A low currently sitting in the Pacific, which is likely to be upgraded to a tropical cyclone, will have some impact on Northland later this week, weather boffins have predicted.
Known by the imaginatively titled Tropical Disturbance 11F, the weather pattern was located 1300km north west of the Fijian town of Nadi yesterday morning and was expected to develop into a category three cyclone with hurricane force winds.
MetService weather forecaster John Law said while it was late in the tropical cyclone season, the situation brewing in the Pacific was worth keeping an eye on if people were headed to the Pacific Islands.
Although at the moment the system is forecast to remain north of New Zealand, Mr Law said MetService meteorologists would continue to monitor the system. He said Northland would experience cloudy weather, rain and easterly wind later this week as well as during the weekend. Although the predicted cyclone was not expected to hit Northland at this stage, there was a lot of uncertainly in terms of its future movements.
"It definitely is a week of two halves with generally light winds and dry weather in the first half and a wet one in the second. It's quite an active system that will bring blustery easterlies and higher swells out at sea," Mr Law said.