As we move into spring this week all the talk around the globe is about the growing El Niño. It still has the potential to be very strong and impactful. Some will call it super but after we look back at the significant and potentially devasting weather it could bring around the globe, “super” might not be the best adjective. So, what is talk about and how is it really going our affect our plans through spring? Once again, it all starts with sea temperatures, not around New Ze
The intense storm that battered the capital and the South Island this week has certainly left a trail of destruction and disruption across a wide swathe of the country. In a simple sense, a very deep low - for the time of year - passed just south of the country with an active front that extended further. There was also a big high parked northeast of the country, so a very large pressure gradient developed between the two features. Over the distance of around 2800km the pressu
