Anticyclonic conditions bring mainly settled weather to New Zealand today. A northwesterly airflow lies over most of New Zealand on Wednesday, a front moves onto the lower South Island later in the afternoon bringing in a cool change.

Mainly sunny and settled for a majority of New Zealand today, some cloud brings rain about Fiordland however with showers possibly spreading into Otago this evening from the west.

Wednesday starts to see a building northwesterly airflow, this brings some cloud to the western North Island while elsewhere stays mainly sunny. Cloudy for the West Coast of the South Island with heavy rain for Fiordland pushing northwards overnight, mainly dry in the east with warm temperatures and some high cloud. Showers gradually move into Southland and Otago as cool southwesterlies develop late afternoon / evening.

By Weather Analyst Aaron Wilkinson – WeatherWatch.co.nz