It’s been a spring-like week of weather but more summer-like temperatures are coming in thanks to both Australian and sub-tropical airflows.

The South Island and lower North Island (mostly Wellington, southern Wairarapa) are still changeable – and windy at times too. In fact Wellington will be windy for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. But this westerly wind will boost temperatures in the east with places like Hawke’s Bay heading into the mid to late 20s this weekend. Winds are lighter the further north you are, nearer to high pressure.

A little bit of wet weather around the South Island – but nothing too significant today but sets in more this weekend with heavy rain.

The lower South Island won’t be as warm as the north, due to more airflows coming from the Southern Ocean and less likely out of the sub-tropics.

Western NZ will also be cloudier – as it’s been for much of the week. This is often the case with El Nino westerly flows.

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Maps most relevant today are…

• Live Rain Radar
• Animated Temperature Maps
• RuralWeather Wind & Upcoming Rainfall Graphs
• Any potential MetService Warnings or Watches

See your local hourly & 10 day forecast at WeatherWatch.co.nz – or for more details and event planning visit RuralWeather.co.nz for the most detailed and hyper-local forecasts in NZ.

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☔️Incoming western rain.

🌡️The westerly flow will boost temperatures in the east, especially Canterbury to Hawke's Bay to Gisborne.

☁️But, the westerly means more gloomy cloud in the west & average temperatures (not hot, not cold, just flat). Includes Auckland, Hamilton & Wgtn. pic.twitter.com/xzkd6feIvU

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) December 14, 2023