High pressure is moving over NZ for Wednesday and Thursday ahead of a windier and hotter weekend in many regions.

Today and tomorrow will have mostly light winds around NZ with cooler mornings and mild afternoons. It’s dry for most, except for a few showers around the north eastern North Island today and tomorrow.

This weekend, as the high departs and a stormy low from Tasmania moves closer, windy and hot nor’westers will kick in. Heavy rain warnings for the West Coast are possible along with wind warnings in central and eastern NZ (not locked in).

Weather Maps most helpful today are…

• Cumulative Rainfall next 7 days
• Animated Wind
• Temperatures

Cold and a bit frosty for inland parts of the lower South Island. Around 20 degrees warmer in the upper North Island. #NewZealand #Temperatures:🌡️https://t.co/sgHFGtsqYR pic.twitter.com/4JaweH9miA

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