High pressure is trying to move in this weekend and for the most part it will dominate across many regions. Rain and showers will brush northern and southern coastal areas although most will be out at sea. Next week a windy change moves through.
Rain is returning to the South Island's West Coast but it won't be for long before it moves on to the North Island in the form of showers. On Friday the weekend looks mostly dry but some rain or showers will hover around coastal parts of the upper North Island. Next week is looking windier and showery for many places.
our Autumn weather pattern is kicking in now with more changeable weather on the way this week. A large high-pressure system from the Tasman Sea will bring in settled weather especially for the North Island on Wednesday and Thursday with rain moving up the West Coast around then and heading in to the North Island by Friday as a showery front.
A burst of subtropical rain and showers will kick off Friday night and Saturday but in autumnal change across Saturday or Sunday will see sunnier weather returning but with a few showers here - also there is a slight drop in temperatures. Next week a large high is rolling in settling the weather down in most places by Tuesday
Cyclone Winston is now posing some threat to Fiji's southeastern corner but won't have any threat to NZ until possibly next week. As for New Zealand the humidity is easing and the rain is too for most areas - just a few coastal showers possible.
A significant tropical cyclone is developing north of New Zealand near Vanuatu and may grow in to a severe tropical cyclone this weekend. The future track for this storm does show it making a direct hit – but we still need a couple more days to fine tune. We take a close look at the set up over the next four or five days.
Ex-cyclone victor continues to drive swells into our eastern coastline and humidity levels look intense for the upper north island this long weekend. We also take a look at Auckland and Nelson anniversary weekends - and the chance for more isolated heavy downpours in the north, especially on Saturday.
Severe Cyclone Victor continues to track towards New Zealand but all modelling shows it will fail to reach us directly. We have the very latest on the tracking - and of course what is happening here in New Zealand for the remainder of this week and the upcoming weekend.
: A narrow ‘vein of rain’ will spread across the North Island on Saturday – with showers and drizzle patches to the north and south of it. This front slides across the North Island with a few isolated heavy downpours – and clears overnight Saturday. West Coasters have a showery weekend – and a few spits may fall in dry Canterbury, but not much – with Sunday drier and cooler across many areas.
Daylight Savings kicks off this weekend, don’t forget to spring your clocks forward one hour before bed on Saturday night. As for the forecast, the wet easterly flow is easing but some patchy rain is about Hawkes Bay on Saturday, but easing. A few showers elsewhere, especially in the North Island interior with afternoon heating. The South Island may see a couple of showers, otherwise dry under high pressure in the south.
Weatherwatch weather analyst Philip Duncan gives a update on what to expect for the next few days.
The snow is easing in the South Island and freezing levels are now rising. Apart from another southerly on Sunday (a much smaller one) snow showers will mostly clear up this weekend. Meanwhile the same front that brought flooding to the West Coast will slowly move across the North Island on Saturday with isolated heavy falls. Next week a high dominates our weather – but we’ll be very closely watching a potential sub-tropical low around next Tuesday and Wednesday that may impact northern New Zealand.
Parts of the country were lashed by heavy rain, thunderstorms and flash floods yesterday wreaking havoc for Dunedin and areas of Auckland.
The explosive thunderstorms that hit the North Island yesterday should ease but heavy rain and plummeting temperatures are forecast for the rest of the week.
Aucklanders were battered by wild weather this evening as thunder and lightning hit the region.
Winter's first day is forecast to be wet but the weather should improve as June progresses.
Philip Duncan of WeatherWatch said another band of wet, cold weather would be making its way across the country throughout today and next week.
Our last long weekend in almost half a year is approaching – and typically Queens Birthday Weekend in New Zealand looks a little unsettled – but by no means is it a write off. There are rain and shower risks – mostly in Northland and our western coastline. Here’s a look at the best forecasts out at the moment – and we’ll fine tune this again on Friday with the very latest for the long weekend.
