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Whakaari / White Island emits ash plume
Whakaari/White Island Volcano has been emitting an ash plume since early this morning, which reached the Bay of Plenty coast around 1pm....
Sep 2, 20211 min read
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G2 solar storm forecast to potentially hit earth 2-3 September
Space Weather Alert. The U.S agency Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a Geomagnetic storm watch for the potential impact of...
Sep 1, 20211 min read
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Monthly sea level peak for August 2021
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred on 13th August for Waitemata harbour and 22nd August for Great Barrier Island. The Waitemata...
Sep 1, 20211 min read
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Tasman low - storms and floods
A Tasman low moved across the Tasman during the last few days and became stationary to the west of Auckland on Sunday 29th August. This...
Aug 31, 20211 min read
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Tongariro volcano glowing on a full moon
A full moon and clear skies allowed the Tongariro volcano to have it’s steam plume and snow-capped crater to glow during the night. When...
Aug 23, 20211 min read
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15 August 2011, the day low level snow fell across the upper North Island
On the morning of the 15th August 2011, a powerful surge from the Polar vortex blasted into the upper North Island. It started snowing on...
Aug 6, 20211 min read
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Storm force winds blast the upper North Island
Vigourous south westerlies arrived around 3am this morning with 110 km/h + gusts being recorded in multiple locations. A peak gust of 154...
Aug 3, 20211 min read
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Monthly sea level peak for July 2021
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred on 25th July for Waitemata harbour and 22nd July for Great Barrier Island. The Waitemata harbour...
Jul 30, 20211 min read
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Squalls and downpours across the Upper North Island
Plenty of squally downpours this morning as an occluded front passed over the upper North Island. Generally 10 to 50mm across the region...
Jul 26, 20211 min read
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A wild Saturday across the upper North Island
A strong front moved across the Tasman today, funneling rain and strong northerly winds across the upper North Island. Here were the peak...
Jul 17, 20211 min read
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Subtropical low brings wet, cold and windy
Did you feel cold today? It was probably because some of the coldest maximum temperatures for several years were recorded across the...
Jul 12, 20211 min read
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Magnitude 4.0 earthquake rattles the Hauraki Gulf region.
The earthquake swarm continues around the Niagara Shipwreck and NZ’s major internet cable in the Gulf with a sizeable shallow magnitude...
Jul 5, 20211 min read
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Upper North Island plummets below -3c
Dairy Flat drops to -3.1c overnight to win the coldest place across the upper North Island so far this year. This is within 0.8c of the...
Jul 4, 20211 min read
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Monthly sea level peak for June 2021
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred on 1st June for Waitemata harbour and 27th June for Great Barrier Island. The Waitemata harbour...
Jun 30, 20211 min read
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Intriguing bubbling air vent on Auckland's North Shore
Lowest tide of the lunar month today exposing an intriguing terrestrial air vent on Auckland's North Shore.
Jun 27, 20211 min read
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Rare deep earthquake near Great Barrier Island
In the last 24 hours GeoNet detected a very deep magnitude 3.2 earthquake 15km north of Great Barrier Island from preliminary detection....
Jun 25, 20211 min read
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Coldest morning of the year so far
Overnight temperatures dropped to their lowest of the year so far with many inland spots going well into negative. Here are some sample...
Jun 24, 20211 min read
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South Auckland tornado
An occluded front moving down the upper North Island crossed southern areas of the Gulf and Auckland between 7:30am and 9am on Saturday...
Jun 19, 20211 min read
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Monthly sea level peak for May 2021
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred on 28th May 2021 for Waitemata harbour and 29th May Great Barrier Island. The Waitemata harbour...
May 31, 20211 min read
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Total Lunar Eclipse puts on an amazing show
Clouds cleared just in time over the upper North Island to allow a stunning uninterrupted view of a rare Total Lunar Eclipse / Super Moon...
May 27, 20211 min read
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