Summer gets the green light this weekend but tell that to the spring weather pattern which will continue well into December this year – starting with a surge of windy weather this weekend and lasting into next week.

WeatherWatch.co.nz predicts blustery conditions to come and go across New Zealand over the next couple of weeks as a late surge of spring weather continues.

Head weather analyst Philip Duncan says while it’s very normal to see spring weather continue into December we will still be seeing more and more hints of summer.  “Some years summer just arrives overnight – this year it will be a gradual transition and we’re already seeing the signs”.  Mr Duncan says, pointing towards low rainfall numbers for a number of regions and a sign of more days with highs over 25 degrees for eastern areas.

“In some ways we’re getting November’s weather in December this year and a spring pattern means rainfall amounts will be short lived and hot days will be mixed with cooler, windier, ones”.

WeatherWatch.co.nz says the wind this weekend will be generated by a low that is today deepening near Perth. 

“We don’t really think of our windy weather being impacted by a low near Perth but that’s what will happen over the next few days as a low deepens just south of the Australian city then rapidly deepens and explodes into life in the Southern Ocean.  At the same time a big high will be between New Zealand and Fiji – putting the squash zone for all the wind right over New Zealand”.

While blustery conditions were expected in exposed regions this weekend or early next week, damaging winds were not predicted at the time this story was published.  However we will be monitoring this weather pattern closely over the next few days for any potential weather warnings – heavy rain may be likely on the West Coast with blustery winds for central and eastern areas.

Image / Weather map for Sunday at 7am – click here to use the free interactive maps / WeatherMap

– WeatherWatch.co.nz