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RAIN, HAIL, THUNDER, SNOW, STRONG WINDS – TODAY AND TOMORROW

Plenty going on today and tomorrow, a westerly quarter airflow gives way to the southerly quarter overnight.

Expect rain or showers in the west today, also for Southland and Otago. Drier conditions in the east.

Later this evening or perhaps more accurately overnight a south to southwesterly airflow spreads northwards bringing in cold air, snow chances go up. Overnight tonight snow may fall to 400m in the south, 400m for the east of the South Island tomorrow morning. The snow level falls to 700m about the lower and Central North Island by Saturday evening before conditions ease.

We have a chance of thunderstorms for the West Coast this afternoon or evening, the western and upper North Island tomorrow morning. As a southerly change moves into Canterbury later this evening a few heavy showers with hail could trigger, and you never know thunder isn’t out of the question either.

Expect strong southwesterly winds for coastal parts of the lower and eastern South Island overnight tonight and tomorrow morning, very strong southwesterlies develop for the upper North Island later Saturday morning, winds may rise to severe gale. The lower and eastern North Island sees gale to severe gale winds develop for coastal parts from the southerly quarter around midday tomorrow. Winds ease later on Saturday for all.

Plenty going on, for all warning information from Metservice please see this page here.

Today’s thunderstorm outlook from Metservice can be seen here.

And please check out our daily video presented by Philip Duncan, out around midday on this website.

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WARMING UP IN THE EAST ON SUNDAY

A northwesterly airflow returns on Sunday with eastern regions likely to see temperatures boost up compared to what will be a cold Saturday.

High’s in the east on Saturday will likely range from low double figures into the mid teens, Sunday sees temperatures range from the mid to late teens.

Monday gets even warmer, into the early twenties, perhaps mid twenties for the eastern North Island. The warm weather doesn’t last too long for the South Island as a cold front pushes northwards, reaching the North Island late afternoon or evening.

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NEXT HIGH ON TUESDAY

After Monday’s front mentioned above clears out of the way high pressure moves in on Tuesday settling things down.