Snow covers Wellington's Rimutaka Ranges. Snow fell overnight in Wairarapa down to 300m, with New Zealand Transport Agency teams working through the night to keep the Rimutaka Hill Rd open for commuters to Wellington this morning. The foothills near Masterton and Carterton on both sides received a dump, as did the Aorangi Ranges on the southern coast. Although the weather cleared across the Rimutaka and Tararua ranges, snow continued to fall on the eastern foothills during the morning, reaching up to 6cm near Gladstone and Admirals Hill.
We take a look at footage from the flooding in Wellington and the twister damage in Mt Maunganui overnight – and explain why it happened and where the severe weather is for Friday across the North Island, as conditions finally improve for parts of the South Island.
Today is the final day of cold sou’westers for many areas, with warmer, calmer weather moving back to many areas by the end of Friday and for the first weekend of May. The large high will cross NZ from late Friday to early Tuesday bringing mainly settled, dry, weather this weekend and a calm start to next week. Warm nor’westers return to many places early next week.
The Cricket World Cup semifinal is in Auckland today at Eden Park, and a night of rain has left many anxious about how today will pan out. We take a look at the latest forecast. We also take a long range nationwide look at the weather through until Sunday – a big low this weekend may bring in much needed rain to our driest regions.
Saturday March 21st is the equinox in New Zealand and that means summer has officially ended no matter how you dice it! However a high is rolling in for this weekend with warmer northerlies (after the cold end to the week for some). Rain moves up the South Island’s West Coast on Sunday and into some parts of the North Island by Monday, as a truly Autumnal pattern kicks in.
We take a special look at the very dry conditions around New Zealand and have a detailed focus at the incoming rain possibilities for the final week of Summer and the start of Autumn. While rain and showers are appearing more in the forecasts we still see a lot of dry weather coming in for March – but hope is on the horizon for some who need rain.
In our final video for 2014 we take a look at Christmas Day weather, Boxing Day, the final weekend of the year and a sneak peak at New Years Eve across the country. Also – the Live Santa Tracker is back for 2014!
Summer has arrived – although day one of December is certainly more like spring with southerlies and hail in the forecast. But the rest of the week warms up and dries out for most New Zealanders – but rain and some wind returns later in the week to southern and central areas. The first half of December is looking changeable – but much drier weather may start to set in across north eastern areas of the country.
The weather forecast from this Friday to next Monday is a messy one, including election day this Saturday. The forecast isn't flash with a mix of wind, rain, showers and even snow for some in the deep south. There are still going to be plenty of opportunities to get out and vote on the day. Next week will kick off windy and colder; the spring westerlies should lock in next week warming things up.
Doug, Finn and Gus play in the morning snow in a Dunedin hill suburb. Snow has fallen to low levels in the South overnight, forcing the closure of many schools and prompting calls for care by motorists.
Gale force winds battered Auckland in ferocious storm last night, littering city streets with trees and cutting power to tens of thousands.
Most years Auckland has a light frost or two but the frost on Wednesday morning was heavy for some suburbs. The frosts were widespread across the North Island but not so widespread in the South Island ahead of the next cold change for Wednesday night and Thursday morning. We also take a look at the long weekend forecast for Queens Birthday.
The final week of Autumn is going out with a bang as yet another storm in the Southern Ocean lines itself up with New Zealand this week. Unlike the weekend cold blast this one is weaker, but will bring a period of strong to gale force winds to southern and eastern areas of both islands – and late Wednesday and into Thursday a colder southerly heads north. Winter kicks off officially on Sunday – and the forecast looks mostly settled.
A big high is rolling in and despite a gentle southerly flow most places look mostly sunny and settled this weekend. Overnight lows in the North Island will be mostly, if not entirely, in the single digits with a few light frosts through the interior of both islands. A front in the Southern Ocean will lift up the westerlies and drive in some cloud later on Sunday across southern parts of the South Island, with windy weather and another cool change arriving on Monday.
Autumn isn’t just about wet and windy weather – the second half of the working week sees a few heavy showers around the North Island but as we head into the weekend a high from the Tasman Sea is also pushing in. Friday and Saturday look set to be most settled with Sunday also a fairly sunny and warm day in many areas – however the strong winds return to exposed areas south of Wellington on Sunday with rain clouds returning to the West Coast as a low in the Southern Ocean passes by.