InfoGraphic: The Main Weather News Highlights across NZ: Mon, Tue, Wed
14/05/2017 7:00pm
An anticyclone brings mainly settled weather over New Zealand today. A ridge weakens on Tuesday as a low moves closer to the western side of the country during the day, a front pushes in from the west overnight. A northerly quarter airflow tends southerly about the lower South Island on Wednesday afternoon meanwhile a deep low is centred just to the west.
Monday
Blue – A cold start about inland parts of New Zealand, starting out around -2 to 0 degrees in the shaded areas below.
Tuesday
Blue – Rain for the western North Island becomes heavy overnight.
A bit cold about some very inner parts of the South Island, perhaps only just getting to 0 degrees around dawn.
Wednesday
Blue – Heavy rain about the upper North Island eases during the afternoon, perhaps not easing about western East Cape till evening however.
As a southerly airflow builds over the South Island later in the day some rain may become heavy about the Canterbury and Marlborough high country, also about Nelson / Tasman.
– Please note, the idea behind this update is to focus on the main weather highlights, which is why not all regions are mentioned.
For specific 10 day information for your city, town, rural community or island please see the 1500 forecasts on our homepage!
– Aaron Wilkinson, WeatherWatch.co.nz
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