There’s both an uptick in high pressure and low pressure as we enter the final days of Autumn on the meteorological calendar.

For New Zealand and Australia specifically there is certainly more high pressure coming through over the next week or two – but for NZ storms in the Southern Ocean and some low pressure in the Tasman Sea area will bring more downpours to the north and west over the coming 5 days. But after that we may see more high pressure.

Over the Southern Ocean winter is clearly building with big storms developing closer to Antarctica – this deep southern placement often encourages more westerlies for NZ.

Have a great weekend, we’ll see you again on Monday afternoon!

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