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    NIWA's Hotspot Watch for 21 December 2017

    Hotspot
    21 December 2017
    A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Regions experiencing these soil moisture deficits are deemed “hotspots”. Persistent hotspot regions have the potential to develop into drought.

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    NIWA's Hotspot Watch for 14 December 2017

    Hotspot
    14 December 2017
    A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Regions experiencing these soil moisture deficits are deemed “hotspots”. Persistent hotspot regions have the potential to develop into drought.

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    NIWA's Hotspot Watch for 7 December 2017

    Hotspot
    08 December 2017
    A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Regions experiencing these soil moisture deficits are deemed “hotspots”. Persistent hotspot regions have the potential to develop into drought.

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    NIWA's Hotspot Watch for 30 November 2017

    Hotspot
    30 November 2017
    A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Regions experiencing these soil moisture deficits are deemed “hotspots”. Persistent hotspot regions have the potential to develop into drought.

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    NIWA's Hotspot Watch for 23 November 2017

    Hotspot
    23 November 2017
    A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Regions experiencing these soil moisture deficits are deemed “hotspots”. Persistent hotspot regions have the potential to develop into drought.

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    NIWA's Hotspot Watch for 16 November 2017

    Hotspot
    16 November 2017
    A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Regions experiencing these soil moisture deficits are deemed “hotspots”. Persistent hotspot regions have the potential to develop into drought.

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    NIWA's Hotspot Watch for 9 November 2017

    Hotspot
    09 November 2017
    A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Regions experiencing these soil moisture deficits are deemed “hotspots”. Persistent hotspot regions have the potential to develop into drought.

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    NIWA's Hotspot Watch for 2 November 2017

    Hotspot
    02 November 2017
    A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Regions experiencing these soil moisture deficits are deemed “hotspots”. Persistent hotspot regions have the potential to develop into drought.

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    NIWA's Hotspot Watch for 26 October 2017

    Hotspot
    26 October 2017
    A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Across the North Island, soil moisture levels have generally not changed significantly during the past week, while across the South Island, soil moisture levels have generally decreased.

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    NIWA's Hotspot Watch for 19 October 2017

    Hotspot
    19 October 2017
    The first weekly update for the 2017-18 summer describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

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    NIWA's Hotspot Watch for 30 March 2017

    Hotspot
    30 March 2017
    The final weekly update for the 2016-17 summer describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.

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    Hotspot Watch for 16 March 2017

    Hotspot
    16 March 2017
    A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.