Today we’re in between systems. For the last day of April it’s not too bad for most. But there’s a deepening low/storm just north east of NZ (tracking south to south-east) and an incoming cold front fresh off the Southern Ocean moving towards the South Island.

The offshore storm should remain offshore but some wind, cloud and showers will likely brush eastern coastal parts of the North Island, anywhere from Northland to Hawke’s Bay. It doesn’t look like much.

A south-east breeze will cover the top of NZ for Tuesday with warmer nor’westers in central areas north of roughly Christchurch.

A cold front moves into Fiordland and south Westland today then spreads over into Southland and Otago later in the day and overnight into Wednesday.

On Wednesday that colder change moves up the South Island while the low to the east moves away offshore.

Cooler weather heads into the North Island on Thursday with a windier sou’wester ahead of the next high pressure zone.

Use our hourly data to track general arrive time of wind, rain and temperature changes in the hours and days ahead.

Check official NZ Warnings and Watches here.

🎥High pressure looks to be the main driver of NZ's weather for the next 15 days despite cold fronts & lows trying their best.

In fact, it's mostly just one huge high that looks to dominate the first half of May. We'll have more in our ClimateWatch update on Wednesday afternoon. pic.twitter.com/xYKTNJYA4l

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) April 29, 2024

We recently wrote about how mainstream news outlets would soon obsess over La Niña. Sure enough the Herald's already had two homepage lead stories on it in just days.🙄

Remember, 2 of the last 3 La Niña didn't behave as expected in NZ, so let's not clutch our pearls yet MSM. pic.twitter.com/SOVpeJzskK

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) April 29, 2024

A colder change is spreading across NZ ahead of an enormous mountain of high pressure south of Australia… bringing a windier south-west airflow across NZ for Thursday and Friday. #Autumn

Full details in our weather video out by lunchtime… pic.twitter.com/gjYkMuPwHk

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) April 29, 2024

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