A few showers today about the east coast of the North Island, some rain for Northland. Dry in the west from Waikato southwards, the South Island has a ridge of high pressure. A similar pattern continues on Wednesday then on Thursday a northerly airflow develop over the South Island, showers clear later for some North Island regions.

Tuesday

White – Heavy frosts for the South Island, especially inland. While the inner North Island will be frosty, it will not be as cold as the inner South Island.

Blue – A low pressure system slowly moving from west to east over northern Northland during the day brings some rain for Northland which may be heavy, especially in the east.

Purple – Gusty southeasterly winds are also likely but at this stage, winds are not looking to be a gale but they may gust close to gale at times in exposed coastal areas.

Wednesday

White – Another frosty start for the inner South Island, however not as cold as Tuesday morning. The inner North Island may only just dip down to 0 around dawn.

Blue – Tuesday’s low hasn’t moved much and may bring some heavy rain to northern parts of Auckland / Northland and the Coromandel during the day.

Purple – Winds remain gusty from the southeast.

White – Just a regular winter frost this time for parts of the South Island, not as heavy as Tuesday and Wednesday.

Blue – Any remaining heavy rain eases in the morning for Northland / Auckland.

Purple – Northwesterly winds pick up overnight through Cook Strait with winds becoming strong at times, strong to gale northeasterly winds develop overnight about coastal Fiordland.