NZ kicks off July with a Southern Ocean storm but it is today moving away from us – bringing a final burst of gale W to SW winds as it does so, especially in coastal areas and the upper North Island / Auckland. These winds peak on Monday PM and ease back slowly on Tuesday.

As we go through this week NZ warms up a little and winds ease – although the nights may get colder with frosts here and there.

By late week westerlies return with showers this weekend.

Australia is unsettled this week with heavy rain through inland QLD and severe gales expected to develop along the southern coastline, especially for VIC.

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*Programming Note: Apologies but we have NO VIDEO on Tuesday (July 4) due to other work commitments, but we do have our ClimateWatch JULY (and Aug/Sep) update out today, giving you extra detailed video content. Our usual week-day weather videos return Wednesday.