A severe cyclone is making landfall this morning in Australia’s Northern Territory (NT) in a fairly remote area, although at least 1000 people are in the path of wind and rain maker.

We track the storm moving inland – and also another tropical low in Western Australia. Then the focus shifts back to New Zealand with high pressure crossing the South Island – bringing showers along the eastern sides of both NZ and Australia.

A cold front late week comes into NZ but weakens significantly as it moves into North Island. By the time the weekend arrives south west winds ease in NZ with another large high pressure zone returning.

*Please Note: The timing of “landfall” may differ to the 10am displayed in the video – and may be several hours later. This is due to modelling not being sure of the precise timing of this slow moving system. It may be late morning local time, or later today. Either way, it makes little difference at this point with severe weather now setting in.