Need a distraction today? The winter that feels like spring continues on with some colder more wintry days coming up – but a return to sub-tropical northerlies next week.

The cold change on Thursday will see a few snow flurries here and there in the south and east of the South Island – while the odd flurry may be a little low level, it won’t be much or accumulate to much.

A high rolls in this weekend with light winds, cold nights and mild days. Next week sub-tropical northerlies kick back in again.