Downpours, some with lightning and thunder, will continue across western parts of the North Island and some western/north-western parts of the South Island as a large low pressure zone in the Tasman Sea slowly drifts in – and then falls apart.

The thundery downpours will ease by the end of Friday, although a few isolated heavy showers may remain in the north and perhaps the east of the North Island going into the weekend. Many other places are drier this weekend as high pressure starts to expand – and that will send the colder air from the lower South Island up into the North Island for early next week – fuelled by sou-east winds in the North Island (and light winds over much of the South Island).

We have your forecast to Tuesday next week.

*Programming note – We have no video on Thursday due to travel, we’re back again Friday with two videos (NZ and Australia).