Here’s what is making the weather headlines today…..

The first week of December looks to be in more of a traditional westerly flow for #NewZealand, esp W to SW winds.

It looks most unsettled in the south & west of the South Island, & more settled in the north to north east of the North Island.

Our summer outlook is out next Weds! pic.twitter.com/vSrD68k0F5

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) November 23, 2023

🥵🥶Here comes #NewZealand's colder change…#Southland: Some places now single digits#Otago: Dunedin now 10, 11 & 12c#Canterbury: Cold change moving in now, but Christchurch currently late 20s, possibly 30c for some inner city spots.

🌡️Live Temps: https://t.co/sgHFGtsqYR pic.twitter.com/jOPzJfIMdD

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) November 23, 2023

SOUTHWEST CHANGE MOVES IN

A cold front hits the lower South Island around midday, reaching the upper South Island overnight then moving north over the North Island on Friday.

Expect rain and a reasonable temperature drop as this front moves through, very warm in the east before hand with temperatures for Canterbury reaching into the late twenties this afternoon.

Southwesterlies will be strong and gusty in the east as this change moves through, Friday into Saturday sees strong southerlies with a chance of coastal gales for parts of the North Island, especially through Cook Strait and up the east coast (east coast is more Saturday).

Despite this unsettled weather moving in there shouldn’t be too many issues apart from having to pull out some warm clothes as we are about to move into summer. There is going to be some heavy rain potential for Hawkes Bay and Gisborne from Friday through to Sunday morning, Metservice have a rain watch issued for this, click here for more.

A risk of heavy rain for Fiordland today, this eases from late afternoon.

WARM TODAY, COLD TOMORROW

The cold front as noted above will see warm temperatures ahead of it, especially for eastern regions then temperatures will tumble.

Go to ruralweather.co.nz and use the search function for temperatures at your location over the next few days.

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