Rain, with isolated thunderstorms/downpours, will spread across large parts of NZ today, tonight and clears Wednesday – but followed by more showers, possibly heavy with more thunderstorms.

NZ is between a large low to our west and large highs to our east. This is creating a convergence zone over parts of NZ with a long (north to south) band of rain with heavy falls in it – but also some dry spells.

This weekend westerlies continue but high pressure also crosses NZ.

We cover the next 72 hours rain, thunderstorms risks and the main changes to NZ’s weather.