As high pressure moves over NZ a cold front from the Southern Ocean will nip at the heels of the South Island – enough to drop maximum daytime temperatures by more than 10 degrees from where they will be today.

Wednesday is a settled day for most places, but with the high moving further eastwards this drags in a windier and hotter nor’west airflow in. Eastern areas from Canterbury to Hawkes Bay and inland areas to the north like Waikato will be in the upper 20s or even lower 30s. For some in the north, it gets even hotter by Friday.

But Thursday will see a shot of colder air in Southland and coastal Otago in particular, with daytime highs dropping over 10 degrees. Some places will only just make it to the teens at the hottest part of the day. Warmer weather returns by Friday with highs around 19 or 20 in these same places.

Most places are dry today. In fact many regions like Northland, Waikato, Marlborough and Canterbury have very little rain coming over the next 15 days. Most wet weather will be in the lower half of West Coast.

📢🌲❄️A spooky sound! Trees explode & fall down following an ice storm in Willamette National Forest (Cascade Mountain Range in Oregon, USA).

The video was filmed by Jason from Lowell on January 24th. Thanks to NZ YouTuber stormchaser300 for sharing.https://t.co/O6TBPk9LoP

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) February 13, 2024

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