Here’s what is making the weather headlines today….

UNSETTLED WEATHER – RAIN, THUNDER, HAIL, SNOW, STRONG WINDS

The weather across New Zealand today is unsettled as a southwesterly airflow sets in. Instead of detailing every nook and cranny around the country and what could happen may we point you in the below directions.

For information on thunderstorms / hail from Metservice plus a lightning tracker please see our thunderstorm page here.

For various maps / weather models showing rain information please see our rain page here.

For information on winds please see our wind page here.

For temperatures please see our temperature page here.

Warnings on today’s weather from Metservice plus info on snow can be found here.

If you wish to dial down into a particular location and see hour by hour forecasts then visit our rural forecasting page here. Use the search function.

WEATHER ON THURSDAY

On Thursday conditions start to ease for the South Island, we still have showers streaming up the eastern coastal fringe and about the far south with snow to 500 and 400m in the morning respectively but this level will lift from afternoon.

The North Island still has plenty of unsettled weather to go, thunderstorms and hail for western regions looks likely. Some snow to 700m about the Central Plateau by evening before clearing. Rain in the east for Wairarapa from morning then spreading northwards in the afternoon. Overnight rain clears for much of the North Island but showers remain for western Northland and along the eastern coastal fringe.

HIGH PRESSURE MAKES INROADS FROM FRIDAY

High pressure starts to push in from the Tasman on Friday so naturally conditions ease. We still have a few showers up the eastern coastal fringe for the North Island but these will gradually peel away during the day. Showers about the far south of the South Island ease and clear in the evening.

Expect plenty of sun in the west and for the upper North Island, eastern regions are looking to see a fair amount of cloud.

The upper South Island and Central North Island may be quite frosty to start the day, it will also be cold further south for inland parts of the lower South Island but because of cloud frosts look to be kept at bay.

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