<![CDATA[New Zealand radar service]]>It looks like @Marienka your post last year about radar coverage shows New Zealand as covered by radar, but upon trying it out the last week or so I've noticed that while the overlay shows "MetService" as it should (since they are the local weather data provider) it does not show any radar coverage at all. I'm pretty new to Windy, but has something happened to New Zealand coverage since this post? Thanks! Anyone else know anything about what's happening with New Zealand coverage?

]]>https://community.windy.com/topic/10998/new-zealand-radar-serviceRSS for NodeFri, 16 Oct 2026 02:55:49 GMTTue, 21 Jan 2020 04:40:30 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to New Zealand radar service on Sun, 25 Sep 2022 23:21:53 GMT]]>@onetrev That's actually a good idea and I'll definitely make contact.

I agree meteo information like this should be free, however, I'm not even remotely surprised there are people in NZ who would charge enormous fees for it

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/121120https://community.windy.com/post/121120Sun, 25 Sep 2022 23:21:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Zealand radar service on Thu, 11 Aug 2022 11:13:43 GMT]]>@onetrev Hi, as @Jaka-Jerele mentioned, we do not have better radar data for New Zealand at the moment; the current update time of radar images is 1 hour.

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/116231https://community.windy.com/post/116231Thu, 11 Aug 2022 11:13:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Zealand radar service on Thu, 11 Aug 2022 08:58:10 GMT]]>@jaka-jerele Unfortunately there is nothing Windy can do from what I understand (well other than pay the exorbitant fees the MetService charges, that I'm guessing do not make business sense).

Now that you are back in the NZ I think you best bet is to start writing to your local government representative to express your concerns.

In my opinion meteorlogical information should be mostly free / public domain as it is in many places around the world. Hopefully New Zealand can change, but it likely won't unless the public ask for it.

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/116210https://community.windy.com/post/116210Thu, 11 Aug 2022 08:58:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Zealand radar service on Wed, 10 Aug 2022 02:35:20 GMT]]>Has anything been done regarding this? I just arrived back from Europe and had a great animated weather radar there, while radar imagery for NZ doesn't even move when i press play, or moves one frame throughout the whole animation. Looking at Oz it looks the same as it looked in Europe.

Weird that this is still causing issues.

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/116066https://community.windy.com/post/116066Wed, 10 Aug 2022 02:35:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Zealand radar service on Thu, 13 May 2021 11:03:33 GMT]]>@korina Awesome, thanks for letting us know it's back online.

Next step, we need the MetService to allow for more than one radar image per hour. Not very useful for radar interpretation as it stands. And it looks bad when you zoom out and see all the Aussie radar animating nicely. There is a friendly NZ vs Aus competition down here, so maybe I should email them using that comparison to get them motivated. :)

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/77296https://community.windy.com/post/77296Thu, 13 May 2021 11:03:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Zealand radar service on Thu, 13 May 2021 09:49:06 GMT]]>@devonport Hello, it was a temporary outage, the NZ radar is working now.

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/77282https://community.windy.com/post/77282Thu, 13 May 2021 09:49:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Zealand radar service on Thu, 29 Apr 2021 22:15:22 GMT]]>Hi, the NZ radar has been down on Windy for nearly week now. Are we able to get this fixed? Windy radar.jpg

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/76163https://community.windy.com/post/76163Thu, 29 Apr 2021 22:15:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Zealand radar service on Thu, 11 Feb 2021 03:32:23 GMT]]>@onetrev said in New Zealand radar service:

I would say from checking out the MetService, Windy and Rainviewer that indeed they do look pretty similar.

Are you sure? Please double check my screenshots on page 1. Yes the general outline is similar but the definition is not even close.

It's not meant to be like that. if you zoom out and look at another country you can make a better comparison to how it should look.

It seems like there won't be much rain to see on the radar over the weekend but from Monday it should be raining again - good for testing if not for the beach :)

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/70549https://community.windy.com/post/70549Thu, 11 Feb 2021 03:32:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Zealand radar service on Wed, 10 Feb 2021 23:05:40 GMT]]>I would say from checking out the MetService, Windy and Rainviewer that indeed they do look pretty similar.

It's great we finally have something for NZ again, but it is a major bummer that the radar images only update every hour or so instead of every 8 minutes as they do on MetService (and I think that time frame is industry standard).

I'm not sure if this is a limitation of their API @Korina? If it is I can try to email them and bug them about this.

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/70539https://community.windy.com/post/70539Wed, 10 Feb 2021 23:05:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Zealand radar service on Wed, 10 Feb 2021 22:47:06 GMT]]>@idefix37

Yes, I took the quote and the word "interference" from Korina's post in the other thread but I assumed it meant a problem with the connection to receive the radar data? (and that's what it looks like).

We had clear skies for a couple of weeks but we have rain for a few days this week so that's why I'm checking on it.

The same problem still seems to exist today.

Also I think the problem is more than just displaying the 'last image with stripes'.

The amount of precipation activity shown on the radar is nowhere near correct compared to Rainviewer or the source: MetService NZ (links above in previous posts).

It seems like the data is not being received / computed / displayed correctly.

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/70538https://community.windy.com/post/70538Wed, 10 Feb 2021 22:47:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Zealand radar service on Wed, 10 Feb 2021 11:07:25 GMT]]>@jmh2002
Hi, Jason
We see these ‘’lines’’ quite often in France and in UK. As far as I understand, they are not due to radar interference, but because the last image from the radar provider is not received in time to be included in the loop. So it is the previous image, but with stripes, which is shown.

