Long Range Weather

Issued by MetService on Tuesday 28-Jan-2025 at 11:50am

Now the MetService long range forecast for all New Zealand to midnight Saturday

The Situation

High pressure lies over the country. Northwesterlies strengthen over the lower South Island today as an active frontal system approaches there from the southwest. The front is expected to lie slow-moving over central New Zealand on Wednesday.

Looking at the weather to midnight tomorrow

Northland to Waikato, including Coromandel Peninsula

Mainly fine. Isolated showers becoming confined to the far north tonight.

Waitomo, the Central High Country and north Taranaki

Fine. Cloud and isolated showers developing overnight. Showers clearing tomorrow afternoon.

Bay of Plenty, also south Taranaki to Manawatu, Gisborne and Hawke's Bay

Mostly fine. A shower or two about the ranges this afternoon, and from south Taranaki to Manawatu tomorrow evening.

Horowhenua Kapiti Coast, Wellington and Wairarapa

Fine. Cloudy periods and isolated showers developing tomorrow afternoon.

Marlborough, Nelson, Buller, and Canterbury

Fine. Becoming cloudy with showers tomorrow morning, clearing in the evening.

Grey, and Westland

Isolated showers, turning to rain, heavy and possibly thundery, tomorrow morning. Becoming mainly fine tomorrow afternoon.

Otago, Southland and Fiordland

Scattered rain from evening, heavy in Fiordland, clearing tomorrow morning. Severe northwest gales in exposed parts of Southland and Fiordland this evening and early tomorrow.

Chatham Islands

Fine.

And the outlook for the following three days...

Thursday

North Island: Scattered rain developing from Waitomo across to Hawke's Bay and southwards. Isolated showers further north. South Island: Scattered rain in the east, clearing. Partly cloudy elsewhere, with isolated afternoon showers inland.

Friday

North Island: Rain in the south and east, clearing. Isolated showers elsewhere. South Island: Rain in the northwest. Isolated showers elsewhere.

Saturday

North Island: scattered rain developing in the north. Isolated showers elsewhere. South Island: Rain in the west. Scattered rain developing in the east and south.

And at the Chathams

A few showers early Thursday, otherwise long fine spells. Rain developing Saturday evening. Northwesterlies, turning southerly early Thursday, then turning northeasterly on Friday and northerly on Saturday.

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