The winds are about to get warmer as they swing from polar southerlies start of this week to sub-tropical northerlies by the end of Friday.

Over the weekend a large low in the Tasman Sea will spread rain and wind down over the North Island and into the upper and eastern South Island (may only be a few showers in the eastern South Island).

By Queen’s Birthday Monday the low moves into the North Island with showers and patchy rain – followed by a colder southerly across many areas on Tuesday.