A front is quickly moving up New Zealand and a cold, calm, morning is likely to turn into a wetter, windier, afternoon for many areas.

In Auckland temperatures have started to jump as westerly winds pick up.  It touched 17 degrees in west Auckland at 9:30am however a passing shower in the last 15 minutes has already taken 2 degrees off that.  WeatherWatch.co.nz expects a high of 18 for most parts of Auckland today.

Northland and Taranaki have also seen a lift in temperatures as the winds increase.  

Most South Island centres remain in single digits with particularly cold, wet, conditions in the bottom half.

The main front is now moving up the South Island and is just clearing Southland and moving in to Dunedin.  It will spread into Canterbury this morning while the top end of the front will swing into Taranaki this afternoon. 

By midnight it will have cleared the country with a strengthening sou’wester behind it – bringing colder weather and brief but possibly heavy showers in the west for Wednesday.

What are conditions like where you are?  Give us your ‘looking out the window’ observations!