• Week of two halves, calm and settled to start
• Rain and strong winds arrive on Wednesday for the South Island, Thursday for the North
• More rain and stronger winds on Friday and into the weekend

After an extended period of calm and settled weather for the country, a significant autumnal change is coming, with wetter, windier but warmer weather set to move over the country in the second half of the week.

Following on from a fine weekend, Monday and Tuesday sees more of the same. A large area of high pressure continues to dominate the country, bringing cooler temperatures with cloudy and possibly foggy mornings. However, in the Tasman Sea a change is brewing, with a large area of low pressure set to arrive in New Zealand on Wednesday.

MetService Meteorologist Braydon White says, “While we’ve been enjoying the light winds and lack of rain for the last while, these crisp still mornings are about to end and the wetter side of autumn is set to come back with a bang.”

Wednesday sees rain set in for western areas of the South Island, with a gradual increase in showers for northern parts of both islands. The rain then spreads northeast during Thursday with most areas seeing some rain by the end of the day and western and northern areas seeing some heavier bursts.

“The wetter weather brings along much warmer temperatures,” says White. “Overnight temperatures will be as much as 15°C warmer than we’ve had recently, with minimums in the mid-to-upper teens widespread across the North Island.”

On Friday, more heavy rain is likely for the west of the South Island with strong winds through the South and centre of the country, due to a second, deeper area of low pressure approaching the country. The back edge of this system brings a change to strong southwesterlies as we move into the weekend, with large swells possible for western coastlines.

Please keep up to date with the most current information from MetService at www.metservice.com

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