VIDEO: Auckland Anniversary Weekend – Wind & rain for a time, then dry again
24/01/2023 10:20pm
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A more than week-long weather set-up is on the way for NZ with low pressure stuck near Northland and high pressure parked over the Chatham Islands.
The two systems will bring windy nor’easters and easterlies to the top of the North Island for over a week, and milder northerly quarter winds to the rest of the country (although Southland has a colder southerly on Friday).
Rain and wind will peak on Friday and Saturday for northern NZ, then eases over Sunday and Monday.
But by Tuesday next week the low near Cape Reinga may still be around and may even bring wind and rain back to parts of NZ.
In Australia and the tropics it’s fairly settled with no significant weather systems passing through – although Tasmania has low pressure and a colder change next 24 hours.
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Graeme on 25/01/2023 8:56pm
Phil, the NE and Easterlies for 10 or 12 days make the east coast pretty ugly for boating! Cheers
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WW Forecast Team on 25/01/2023 9:46pm
Hi Graeme, yeah you need to be further down the country or to the west – the east will be messy!
– Phil
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L J McDonald on 25/01/2023 3:29am
Looks like a ‘cooler’ SW for Southland and Otago on Friday which can be a relief after warm days which look like they’ll climb again after the change!
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WW Forecast Team on 25/01/2023 5:24am
Yep, almost precisely word for word what we said in a media interview today – “cooler on Friday, normal summer temps return at the weekend!”.
– WW
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Nick on 24/01/2023 11:11pm
Westerlies no longer seem to be the prevailing winds in the Coromandel! Relentless E & NE ers these past couple of years!
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Adrian Kerr on 25/01/2023 1:02am
It’s a La Niña! The westerlies (and SW’ers) will be back with an El Niño.
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