Updated 1:07pm — A warmer nor’west flow is moving back in again for the next couple of days. This means windy weather returns to Wellington and to other exposed areas.

But for those in the east it means higher temperatures will return – either today or it take until tomorrow.

Cloudy weather returns for many places too, especially in the south and west.

Maps most relevant today are…

• Live Rain Radar
• Animated Temperature Maps
• RuralWeather: Localised Cloud, UV & Temperature Data & Graphs

See your local hourly & 10 day forecast at WeatherWatch.co.nz – or for more details and event planning visit RuralWeather.co.nz for the most detailed and hyper-local forecasts in NZ.

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• It’s possible further updates will be added to this Newsfeed today, please check back for updates.
• Our 7 Day Pacific Islands forecast video is out today – the last one for 2023.
• Programming Note: VIDEOS OVER SUMMER — We will have reduced video coverage over the coming month ahead. We’re a small company and need time out too! We’ll still have daily news and maps here, but our YouTube channel will have much fewer updates for 4 weeks starting from after Christmas. We’ll still cover anything major (Like a cyclone).

🌋🇮🇸 #Breaking: A volcano is erupting on #Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula, which is close to the capital #Reykjavik. Population in the area is around 250,000.

Brief breaking news story from CNN: https://t.co/n3hrV9n8rG pic.twitter.com/FgkUEBwFnu

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) December 19, 2023

🎄The updated #ChristmasDay forecast for #NewZealand looks like you asked a kid to decorate the tree.

"Tis a bit messy,
But that's often the way,
To be unclear of the weather,
Right up to Christmas Day!"

– https://t.co/gb7E1quzdb TradeMarked poem. 😆 pic.twitter.com/bAKhjOLVqB

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) December 18, 2023