After a bit of a dramatic start to June, hold on to your hats – because the westerly winds are about to return.  The late Autumn pattern is fairly normal for this time of the year – just because we as New Zealanders recognise the start of winter on June 1st doesn’t mean Mother Nature does the same.

So after a thundery, wet, start to June – the next couple of weeks change to more westerly quarter winds.  Now westerly quarter means anything from a North-North-Westerly all the way around to a South-South-Westerly.  

Basically our weather will mainly come from the west (from the Tasman Sea and just south of Australia) with highs to the north of NZ and lows to the south of NZ – this set up tends to encourage cloud and showers for the west, especially the South Island’s west coast.  It also brings drier, milder, weather to eastern and northern New Zealand.

But it wont last forever – some models indicate the next colder southerly later in week 3 of June.

The next couple of weeks will, general speaking, be average to above average with temps with a mix of sunny dry days and showery ones.

– WeatherWatch.co.nz