Here's a couple of close-ups of Tropical Cyclone Bune as it passed near Raoul Island overnight Monday.
7:00pm Monday 28 March 2011. Tropical Cyclone Bune was about 80km north of Raoul. Infra-red satellite imagery courtesy Japan Meteorological Agency.
23rd March is World Meteorological Day.
Each year meteorologists around the world celebrate a chosen theme together to commemorate the anniversary of the founding of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on this day in 1950.
Storm tide is the storm surge + the tide. King Tides occur soon after moon reaches its perigee within a day of a full or new moon phase.
This article was originally written by Erick Brenstrum and published in New Zealand Geographic, issue 99 September-October 2009
This article was written by Erick Brenstrum and originally published in New Zealand Geographic, issue 76, November-December 2005.
Written by Steve Ready Meteorologist
On average, about nine tropical cyclones form in the South Pacific tropics between November and April each year. Three or four of these leave the tropics and nearly all of them undergo a marked transformation to a mid-latitude cyclone – a completely different weather system – before they reach New Zealand.
Written by Wayde Beckman from the Health Sponsorship Council.
February 2011
“I got windburnt today.” “My lips feel windburnt.” It’s something we hear from time to time (and even say ourselves) to explain red, sore, dry skin or lips after being outside. And in this glorious country of ours, it’s hard to be outside and not feel the sweet caress (or fierce pummeling) of the wind. But what is windburn? And can the wind really burn our skin?
Tropical Cyclone Yasi
"Past Weather" is a feature on our Metservice.com "Towns and Cities" pages and is located on a tab for the relevant location.
This graph shows the elements for Yesterday, the Last 30 Days, as well as Historical Data on a calendar monthly basis.
The data is detailed further upon mouse-over and includes:
- the highest wind gust
- the direction the wind was blowing from
- the highest and lowest air temperatures; and
- rainfall
Here's an example for Auckland Airport for "Yesterday":
Dr David Fountain, Pollen Forecaster (retired).