15 Nov 2020

'Polar vortex' could put paid to NZ's golden summer

From Sunday Morning, 7:10 am on 15 November 2020

We've been hearing about an unseasonably warm and humid summer for weeks now, but there could be a spanner in the works with news that Australia might be in for a wet and wild summer thanks to a "polar vortex" in Antarctica and the seasonal La Nina weather pattern. Head Weather Analyst of WeatherWatch.co.nz Philip Duncan explains how this could impact on our summer.

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