High pressure is mostly dominating New Zealand in the week ahead but we do have some wet weather in the mix – but not a huge amount.

There will be a few isolated showers this weekend, potentially heavy, otherwise many are dry and warm to hot.

Next week a southerly change looks to bring a burst of wet weather, mainly to the eastern side of the country from Southland to East Cape. Western and northern parts of the North Island look driest.

But later next week or weekend we may be monitoring Cyclone Alfred which is currently a Severe Tropical Cyclone in the Coral  Sea. It’s path beyond the next five days is unclear – but it’s worth monitoring.  

(See our Australia-only update here for full details on Cyclone Alfred).