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The country is stuck in a seven-day cycle with the worst weather falling on the weekend and this one will be no exception, the MetService says.
MetService spokesman Bob McDavitt said the six to seven-day cycle was something the atmosphere got into occasionally.
"It is related to the spacing between ups and downs in the wind flow at our latitude around the globe."
More bad weather was expected this weekend, he said. A front was due to cross the South Island on Saturday with rain in the west and warm dry winds in the east. On Guy Fawkes Day (Sunday), the wet areas would be mainly in Westland and south Canterbury.
Mr McDavitt said the forecast was for more rain around the country next Monday but not as much as last Sunday.
October started with a Sunday thunderstorm over Auckland resulting in slips that led to the evacuation of several houses in Birkenhead.
On Sunday, October 8, northwest winds brought power cuts to Otago and snow was down to 400 metres.
More northwest winds from October 12-15 ripped off roofs at Timaru Boys' High School.
The winds raised the temperatures on Friday, October 13, to 29C in Dunedin and 30C in Gisborne, fanning fires in the South Island city that weekend.
During Labour weekend, a low-pressure system deepened over the North Island. Heavy rain in Wellington, Wairarapa and Manawatu brought slips, closing the Manawatu Gorge and the coastal road to Eastbourne.
Another front stalled over central areas last weekend bringing cold southerlies and flooding to central Wellington.
- NZPA
