Thursday Newsfeed: North Island and inland SI swelters,

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Thursday Newsfeed: North Island and inland SI swelters,

21/12/2023 5:14am

Updated 6:13pm — High pressure brings more mainly settled and hot weather today, especially for the North Island with highs likely reaching into the late twenties, early thirties for parts of the east coast. The South Island sees a weak front push north bringing cooler temperatures in the south and eventually east.

It’s not to say some South Island regions will not get hot because some certainly will, inland parts of the upper South Island and the Mackenzie Country will likely climb into the late twenties or early thirties also.

The lower half of the South Island has some precipitation, rain for Southland and Fiordland this morning then elsewhere a few showers creep in this afternoon. Later this afternoon or early evening a few isolated heat showers may form about the Molesworth area before clearing away.

Maps most relevant today are…

See your local hourly & 10 day forecast at WeatherWatch.co.nz – or for more details and event planning visit RuralWeather.co.nz for the most detailed and hyper-local forecasts in NZ.

It’s possible further updates will be added to this Newsfeed today, please check back below for possible updates.

Current modelling for both Christmas & New Year's Eve in #NewZealand.

🎄XMAS: Cloudy in the north & west, drizzly showers & some patchy rain about. Driest & hottest in eastern NZ, Chch northwards. Cooler lower SI.

🥳NYE: Not locked in. Fairly typical! 50/50 split of good & bad. pic.twitter.com/yoRoy7ip68
— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) December 21, 2023

😎Tomorrow/Friday is the summer #solstice – or 'longest day' of the year (day with most amount of available sunlight).

It's at a specific time: This year, it's at 4:27pm NZDT, Fri Dec 22.

This marks the #Astronomical start to Summer!

🌡️Current Temps: (23hrs before solstice). pic.twitter.com/CzuuNyzQUS
— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) December 21, 2023

🥵🌡️A reminder that sometimes #NewZealand can be hotter than much larger urban parts of #Australia… so long as you don't compare with the lower South Island… haha pic.twitter.com/1W06amFlQU
— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) December 21, 2023

🥵💨🤪If you're not enjoying the weather where you are at the moment, spare a thought for those living in Western Australia with a week coming up of strong to gale force easterlies blowing off the deserts.🌡️ 🏜️#PortHedland #WA pic.twitter.com/EHJahP2TPg
— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) December 20, 2023

🌡️#NewZealand leans warmer than average nationwide today & tomorrow. The South Island's interior continues to be over 8 degs above normal.

🥵Meanwhile #Australia's excessive heat in the west continues with some communities inland reaching 45c+. Perth is windy & nearly 40c today. pic.twitter.com/usSXSRAOsT
— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) December 20, 2023

☔️⛈️#Australia's unusual wet weather continues on in the east – bringing more unexpected relief to very large rural areas + city water catchments.

☔️🌧️#NewZealand has some rain, for most it's not a lot but for the West Coast it's rain warning material. pic.twitter.com/TfG8SnbmsC
— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) December 20, 2023