Here’s what is making the weather headlines today….

HIGHS IN THE LOW SINGLE FIGURES – LOWER SOUTH ISLAND

Low cloud or fog is lingering during the day for some inland parts of the lower South Island, this occurred yesterday and may occur again today.

So while temperatures without fog would have only got up to 7 or 8 degrees, instead some spots are looking to get no higher than 2 or 3, in rare circumstances certain areas may not get above 0.

RAIN OUTLOOK

Looking a bit drier than average over the next seven days (through to Friday 16th June). Why? More high pressure systems than fronts or lows is the answer. There will be a few features move through but they are not long lasting.

Just Fiordland has higher than average rainfall for the next seven days, the bulk of that will be from a few fronts on Sunday / Monday (11th / 12th June).

The map below runs from today through to Friday 16th June. Blue colouring means that part of the country is expecting more rainfall than would normally be expected at this time of year, red means less rainfall is expected and white is an average amount of rainfall. The more intense either red or blue then either scenario is more true.

SUNDAY / MONDAY / TUESDAY FRONTS MOVE THROUGH

As mentioned above the weather is mainly dry coming up but we do have a few fronts moving through. You can see these showers / fronts moving through in the maps below from Sunday through to Tuesday.

It’s mainly western regions that see rain or showers on Sunday and Monday (heavy for Fiordland), then late Monday into Tuesday expect showers in the east.

Once we get to Wednesday high pressure moves in and it becomes settled again.

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