High-pressure is moving towards northern NZ and that is driving in a colder/cooler southerly quarter wind into the North Island. But in the lower South Island another windier warmer nor’wester is starting to move back in.

Let’s get into the forecast for Wednesday

RAIN:
There won’t be a lot of rain today around the country but that early southerly for the lower and eastern North Island will bring in a few showers – but they should clear early this morning and maybe one or two will pass the Mahia Peninsula/Gisborne region around the middle of the day. otherwise mainly dry for the North Island. In the South Island rain arrives back into Fiordland and spreads a little bit further up into South Westland with a few showers further north from there. Dry elsewhere.

WIND:
There is a southerly change this morning in Wellington however northerlies returns by the end of the day – around the rest of the North Island southerly quarter winds for most of the day. In the South Island the further south you go the more likely you are to notice the west to nor’westers that may start to pick up into the afternoon in some places.

TEMPERATURES:
The southerly flow into the North Island means temperatures are down a tad today but over the lower South Island that new west to north-west wind will start to lift temperatures back up again, especially in the south.

WEEK AHEAD:
On Thursday those windier W to NW winds will move up the South Island and into the lower North Island, while the top half of the North Island is covered by high pressure – there may be some fog patches inland in the upper north but it will be windy around Wellington with possible wind warnings around the South Island. There may also be rain warnings coming back into the West Coast on Thursday.

On Friday here is the good news for the South Island – those winds finally ease after weeks of blowing. There may still be some wet weather around – please check your local forecast for more details. The North Island has subtropical N to NW winds behind that high pressure system, which by Friday will finally be moving away bringing a few showers to the north and west.

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*Programming Note: We have no video today, back again on Thursday.

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