You can deny it all you like, but there are hints that Autumn’s weather pattern is turning up on NZ’s back door step (or is Southland/Otago the front door step?!).

Either way, Southern Ocean cold fronts are swiping the very south of the country – bringing a traditional El Nino pattern across the South Island with rain on the West Coast, and most of that in the lower half. Temperature-wise the result of these cold fronts is a more Autumn like pattern for southern regions, most noticeable today with daytime highs down around 10 degrees on where they were yesterday. But, because we are still in summer, these colder snaps tend to only last a day or so. Tomorrow temperatures bounce back by around 5 degrees (or more) on today.

If you’re in the North Island you won’t notice this cold front – other than getting a bit windy off and on in Wellington and coastal Cook Strait areas. Further north and east the hot weather continues thanks to high pressure… with daytime highs in the upper 20s and even lower 30s.

WeatherWatch.co.nz is expecting very little rain for many regions for the next 10 days to two weeks. Most of it will fall on the southern West Coast.

🔥💨Fire hot spots over the past 24 hours + current wind flow. #Porthills

🟠Fire Data: MODIS, VIIRS
↘️Wind: GFS

cc @FireEmergencyNZ pic.twitter.com/K0NfP9EIF9

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) February 15, 2024

🌡️🔥🚒Not ideal conditions for Port Hills today – a hotter nor'wester picks up across the day. Conditions look better on Fri/Sat.https://t.co/D35ySCkVqG or use our new App for this detail… pic.twitter.com/Scn1FGzUfe

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) February 14, 2024

🔥Port Hills fire live updates: Christchurch under local state of emergency, flames reach adventure park, via @nzherald https://t.co/LHgynUn5rV

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) February 14, 2024

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• Temperatures
• Cumulative Rainfall next 7 days
• Animated Wind by PredictWind

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