It take a long time to get images from down under :-)
(I’m joking as we get the same in Europe).

EDIT: In New Zealand radar, it is not only the last image in the loop which is missing, but sometime several.

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/70450https://community.windy.com/post/70450Wed, 10 Feb 2021 11:07:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Zealand radar service on Wed, 10 Feb 2021 03:47:52 GMT]]>@korina

Are you sure? For me the radar for NZ still sometimes shows "no data" and consistently shows the radar image with "lines" like indicated in example number 3 in your post here https://community.windy.com/topic/10732/weather-radar-with-lines-and-radar-availability/2?_=1594720632201 suggesting "Interference of radar connection, so we show the last image taken before the cut"

Below is the previous image again for reference.

I'd appreciate if you can please check the NZ radar again please, thanks :)

alt text

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/70442https://community.windy.com/post/70442Wed, 10 Feb 2021 03:47:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Zealand radar service on Tue, 09 Feb 2021 08:28:19 GMT]]>@jmh2002 Hello, our radar seems aligned with the Rainviewer now.

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/70384https://community.windy.com/post/70384Tue, 09 Feb 2021 08:28:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Zealand radar service on Mon, 08 Feb 2021 21:18:39 GMT]]>@Korina

Not sure if the Windy NZ Radar maight be having some issues but the image seems quite different to what is available from Rainviewer and the MetService NZ (source). Please see the screenshots to follow:

Windy:
Windy_ Weather radar - Google Chrome 2021-02-09 10.jpg

Rainviewer:
Weather Radar Map live - RainViewer - Google Chrom.jpg

MetService NZ (source):
nzl202102082006.jpg

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/70354https://community.windy.com/post/70354Mon, 08 Feb 2021 21:18:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Zealand radar service on Mon, 01 Feb 2021 14:01:19 GMT]]>@motorcycle Hello, we will look into this. Thank you for report.

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/69862https://community.windy.com/post/69862Mon, 01 Feb 2021 14:01:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Zealand radar service on Sun, 31 Jan 2021 03:09:27 GMT]]>@motorcycle said in New Zealand radar service:

Japan's weather radar hasn't been working the last few days on Windy :(

Please post a new separate topic if you are still having issues. Japan's radar is not relevant to NZ's radar.

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/69769https://community.windy.com/post/69769Sun, 31 Jan 2021 03:09:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Zealand radar service on Sat, 30 Jan 2021 09:28:43 GMT]]>Japan's weather radar hasn't been working the last few days on Windy :(

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/69727https://community.windy.com/post/69727Sat, 30 Jan 2021 09:28:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Zealand radar service on Thu, 28 Jan 2021 19:22:45 GMT]]>Nice! I'll definitely be testing this daily from now on.

THANKS! to all of the Windy Team :)

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/69627https://community.windy.com/post/69627Thu, 28 Jan 2021 19:22:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Zealand radar service on Thu, 28 Jan 2021 11:59:45 GMT]]>@onetrev said in New Zealand radar service:

I also noticed you guys added New Caledonia as @idefix37 had suggested

Yes It's works. But there is no radar image in North of New Caledonia island. This is because the radar antenna has been destroyed in 2019 by tropical cyclone Oma.

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/69578https://community.windy.com/post/69578Thu, 28 Jan 2021 11:59:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Zealand radar service on Thu, 28 Jan 2021 10:50:13 GMT]]>@korina I realised today I hadn't checked out the New Zealand radar on the Windy for a month or so. I just looked and I noticed it looks like you have it online! Hooray! Right now it seems a bit glitchy, it only shows one image for the last hour. Hopefully that's just a temporary issue. :)

I also noticed you guys added New Caledonia as @idefix37 had suggested, so that was great to see too, and it works perfectly I see.

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/69569https://community.windy.com/post/69569Thu, 28 Jan 2021 10:50:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Zealand radar service on Tue, 24 Nov 2020 18:11:53 GMT]]>@Korina

Great news. Let me know if I can assist here if necessary?

The NZ radar is available free on the https://www.rainviewer.com/weather-radar-map-live.html site.

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/63665https://community.windy.com/post/63665Tue, 24 Nov 2020 18:11:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Zealand radar service on Tue, 24 Nov 2020 11:52:13 GMT]]>@onetrev Hello, our development team will look into this and if it is possible, they will consider adding NZ radar again.

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/63608https://community.windy.com/post/63608Tue, 24 Nov 2020 11:52:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Zealand radar service on Tue, 24 Nov 2020 01:41:24 GMT]]>@Korina No major pressure but I was wondering if we could get some premium user support on this item please. 😋 And let me know if I can help.

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/63559https://community.windy.com/post/63559Tue, 24 Nov 2020 01:41:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Zealand radar service on Wed, 07 Oct 2020 23:16:37 GMT]]>@jmh2002 Agreed. I can try to assist again by contacting the NZ Met Service again, but it would be good to know that Windy is going to be able to do the work to hook this up if so. But it would probably be better if Windy contacted them directly I think since they are the ones using the data. :)

And the New Caledonia radar mentioned by @idefix37 would be great too.

]]>https://community.windy.com/post/58621https://community.windy.com/post/58621Wed, 07 Oct 2020 23:16:37 GMT