Another big high is parked to our west but it’s not so straightforward as the last one.

This next high will encourage cooler southerlies this weekend but the centre of the high will weaken before it reaches northern NZ – plus the high will track north of us, not directly over us.

This means southerlies and showers fade this weekend and next week there’s more of a westerly lean with our weather and a few showers. Late next week we may be back to sub-tropical northerlies.

*published Friday PM

– WeatherWatch.co.nz