New Zealand Weather Forecasts (2024)

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New Zealand Weather Forecasts

New Zealand Region	Forecast	New Zealand - North Island	Forecast
Surface wind, MSLP and rainfall	1-day Thumbnails	Surface wind, MSLP and rainfall	1-day Thumbnails
	3-day Thumbnails		3-day Thumbnails
	5-day Thumbnails		5-day Thumbnails
	7-day Thumbnails		7-day Thumbnails
	8-day Thumbnails		8-day Thumbnails
	10-dy Thumbnails		10-dy Thumbnails
NZ Upper Air Data	Forecast	New Zealand - South Island	Forecast
1000mb wind & geopotent. height	10-dy Thumbnails	Surface wind, MSLP and rainfall	1-day Thumbnails
850mb wind & geopotent. height	10-dy Thumbnails		3-day Thumbnails
700mb wind & geopotent. height	10-dy Thumbnails		5-day Thumbnails
500mb wind & geopotent. height	10-dy Thumbnails		7-day Thumbnails
300mb wind & geopotent. height	10-dy Thumbnails		8-day Thumbnails
250mb wind & geopotent. height	10-dy Thumbnails		10-dy Thumbnails

Australian Weather Forecasts

Pacific Weather Forecasts

Victoria and Tasmania	Forecast	New South Wales	Forecast
Surface wind, MSLP and rainfall	3-day Thumbnails	Surface wind, MSLP and rainfall	3-day Thumbnails
	7-day Thumbnails		7-day Thumbnails
	10-dy Thumbnails		10-dy Thumbnails
Western Australia	Forecast	Perth WA	Forecast
Surface wind, MSLP and rainfall	3-day Thumbnails	Surface wind, MSLP and rainfall	3-day Thumbnails
	7-day Thumbnails		7-day Thumbnails
	10-dy Thumbnails		10-dy Thumbnails
Queensland	Forecast	South Australia	Forecast
Surface wind, MSLP and rainfall	3-day Thumbnails	Surface wind, MSLP and rainfall	3-day Thumbnails
	7-day Thumbnails		7-day Thumbnails
	10-dy Thumbnails		10-dy Thumbnails
Southeast Australia	Forecast
Surface wind, MSLP and rainfall	3-day Thumbnails
	7-day Thumbnails
	10-dy Thumbnails

New Caledonia	Forecast	Fiji	Forecast
Surface wind, MSLP and rainfall	3-day Thumbnails	Surface wind, MSLP and rainfall	3-day Thumbnails
	7-day Thumbnails		7-day Thumbnails
	10-dy Thumbnails		10-dy Thumbnails
South West Pacific	Forecast	Fiji - NZ	Forecast
Surface wind, MSLP and rainfall	3-day Thumbnails	Surface wind, MSLP and rainfall	3-day Thumbnails
	7-day Thumbnails		7-day Thumbnails
	10-dy Thumbnails		10-dy Thumbnails
Tonga	Forecast	Cook Islands	Forecast
Surface wind, MSLP and rainfall	3-day Thumbnails	Surface wind, MSLP and rainfall	3-day Thumbnails
	7-day Thumbnails		7-day Thumbnails
	10-dy Thumbnails		10-dy Thumbnails
Samoa	Forecast	Pitcairn	Forecast
Surface wind, MSLP and rainfall	3-day Thumbnails	Surface wind, MSLP and rainfall	3-day Thumbnails
	7-day Thumbnails		7-day Thumbnails
	10-dy Thumbnails		10-dy Thumbnails
Tahiti	Forecast	Hawaii	Forecast
Surface wind, MSLP and rainfall	3-day Thumbnails	Surface wind, MSLP and rainfall	3-day Thumbnails
	7-day Thumbnails		7-day Thumbnails
	10-dy Thumbnails		10-dy Thumbnails

European Weather Forecasts

United Kingdom	Forecast	Europe	Forecast
Surface wind, MSLP and rainfall	3-day Thumbnails	Surface wind, MSLP and rainfall	3-day Thumbnails
	7-day Thumbnails		7-day Thumbnails
	10-dy Thumbnails		10-dy Thumbnails
Estonia	Forecast	Turkey	Forecast
Surface wind, MSLP and rainfall	3-day Thumbnails	Surface wind, MSLP and rainfall	3-day Thumbnails
	7-day Thumbnails		7-day Thumbnails
	10-dy Thumbnails		10-dy Thumbnails

Rest of the World Weather Forecasts

Japan	Forecast	USA	Forecast
Surface wind, MSLP and rainfall	3-day Thumbnails	Surface wind, MSLP and rainfall	3-day Thumbnails
	7-day Thumbnails		7-day Thumbnails
	10-dy Thumbnails		10-dy Thumbnails
South Africa	Forecast	British Columbia	Forecast
Surface wind, MSLP and rainfall	3-day Thumbnails	Surface wind, MSLP and rainfall	3-day Thumbnails
	7-day Thumbnails		7-day Thumbnails
	10-dy Thumbnails		10-dy Thumbnails
South Atlantic	Forecast	North Atlantic	Forecast
Surface wind, MSLP and rainfall	3-day Thumbnails	Surface wind, MSLP and rainfall	3-day Thumbnails
	7-day Thumbnails		7-day Thumbnails
	10-dy Thumbnails		10-dy Thumbnails

What are these charts?

These weather forecast charts are generated by software written and maintained by James McGregor. Chart plotting is powered by Generic Mapping Tools (GMT). The data used is obtained from the United States National Weather Service. These charts are updated approximately every 6 hours and provide forecasts up to 240 hours ahead of the time they were issued.

It takes six hours to generate all the forecasts and so the issue time should be between 6-12 hours behind the current time. If this is not the case try pressing the 'refresh' button on your browser

Some comments on forecast reliability

We are looking forward to receiving feedback on the usefulness of the longer period forecasts, we aren't sure how good they will be. We suspect that different users, who each have their own particular need for a forecast, will each have a different perception of their usefulness and accuracy.

Clearly reliability will decline with the length of the forecast - experience and time will tell how significant this is. We wouldn't advise anyone to take the seven day forecasts literally but hope that these longer forecasts will provide some useful indication of how things might develop.

If the longer forecasts are of little or no value then we will remove them from the site.

James McGregor

Disclaimer

The data on these pages are provided with no guarantees as to their accuracy or timeliness. They are not intended for use in making life or death decisions, or decisions relating to the protection of property.