Global warming debate heats up
Scepticism about global warming is widespread amongst TV forecasters.
Scepticism about global warming is widespread amongst TV forecasters.
This Easter looks relatively settled, which is fantastic news for those wanting to get to their favourite holiday destination, writes Philip Duncan.
Easter is almost here and the weather maps are slowly starting to agree on what the likely forecast is.
Tropical cyclones Tomas and Ului appear to have sapped away a fair chunk of energy from the south-west Pacific tropics with mostly settled weather now across the region.
Autumn has moved in and with will come rain - eventually - says weather analyst Philip Duncan.
Weather analyst Philip Duncan explains the power of tropical storms.
I have a theory – a strange analogy really - that describes the change of seasons.
It's 6:50am...my cellphone beeps.... it's a text message. "What's the weather going to be like today?".
I was watching a fascinating documentary the other day about Easter Island.
I can never work out why on One News the anchors say "Welcome back" after an ad break.
Ex tropical cyclone Rene will combine with a front in the Tasman Sea bringing mostly gloomy, humid, drizzly weather to the upper and western North Island for the rest of today.
The tropics have exploded into action with 3 major cyclones in just a week.
I mean it when I say I don't like being the bearer of bad news.
Some parts of New Zealand have had a fantastic summer this year... but the next couple of days will bring sunny, hot, weather to almost every one.
WeatherWatch analyst Philip Duncan puts readers' 10 most commonly asked climate change questions to Niwa's Dr James Renwick.
Summer has ground to a spectacular halt in a number of regions over the past week - is it going to get even worse?
Kiwis are under-informed when it comes to climate change, says weather blogger Philip Duncan.
Find out what the weather has in store for this Friday's Big Day Out music festival.
Weather analyst Philip Duncan responds to the volleys of vitriol he received after his blog about global warming yesterday.
Weather expert Philip Duncan notes the cold snap embracing the northern hemisphere is making life tough on 'global warming' promoters.
2009 has been another crazy year of weather and here are some of the events that stood out to forecaster Philip Duncan.