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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 ...
NIWA and MetService are both government organizations that produce weather forecasts. NIWA was previously part of the MetService until 1992. NIWA was previously part of the MetService until 1992. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In 2009, they signed a memorandum of understanding to work more closely together. [ 34 ]
Temperatures also drop about 0.7 °C or 1.3 °F for every 100 m (300ft) of altitude. Northern cities such as Auckland , Whangārei , and Tauranga experience mean yearly maxima of between 19–20 °C (66–68 °F) and mean yearly minima of around 11–12 °C (52–54 °F).
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]
Christchurch: 1: 2 injuries: An EF0 tornado struck Christchurch and lasted for 15 minutes, injuring two people and causing widespread damage. [29] Papamoa tornado 27 June 2020 Papamoa: 1 0 fatalities A tornado struck the Tauranga suburb of Papamoa in the early morning and caused some damage to homes. The tornado also sent a trampoline flying ...
The Entrance of the Lyndon B. Johnson Department of Education building in Washington, D.C. Credit - Getty Images. P resident Donald Trump is reportedly finalizing an Executive Order that would ...
Daniel Corbett is an English broadcast meteorologist, who worked for the Met Office and the BBC for many years until May 2011. He joined the Met Office and BBC Weather Centre in 1997, after beginning his career in the United States.
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 ...