Here are the 3 main weather headlines making news for today, Friday Feb 4th.

HEAVY RAIN STILL THE FOCUS FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND WEST & NORTH

The focus is still on the South Island especially the West Coast today and Nelson/Marlborough as far as heavy rain is concerned, inland Canterbury may get some heavy rain from this afternoon for a time then Nelson and Tasman will be the focus on Saturday.

Wet weather moves to the North Island on Sunday, more by clicking this link here.

Going by the precipitation percentage of normal map below which is from today through to next Friday we can see northwestern parts of the South Island get the heaviest rain which will be today and tomorrow. Rain does move to the North Island on Sunday with the heaviest rain likely in the southwest and east generally speaking.

#3PM – Rainfall update for #Westport #Buller #Nelson #Tasman #WestCoast

☔️Live Rain Radar: https://t.co/sZ6VGdTVQY

🚨Current @MetService warnings/watches:https://t.co/7xoHniWE4o

📊Rainfall Accumulation Map: https://t.co/QWgV9NB6Fp

📉Hourly Rainfall: https://t.co/D35ySCBYsG pic.twitter.com/ZzYYrmAltj

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) February 4, 2022

#OngoingCoverage: Friday 8AM – Plenty more #rain to come, increasing the risk of slips and #flooding in the upper South Island in particular, but also the West Coast and maybe the lower North Island/Kapiti area too.

Our latest rainfall forecasts: pic.twitter.com/X7zShIesFn

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) February 3, 2022

HIGH HUMIDITY CONTINUES FOR THE UPPER NORTH ISLAND

The upper North Island will continue to see high humidity from now and through all of next week. At this link here (which is for Auckland) click on the “Fog/Cloud” tab, find the dew point temperature (green line). Anything above 15C is getting muggy, a 20 degree dew point is quite humid.

Basically for the next 10 days out the dewpoint doesn’t drop below about 17 or 18 degrees, it reaches 21 or 22 on Sunday which is very humid.

But as the north warms up, the south cools down.

Dunedin has a MAX temp on Friday of around 11 or 12C.
Auckland has a MIN temp tonight of around 21 or 22C.

🥵Hot vs Cold 🥶

If you're flying between #NewZealand's main islands today, it's going to feel like you're flying between different countries!

Currently (11am) it's 10C in #Dunedin🔵and almost 30C in #Napier🔴!

🌡️Live NZ Temperatures: https://t.co/sgHFGtrT9j pic.twitter.com/ltENcGRSaW

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) February 3, 2022

#FRIDAY: As those in the upper North Island deal with overnight lows in the 20s, the South Island today is several degrees cooler than average.

Example:#Dunedin's Max temp today is around 11 or 12C.#Auckland's Min temp tonight is around 21 or 22C.

Departure from Normal map: pic.twitter.com/2FbwBq6Gbj

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) February 3, 2022

#3PM Temperatures.

Common questions we're getting today:
– "When will this intense heat finally end?!"
– "When will the summer heat come back?!"

🥵🤪🤪🥶🇳🇿

Thousands of #live temperatures nationwide: https://t.co/sgHFGtJu0R pic.twitter.com/ZuBQylpTF1

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) February 4, 2022

IF THE WEATHER IS BAD FOR MOST REGIONS, FIORDLAND IS OFTEN THE DRIEST

As a rule of thumb, if the weather is bad for most regions around New Zealand and you are looking to go somewhere dry with sun then head to Fiordland. Rain or showers clears Fiordland on Saturday then there is 3 or 4 days of good weather there. The map below is for this coming Sunday at 4pm in the afternoon.