After a very busy few days for our small team we’re skipping a video today, back again on Wednesday — Winds and showers ease further across the nation for Tuesday as the Antarctic blast shifts out east of NZ and high pressure from the Tasman Sea moves in closer. As the high rolls in it means colder nights and mornings and already this morning there are widespread frosts and ice over the South Island, and some central plateau parts of the North Island.

Let’s get into the Tuesday forecast…

RAIN:
Showers continue in coastal areas on Tuesday, especially western and southern NZ, caught up in the south-west flow — so if you’re more sheltered from westerlies or southerlies then chances are you have a dry day today. Showers continue to fade going into Wednesday too, thanks to that incoming high pressure zone.

💧Back to a westerly flow rain-wise (9pm Tue to 9pm Thu) pic.twitter.com/Xp5H7xgC0e

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) August 19, 2024

WIND:
Sou-west winds are still dominating for Tuesday and in some exposed locations will still be blustery – but they are continuing to ease and will ease even further in most places tonight or overnight tonight.

TEMPERATURES:
Temperatures are down today with below normal conditions right across both main islands – although in the very south may be a few degrees milder. However as early as tomorrow some locations in the lower South Island may notice the arrival of a westerly breeze, to help nudge temperatures back up higher. Frosts will be widespread over the South Island again tonight and through central and higher elevations of the North Island.

#BigPicture for #Wednesday & #Thursday: Wax on, wax off.

Incoming high pressure then outgoing high pressure as it tracks over the upper North Island, followed by a rain band. Milder westerlies and northerlies on the way! pic.twitter.com/X7XUtbQlwU

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) August 19, 2024

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