Updated 1:04pm — Here’s what is making the weather headlines today.

LIVE UPDATES ON TODAY’S WEATHER

A front passes over the North Island this morning then off to the northeast this afternoon meanwhile another front pushes northwards over the South Island with strong westerly winds changing southwest. Expect gales about many coastal areas today including Auckland and Wellington with heavy, squally, showers lining the entire western coastline at times.

Expect more heavy falls with thunderstorms and hail in the west, easing from this afternoon for the West Coast. Some snow develops about the far south this afternoon lowering to about 600m.

More details and warnings in regards to today’s weather put out by Metservice at this link here.

See our latest tweets below…

🌪️⚠️Wind damage in #SouthAuckland. Reports of a #tornado (or straight line #squall wind – both can be almost identical in this weather).

Glad all are safe at #Hunua School https://t.co/mYDY9H9Tmb

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) June 13, 2022

⚡️🌪️⛈️Here's #NZ's #weather at #1pm.#Auckland in the thick of the thundery squalls now, but mixed in with sunny lulls.

Western #thunderstorms continue – but the #TasmanSea is looking much quieter than it did 24 hours ago.

One last surge today in the north, then it all eases. pic.twitter.com/g45JraqvhN

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) June 13, 2022

#Auckland: Blustery today with gusts in exposed places to 100km/h – but calmer, sunnier, spells in between.

Worst winds will be in #squalls & isolated #Thunderstorms off the Tasman Sea.

We've been updating @Vectorltd since last week, hopefully any outages will be isolated. pic.twitter.com/pvxImaKvK4

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) June 12, 2022

🌏Tracking the low!

🌀Noon #Monday: The centre of the low is now moving quickly SE #away from #NewZealand over the #SouthernOcean & will start to deepen again.

🌀Noon #Tuesday: Rapidly #deepens and sucks in other low pressure, dropping to #930hPa!🤯https://t.co/gb7E1qcpZ3 pic.twitter.com/BrPLM7yGb4

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) June 12, 2022

⚡️Current position of #Thunderstorms + general airflow direction.

The centre of the storm now tracking SE away from #NewZealand… it will take another 24 hours to properly move away… dragging with it all these squalls & thunderstorms as it does so.https://t.co/gb7E1qcpZ3 pic.twitter.com/3tksgjby21

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) June 12, 2022

🌀⚡️❄️🌬️More #thunderstorms in similar places along western NZ today with isolated thunderstorms/squalls out in the Tasman Sea also moving in.

Current snow cover map too.

Have a great Monday!https://t.co/gb7E1qcpZ3 pic.twitter.com/wKRwtl1U25

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) June 12, 2022

SNOW AS LOW AS 300/200M TOMORROW FOR LOWER SOUTH

The air gets quite cold for Southland tomorrow afternoon with the snow level possibly getting as low as 300 to 200m, the snow level for Otago will be about 100m higher than Southland. Expect some snow for the mountains of Fiordland also, to 300m in the south and 500m in the north, north of Greymouth the snow level is about 800m.

VERY FROSTY EASTERN SOUTH ISLAND TUESDAY / WEDNESDAY MORNINGS

Provided skies are clear and winds light then conditions should be quite frosty on Tuesday and Wednesday morning for the eastern South Island, this is more so the case for inland areas. The Mackenzie Country for example could wake up to -5 on Tuesday morning and -3 to -4 on Wednesday morning.

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