An anticyclone covers most of the country today and on Thursday bringing mainly settled but frosty weather.

Mostly sunny for plenty of regions today, morning frosts are likely especially for the inner South Island but also inner North Island areas. Just a shower or two continuing to skim the North Island’s east coast during the day, but slowly easing and pulling away.

Quite settled on Thursday although there may be a few areas of coastal cloud at times. A shower or two pushes back onto the North Island’s east coast in the afternoon.

By Weather Analyst Aaron Wilkinson – WeatherWatch.co.nz