The weather over Tuesday and Wednesday looks fairly similar ahead of a brief surge of unsettled weather on Thursday. High pressure lies over the top of NZ and deep low pressure remains well south of the country.

Let’s get into the forecast for Tuesday to start with…

RAIN:
Most of NZ is dry again today, especially the eastern side of the country. A few isolated and mostly light showers may affect the western side of the North Island along with more cloudy areas coming off the Tasman Sea.

WIND:
Westerly quarter winds are common today over NZ, but winds aren’t very strong meaning some areas may get wind from any direction, for example coastal Canterbury may well have easterlies. Check your hourly WeatherWatch forecast for more details.

TEMPERATURES:
Generally milder inland today.

DAYS AND WEEKEND AHEAD
Wednesday looks similar to Tuesday for much of NZ but in the lower third of the South Island nor-westers increase with rain or showers moving into Fiordland and south Westland. There might be a shower around Southland or Otago.

Thursday is briefly back to typical windy spring weather as high pressure slips away for most regions – although remains over Northland, with strong maybe gale westerly quarter winds moving up the country bringing rain to the West Coast with heavy falls moving northwards, some wet weather into Southland and Otago and a cooler change spreading up the South Island. Windy westerlies over the North Island.

But by Friday high pressure returns – crossing NZ on Saturday bringing some cloud and a few isolated showers into the western North Island, otherwise dry.

On Sunday, December 1st, the high likely drifts away to our east and more spring-like westerlies return again.

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