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VIDEO: Wet weather chances for NZ Sunday to Tuesday as drought kicks in for some

High pressure is bringing a ‘cocoon of calm’ to much of the country today and tomorrow but that high slips east this weekend allowing a warmer, more humid, north to north-easterly flow to kick in. This will bring more cloud and showers to eastern parts of the upper North Island this weekend with perhaps some heavy falls in the north-east going into Monday.

By Tuesday a low from the Tasman Sea moves in and brings a burst of rain and/or showers from the west.

By mid-next week a westerly flow returns. We talk about which regions are now in drought and how much rain is coming for them.

Comments

Rick on 13/02/2025 9:31am

Nice explanation as to our current weather situation, re possible drought this summer. Will Auckland’s Hunua and Waitakere Dams get a reprieve? At the moment the focus is on pies in schools maybe we should be worried about water in catchment in critical areas of New Zealand also.

Glen on 13/02/2025 8:53pm

What about the south island east coast up into the Marlborough sounds?

WW Forecast Team on 13/02/2025 9:46pm

Hi Glen, it’s considered “Dry” but that’s technically 3 steps behind “Drought’. We have the NZ Drought Index map in our Friday afternoon video so you can see how the country currently is.
– WW

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