With a cold front and weak area of low pressure moving in this long weekend many are trying to gauge just how much rain is coming for there place – or where they will be.

The area of low pressure will help create additional rainfall beyond just the initial cold front but it’s a bit more hit and miss, for example some eastern areas. 

Here’s the current best thinking for rainfall totals, using NZ’s more powerful weather computer (Watson) at IBM to crunch all the various reliable rainfall forecasts into one image.

Due to a few regions desperately needing rain we will be providing daily updates on expected total rainfall figures over the Long Weekend.

– WeatherWatch.co.nz