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    NIWA's Hotspot Watch

    Hotspot
    09 October 2015
    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”.

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    NIWA's Hotspot Watch

    Hotspot
    02 October 2015
    A weekly update 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

    Hotspot
    25 September 2015
    A weekly update 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

    Hotspot
    23 March 2015
    Weekly update to help media assess likelihood of extremely dry weather preceding a drought. Regions experiencing severely to extremely drier than normal soils conditions are deemed “hotspots”.

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    NIWA's Hotspot Watch 10 March 2015

    Hotspot
    10 March 2015
    Weekly update to help media assess likelihood of extremely dry weather preceding a drought. Regions experiencing severely to extremely drier than normal soils conditions are deemed “hotspots”.

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    NIWA's Hotspot Watch

    Hotspot
    23 February 2015
    Weekly update to help media assess likelihood of extremely dry weather preceding a drought. Regions experiencing severely to extremely drier than normal soils conditions are deemed “hotspots”.

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    NIWA's Hotspot Watch

    Hotspot
    16 February 2015
    Weekly update to help media assess likelihood of extremely dry weather preceding a drought. Regions experiencing severely to extremely drier than normal soils conditions are deemed “hotspots”.

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    NIWA's Hotspot Watch

    Hotspot
    09 February 2015
    Weekly update to help media assess likelihood of extremely dry weather preceding a drought. Regions experiencing severely to extremely drier than normal soils conditions are deemed “hotspots”.

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    NIWA's Hotspot Watch

    Hotspot
    30 January 2015
    Weekly update to help media assess likelihood of extremely dry weather preceding a drought. Regions experiencing severely to extremely drier than normal soil conditions are deemed “hotspots”.

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    NIWA's Hotspot Watch

    Hotspot
    23 January 2015
    Weekly update to help media assess likelihood of extremely dry weather preceding a drought. Regions experiencing severely to extremely drier than normal soils conditions are deemed “hotspots”.

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    NIWA's Hotspot Watch

    Hotspot
    16 January 2015
    Weekly update to help media assess likelihood of extremely dry weather preceding a drought. Regions experiencing severely to extremely drier than normal soils conditions are deemed “hotspots”.

  • Link to source page

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    NIWA's Hotspot Watch

    Hotspot
    09 January 2015
    Weekly update to help media assess likelihood of extremely dry weather preceding a drought. Regions experiencing severely to extremely drier than normal soils conditions are deemed “hotspots”.