It feels like a headline we’ve run every November for the past three years but again eastern parts of New Zealand are finding themselves in very dry conditions before summer even officially starts.

In particular WeatherWatch.co.nz is receiving reports of water tanks nearly running dry north of Auckland and about eastern Northland.  Other dry areas would include the east coast of the North Island.

Recent 30 plus temperatures in the South Island’s east coast won’t be helping conditions there either.

The dry weather doesn’t appear to be easing anytime soon with WeatherWatch predicting at least another 10 days of winds “mostly from the westerly quarter”. 

Westerlies tend to quickly lose their moisture after crossing land so eastern areas remain mostly dry.

However western areas are in for heavy rain with MetService closely watching the South Island’s West Coast later in the week.  Rain warnings look quite likely to be issued as a low develops in the Tasman Sea.

That same low is likely to bring some rain or showers to eastern areas on Sunday but at this stage rainfall amounts aren’t predicted to be high.

We want to know what conditions are like where you live?  Whether it’s North, South, East or West.  Post a comment below and let us know.