It’s colder for the SOuth Island this weekend but next week an even bigger southerly blast will spread up and across NZ with low level snow expected, along with bitterly cold wind chill for newborn livestock.

Snow flurries next week may go as far north as the Gisborne Ranges. Between now and then a low pressure zone from Australia will move in bringing rain to the North Island and leaving showers and cooler sou’easters for Aussie’s eastern seaboard.

Reminder: Our ClimateWatch outlook for the month of October is out today, September 30 at RuralWeather.co.nz, WeatherWatch.co.nz and on our YouTube channel.