Public Weather Services Manager Ramon Oosterkamp gives us the update on Tropical Cyclone Wilma and the likely impact on the North Island.
YouTube: TC Wilma Update 28 January, 2011
Update on Tropical Cyclone Wilma
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
Forecasting for the Summer's Day Sweepstakes
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.
New feature for metservice.com "towns & cities" - Past Weather
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
The New Zealand Pollen Forecast
Written by:
Dr David Fountain, Pollen Forecaster to Metservice NZ.
Wind warnings for Recreational Marine Areas
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.
Weird Taranaki Cloud
Addendum added at end of this post on 20 Dec 2010
Lesley of New Plymouth recently sent in some cloud images taken by cellphone at New Plymouth. They were taken at around 7:50am on Thursday 18 November 2010 and look a bit like someone or something had been slicing the clouds. The first, below, was taken from the Waimea Street/Brois Street roundabout, looking roughly east-south-east (to the right of the morning sun).
Myth-busting ultraviolet radiation
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?
Cold Windy Friday
Check the weather forecast before heading out to that fireworks show.
Verification of Severe Weather Warnings
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.