Erick Brenstrum

This week's after dinner scientist is our man with the world's weather - Erick Brenstrum, severe weather forecaster with Metservice. Audio

The MetService predicts temperatures could drop to minus 15-degrees celcius in parts of the South Island over the weekend.  Audio

200 years ago the eruption of Mt Tambora in Indonesia caused the "Year without a Summer". The cold stormy weather over much of the world caused 100,000s of deaths from starvation and disease… Audio

MetService severe weather forecaster Erick Brenstrum on how a day doesn't go by without some weather... the behaviour of the latest El Nino climate cycle, and last year was the hottest on record -… Audio

MetService severe weather forecaster Erick Brenstrum on how a day doesn't go by without some weather... that time it snowed in New Zealand and almost a million sheep died Audio

MetService severe weather forecaster on how the month of August was the hottest ever reported globally and it was accompanied by: drought in Papua New Guinea; below average Antarctic sea ice, and; a… Audio

MetService severe weather forecaster Erick Brenstrum on how a day doesn't go by without some weather... floods in New South Wales and northern Chile (where it almost never rains), Tropical Cyclone Pam… Audio

MetService severe weather forecaster Erick Brenstrum on how a day doesn't go by without some weather. Most of planet has been above average temperature, though one or two areas have been below… Audio

MetService severe weather forecaster Erick Brenstrum on how a day dowsn't go by without some weather. Audio

MetService severe weather forecaster Erick Brenstrum on how a day doesn't go by without some weather. Greenland is turning black (from soot), so far 2014 is the year with the highest wildfire activity… Audio

Erick Brenstrum from Metservice has a global weather report that includes record average temperatures, lightning strikes from 50km away, and a tumbleweed firenado. Audio

MetService severe weather forecaster Erick Brenstrum on how a day doesn't go by without some weather. Audio

MetService severe weather forecaster Erick Brenstrum on how a day doesn't go by without some weather... and there has been a bit of weather of late. Audio

A day doesn't go by without some weather, explanations and implications with MetService severe weather forecaster Erick Brenstrum. Tonight, hurricanes, typhoons and torrential rain in Sardinia and… Audio

A day doesn't go by without some weather. Explanations and implications with MetService severe weather forecaster Erick Brenstrum. As well as all the major weather events from around the globe, an… Audio

A day doesn't go by without some weather. Explanations and implications with MetService severe weather forecaster Erick Brenstrum. This year's winter has been one of the mildest on record for New… Audio

Explanations and implications of the weather with MetService severe weather forecaster Erick Brenstrum. He looks at the largest tornado in recorded history, plus floods in Europe, India, Canada and… Audio

A day doesn't go by without some weather, explanations and implications with MetService severe weather forecaster Erick Brenstrum... Australia - droughts, wildfires & crocodiles on the loose; air… Audio