Here’s what is making the weather headlines this weekend….

An 'enthusiastic zephyr' over New Zealand today. pic.twitter.com/kNpaTFOx2h

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) September 30, 2023

🇳🇿⚡️The main active front has now cleared the North Island but behind it are squally showers and further windy weather for northern New Zealand.

🌡️🇦🇺Want warmer? It's 20c on Lord Howe Island (7.5 hour flight + connecting flight away), or 19c Norfolk Island (2.5 hour flight).✈️ pic.twitter.com/IJ16nifmQ9

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) September 29, 2023

GETTING WARM MID THIS WEEK

Temperatures are going to warm up again after our cold blast yesterday. Wednesday and in particular Thursday this coming week sees quite warm temperatures, highs in the mid to late twenties look like developing.

The map below may be a little hard to decipher but afternoon temperatures will peak a touch higher in the warm spots than it is indicating. This is the case for the inner North Island, Bay Of Plenty especially. In the South Island the warmest highs will be inland east of the main divide.

WEATHER ON SUNDAY

Expect a westerly airflow over the North Island, tending northwest further south. The basic set up is showers or rain in the west, drier warmer weather in the east.

North Island

Cloudy periods in the west with occasional showers, it bay be drier at first with showers moving in mid to late morning. Sunnier and drier out east but there may be some cloud for Hawkes Bay and Gisborne in the afternoon spreading over from the west. Expect westerly winds, blustery in the southwest (southern Taranaki through to Kapiti) and it may be a bit breezy for Auckland, Waikato and Bay Of Plenty in the afternoon.

South Island

Cloudy for the West Coast with showers, rain about Fiordland spreads northwards to reach about Greymouth in the afternoon, rain eases in the evening. Mostly sunny in the east with some developing high cloud and warmer temperatures reaching into the late teens. Southland and parts of Otago see some cloud, coastal Southland may see a shower for a time in the afternoon. Winds from the northwest, blustery for inland areas and about the Main Divide.

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