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On 25 June 2024, MetService issued a severe weather update, warning that a deep low weather system to the northeast of the North Island was expected to bring heavy rains and large easterly swells to Hawke's Bay and the Gisborne district on the east coast. In response, orange heavy rain warnings were issued for Gisborne and Hawke's Bay from ...
In early October 2024, MetService had reported low-pressure system approaching New Zealand from the Tasman Sea, bringing warm and humid air across the country.These rain-bearing easterly winds swept into Dunedin, the coastal Clutha District and eastern Otago throughout 3 and 4 October, soaking an already inundated region which had already experienced wet weather.
The JTWC also discontinued warnings on the system around 21:00 UTC that day [22] Gabrielle was downgraded to a Category 2 tropical cyclone by the MetService. [23] During 11 February, after Gabrielle had passed directly over Norfolk Island, the BoM and MetService reported that Gabrielle had weakened into a deep subtropical low. [24] [25]
MetService issues a heat alert in Auckland due to night temperatures forecasted at 20–21 degrees. [13] 19 January Four separate wildfires break out in Amberley and Loburn, Canterbury, reaching an estimated area of 10 hectares. The fires are contained in the evening by over 100 firefighters. [14] [15] Three homes and a church are lost in the ...
They are higher in northern, eastern and interior part of the country; Hastings is the warmest city on average with 25.5 °C followed by Gisborne with 24.9 °C and Napier with 24.5 °C. Eastern parts of the South Island are highly susceptible to the norwester , a Fohn wind which can result in temperatures going into the high 30s and even the ...
MetService meteorologist Stephen Glassey forecast that the Gisborne District/Tairāwhiti and parts of the Bay of Plenty would receive two months' worth of rain within the next 48 hours. He also predicted that the atmospheric river would make its way northwest across New Zealand, touching Auckland .
Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited, or simply MetService (Māori: Te Ratonga Tirorangi, lit. 'satellite service'), is the national meteorological service of New Zealand. MetService was established as a state-owned enterprise in 1992. It employs about 300 staff, and its headquarters are in Wellington, New Zealand. Prior to becoming a ...
Following lighter rain on 30 and 31 January, areas of Auckland flooded for a second time on the morning of 1 February after more heavy downpours. [10] MetService reported that about 20–30 millimetres per hour (0.79–1.18 inches per hour) of "intensive rainfall" had fallen in parts of Auckland in the early hours of 1 February. [29]