Wednesday is the coldest day of the week for the North Island with the southerly flow firmly blowing across the day. It’s a similar story in the South Island with hail showers and cold winds although conditions are easing back a little today in southern half of the island.

As we head into Thursday two things happen:

Firstly the North Island settles down and warms up a bit as southerlies fade and late westerlies develop.
Secondly the South Island sees yet another cold front with more heavy rain on the West Coast, snow showers on the alpine passes and cold southerlies spreading northwards. Motorists should be aware of changing conditions, especially on Thursday PM and the pre-dawn hours of Friday through the Southern Alps.

This next cold front will reach the North Island at night on Thursday and may have a few localised wind gusts.

High pressure builds as we head into Friday and the weekend which, for the most part, calms things down and slowly starts to warm things back up again.

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– WeatherWatch.co.nz (an official TWC/IBM business partner)