The weather seems to have slowed down a bit this week after a wild weekend.  I know this is true because for the past two days we’ve found it a little harder finding fresh things to talk about.  

Around much of New Zealand winds remain light as the country lies in between air pressure systems… sort of an air pressure limbo right now.  

The set up for the next 24 hours is hardly anything exciting but a little action is on the way tomorrow night in the shape of a low around northern New Zealand.

According to the MetService weather chart for midnight tomorrow there will be 4 low pressure centres all rolled in to one just north of New Zealand.  Sounds dramatic but it’s unlikely to be anything too major at this point.  Still – it’s worth keeping a close eye on.  It’s forming in an area well known for creating heavy rain to northern parts of New Zealand – and while no heavy rain is in the forecast for Northland at this stage it is something we’ll be watching closely tomorrow considering the recent flooding.

At the exact same time the lows are moving across northern parts of the country a cold front will be making landfall in Southland bringing another cold change there.  The southerly flow behind it will be bitterly cold but again we don’t anticipate any major problems from it. 

For those in the lower North Island I apologise for the lack of news coverage in your area – but to be honest the weather headlines for much of 2009 have dominated the South Island’s east coast and northern and western parts of the North Island. 

We’re always looking for weather news stories from Wellington, Kapiti, Horowhenua, Manawatu and Wairarapa so please Contact Us if you ever hear of anything that we should be mentioning!   

Also – if you’re ever wanting us to cover any particular topic drop us a note and tell us!   All ideas are welcome and while we can’t guarantee we’ll be able to get on to it right away it will be good to have for the future. 

Finally – WeatherWatch.co.nz has just had it’s first birthday and we wanted to take the opportunity to thank you for your huge support.  Since starting in July 2008 we have had over half a million visits and within that number are a loyal and dedicated base of regular ‘weather watchers’ who contribute near daily weather readings, weather news, opinions and challenge us too every now and then!  So thank you all – and we hope to grow the brand even further in 2010 once we’re out of this economic slow down.

Cheers!

Philip Duncan

Head Weather Analyst