How's the Weather, Jim?

Over more than two decades presenting the weather on One News, Jim Hickey kept the nation informed of the wind, rain and sunshine they could expect. In this documentary he explains how forecasts are done, and looks at some stranger meteorological phenomena. Among them are Christchurch's infamous behaviour-altering nor’wester, Wellington's persistent wind and Auckland tendency for "four seasons in one day". He checks out some of the country’s more extreme weather events too, including interviewing a tornado survivor and finding answers on climate change.

...we've got warmer drier air — it's very turbulent air — and it whips across the plains at quite high speeds and static electricity builds up. And so a lot of people notice they get shocks when they open their cars and things like that ... we found that that was the mechanism for causing health effects.

– Doctor Neil Cherry, on the cause and effects of Canterbury's nor'wester

Key Cast & Crew

David Ross

Editor

Dave Mason

Producer, Director

Jim Hickey

Presenter, Associate Producer

Sue Killian

Production Manager

John Prinsloo

Sound

Bevan Crothers

Camera