MetService Public Weather Services Manager; Ramon Oosterkamp gives us an update on Tropical Cyclone Wilma which is likely to bring heavy rain to the northern half of the North Island from Friday this week.
Click to view: MetService Update on Tropical Cyclone Wilma, 27 January, 2011
This blog post is about the MetService Summer's Day Sweepstakes. I'd like to give you some background on how to use the material on the MetService website to give yourself an advantage in the Sweepstakes. The prizes are fantastic so it'll be worth your effort.
We have added a new feature to the "towns & cities" section on metservice.com. "Past Weather" is now located below the ten day forecast for most locations showing wind, air temperatures and rainfall in a graphical format.
The graph shows the elements for yesterday, the last 7 days, and the last 30 days, as well as 'historical' 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
Written by:
Dr David Fountain, Pollen Forecaster to Metservice NZ.
All MetService inshore recreational marine forecast areas are now covered by a full warning service. This extension of services started on Tuesday 7 December 2010.
Written by Bob McDavitt, Meteorologist
Addendum added on 20 Dec 2010 with images from Malcolm Potts
Written by Wayde Beckman from the Health Sponsorship Council, on 11 November 2010
Who would have thought in November, when temperatures struggle to get over 20 degrees in some New Zealand places, that ultraviolet (UV) radiation levels are already high enough to cause sunburn and put Kiwis at risk of developing melanoma skin cancer?
Check the weather forecast before heading out to that fireworks show.
This blog post is the third in a three-part series discussing verification of MetService forecasts. Here, we present the method used for verifying Severe Weather Warnings, along with some recent examples.
Written by Peter Kreft, Meteorologist
November 2010
This blog post is the second in a three-part series discussing verification of MetService forecasts. Here, we present the method used for verifying maximum and minimum temperature in city forecasts, along with some recent examples.