early this morning, which originated from a solar flare on 9th October followed by...
Oct 13, 20211 min read
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Another M2.4 between Great Barrier & Little Barrier
An old fault between Great Barrier and Little Barrier Island seems to have been awoken. Another magnitude 2.4 earthquake this afternoon...
Oct 11, 20211 min read
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Small Hunua Ranges earthquake awakens an old fault
Interesting little earthquake last night in Hunua Ranges within the Auckland Volcanic field. GeoNet pinpointed the magnitude 1.3 on the...
Oct 9, 20211 min read
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A wet September
Has it seemed like a wet September? It was for many. Auckland’s dam storage capacity has now moved up to 86% with the Hunua ranges...
Sep 30, 20212 min read
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Monthly sea level peak for September 2021
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred on 10th September for Waitemata harbour and Great Barrier Island. The Waitemata harbour tidal...
Sep 29, 20211 min read
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Magnitude 2.4 Gulf quake neat Little Barrier
Magnitude 2.4 earthquake in the gulf at 11:31am today, depth was 5km. Located between Little Barrier and Great Barrier Island, 32km East...
Sep 18, 20211 min read
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