High pressure is increasing around New Zealand this weekend and next week – but it won’t always be centred over us, allowing for cold fronts to bump into the country every couple of days. It’s a bit of an on again, off again, set-up with showers and westerlies, followed by lighter winds and mostly dry.

Generally speaking the risks for severe weather look much lower than they have in recent weeks, with some West Coast rain and a few showers, possibly heavy, sneaking into other regions at times. But with high pressure north of NZ it will effectively stop subtropical weather from affecting us, and encourage more westerlies and southerlies into the country every couple of days.

We track the ups and downs over the next 8 days.

Programming Notes:
– We have NO VIDEO tomorrow/Friday.
– Next video update will be on Monday and it’s possible that Monday’s video may be published a little later in the afternoon.