After months of windy, wet, weather many parts of NZ have a dry and settled couple of days – although being spring we do still have a few isolated showers.

High pressure will cross the country today and tomorrow – then lingers east of NZ across the upcoming weekend.

Let’s get into the forecast for Wednesday to begin with…

RAIN:
Apart from a few showers around northern Hawke’s Bay, Mahia Peninsula, Gisborne, Great Barrier Island and the Bay of Islands (and it won’t be much for those places) the rest of New Zealand is dry today.

WIND:
Winds are light and variable around NZ although a cooler south to south-east flow remains around the eastern North Island.

TEMPERATURES:
After a cold start for some, especially in the South Island where frosts are possible this morning, many places have a fairly average day temperature-wise.

WEEK & WEEKEND AHEAD
On Thursday the high shifts a little east of the North Island with light winds and dry skies for most. Perhaps an isolated shower in the North Island otherwise a dry day.

Friday is similar although now the shower risk is in the western side of the South Island and an east to north-east winds develops in the upper North Island.

This weekend high pressure parked over the Chatham Islands keeps a general north-east flow over the country and both days have afternoon downpour risks in both main islands.

Finally – A storm between East Cape and Tonga is worth monitoring this weekend too – although for now modelling still keeps it offshore from NZ, but it’s close enough to keep an eye on especially this Sunday and Monday and may impact beaches and surf conditions in the east from Northland to Gisborne. At this stage it is not forecast to hit NZ directly but is close enough and big enough to monitor.

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