High pressure is moving closer to NZ today, pushing away yesterday’s downpours and thunderstorms well offshore east of the country, but a windier airflow today continues around the North Island and central NZ.

In the days ahead west to north-west winds will pick up again, lifting temperatures especially in the east.

Meanwhile late next week well north of NZ around the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu we may see our first South-West Pacific tropical cyclone – although at this early stage it can’t be locked in, but we talk about where it may form.

+ we have NZ’s 7 Day Rainfall map.