Wednesday in Auckland was expected to see possibly heavy rain develop in the morning before they ease to isolated showers by the afternoon. A high of 14C and an overnight low of 8C was forecasted.
MetService said Thursday should be fine. The high temperature was forecasted to be 17C and the low was expected to dip to 10C.
Rain should develop throughout Friday. The end of the working week was tipped to reach 17C, falling to 11C, and these temperatures should continue until at least Monday.
The heavy falls were credited to two low-pressure systems converging over New Zealand. One system lingering over the Tasman Sea was expected to move closer to the country on Friday while “another deeper low” from off Vanuatu was slated to pass over, MetService said.
Moving through Saturday, MetService expected the low-pressure system to move towards the Chatham Islands, allowing the rain about the North Island to ease into the evening.
MetService meteorologist John Laws told the Herald this week would “have lots of cloud, a lot more moisture [than last week] and some warmer temperatures”.
Laws said: “It’s the weekend that we’re really looking out for. With this new area of low-pressure [on Friday], it is still a couple of days to go and there is some variation, but it really is worth keeping an eye on the forecasts.”
MetService’s severe weather forecast for Saturday read: “For ... Hawke’s Bay, eastern Taupo, Bay of Plenty, eastern Waikato, Coromandel Peninsula, Auckland and Northland, there is low confidence that a rain warning will be in place.”
And Sunday’s severe weather forecast read: “There is moderate confidence that a heavy rainfall warning will be needed in Tairāwhiti/Gisborne and northern Hawke’s Bay.”
Raphael Franks is an Auckland-based reporter who covers breaking news. He joined the Herald as a Te Rito cadet in 2022.
