MetService Severe Weather Warning: 6th of August - 9th of August. Video / Metservice
More than 30 flights are delayed and cancelled out of Auckland Airport this morning due to fog, as Kiwis across the country wake up to a fresh cold snap.
Just after 8am approximately 11 domestic regional flights had been cancelled and 19 domestic regional flights delayed, an airport spokesperson said.
Six main trunk flights to and from Christchurch and Queenstown had also been delayed by fog.
So far no international flights had been affected, said the spokesperson.
Auckland Airport put the restrictions in place at 6.03am.
The weather also played havoc with the city’s transport system.
Morning fog rolls into Mangawhai. Photo / Michael Craig.
Sub-zero mornings and rain for rest of week
Forecasters are warning many places across the country will experience frosty, sub-zero mornings and rain for the rest of the working week.
This morning, Auckland is waking up to a cold 5C, while Whangārei is sitting at 4C.
Christchurch residents are starting their morning in the negatives and are currently sitting at -3C.
Napier, Rotorua and Hamilton are all sitting at a frigid 0C.
MetService meteorologist Dom Barry said a broad ridge of high pressure earlier this week had brought settled weather.
“It will be disrupted by a low-pressure system and its associated fronts, which approach from the west, bringing wet weather as we head into Wednesday.”
Barry said rain is set to pour in the South Island today and tomorrow before it moves to the North Island tomorrow and Friday.
“This is a double-whammy feature with rain bands coming from the south and the west, combining, so we are expecting just about everyone to see some form of rainfall in the period from Wednesday to Friday.”
He said temperatures will only peak in the early to mid-teens for most places throughout the week.