As we do once a week now, covering the South Pacific and as far away as Hawaii, we delve into the weather forecast for the next week ahead for many of the Pacific Island nations.

Main features this week – plenty of easterlies dominating both hemispheres due to high pressure closer to the poles putting the squeeze on.

Powerful high pressure zones near Australia and New Zealand will send a very slightly cooler southerly up into New Caledonia and Vanuatu around this coming Sunday and next Monday.

We also have a 7 day rainfall outlook for the Pacific Ocean tropical islands.

*This video was published Tuesday PM Sept 19 in the South-West Pacific, Monday PM September 18 in Hawaii.

• WeatherWatch.co.nz