The country is still in the grips of a west to southwest airflow on Friday, with different outlooks for eastern and western parts of New Zealand.

Weather risks are all cold related – with a frosty start for some inland parts of the South Island – typical of course for this time of year.
A cold southwest change will bring snow to parts of Southland, which should continue into Saturday – as the cold stuff heads north to mix things up a little.

Auckland

Light westerlies will push high cloud about over the city, and sunny patches increase in frequency through the day – the further north, the better the outlook, as temperatures hover in the mid to high teens.

Wellington

A gloomy kind of a morning develops into a clear and mostly sunny day with a high in the early teens, though northerlies pick up through the early afternoon.

Christchurch

Light northeast winds will stick around near the Canterbury Coast, while morning cloud should clear and leave a mostly sunny kind of a day for the Garden City.

– Aaron Wilkinson & Drew Chappell, WeatherWatch.co.nz

– Photo: Steve McMillan