It’s mid-spring which means snow, frosts, rain, sun & warmth are all in the mix for the next 7 days ahead. Here are the highlights, prepared by WeatherWatch.co.nz.

NUMBER 1

COLD CHANGE MOVES UP THE SOUTH ISLAND LABOUR DAY MONDAY WITH SHOWERS/RAIN
Temperatures are dropping in the lower South Island today.

Drill down deeper with the temperature graphs at RuralWeather.co.nz

🔍Spot the cold front this morning…

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NUMBER 2

FROSTS TONIGHT FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND

Colder air moving in tonight coupled with clear skies means frosts are possible.

There are two ways to track your frost risks:

• 1) NZ Frost Risk Maps
• 2) Your Hyper-Local Frost Risk can be found via the NZ Frost Forecaster here (see the Frost tab top of RuralWeather)

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NUMBER 3

SNOW RISKS ON ALPINE HIGHWAYS

• LIVE: View the latest MetService Warnings here

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NUMBER 4

MILDER AIRFLOWS

Following the cooler airflow moving up the South Island today (Monday) and into the North Island’s east (Tuesday) milder airflows return later this week. It won’t be overly hot for most places, but certainly daytime and nighttime temperatures will be above normal.

• RuralWeather.co.nz for hyper-local hourly temperatures.

• Temperatures: MAX and MIN Maps here.

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NUMBER 5

SPRING WESTERLIES THIS WEEKEND
This coming weekend (the last weekend of October) looks mild in most places with NW winds in the North Island and W to NW winds in the South Island. It will be windier than Labour Weekend was, and wetter in the west (dry in the east).

• Animated wind maps (once you’ve open the link, click on “EARTH” in the bottom right hand corner to advance the animated wind maps for the rest of the week ahead).

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NUMBER 6

DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: RAINFALL NEXT 7 DAYS

This week’s upcoming rainfall compared to this same time period over previous years shows the bulk of the rain will be on the West Coast and inland BoP. Driest weather in the east of NZ and the southern half of the North Island.

• Hyper-Local rainfall can be found at RuralWeather.co.nz

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NUMBER 7

NEXT 7 DAYS RAINFALL ACCUMULATION

Expected rainfall. You can drill down much deeper by seeing daily rainfall totals at WeatherWatch.co.nz or drill down deeper at RuralWeather.co.nz. Our rainfall data is from IBM – the world’s most accurate weather forecaster, as confirmed by NZ Government agencies.

• Rain Accumulation Maps can be found here
• Drill down deeper for hyper-local rainfall totals at both WeatherWatch.co.nz and RuralWeather.co.nz

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