Yesterday Hawkes Bay jumped back in to the mid-20s with Napier taking the nation’s high with 24 degrees.  Today temperatures will be in the mid teens almost everywhere in NZ (15 to 17) with some northern centres climbing into the late teens.

One of the coldest places today should be Christchurch with a nor’easter keeping temperatures possibly below teens.

Raupo seeds prepare to set forth and multiply on a lovely early spring day in Turangi.
Image / David Hawke
 

Tomorrow a low in the Tasman will inch closer.  It’s a weak low and at this stage doesn’t pose much of a threat to NZ as far as severe weather goes.

Expect a milder night tonight as the clouds build then an even warmer night tomorrow night.

By Monday most places will be cloudy with showers in the north and west.

Next week a brief southerly change behind the low may bring light snow to relatively low levels about Southland and Otago around Wednesday or Thursday.  Nothing severe at this stage but certainly something we’ll keep an eye on.  It should be short lived – ie, less than 48 hours.