Here’s what is making the weather headlines today….

☔️💧Rainfall for the next 3 days and the next 7 days (please note these two maps use different keys).

Track it yourself – view 1 to 7 day Rainfall Maps here: https://t.co/X7aCOr9ZGQhttps://t.co/gb7E1quzdb – here to help, not hype. pic.twitter.com/7W2O79DBZk

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) April 30, 2023

🌡️This week is again a few to several degrees warmer than normal!

Autumn 2023 is proving to be much warmer than average so far, thanks to the placement of high pressure east of NZ pulling sub-tropical air down. As we head into El Nino, high pressure should shift to west of NZ. pic.twitter.com/KOWqxokl3d

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) April 30, 2023

📽️🍿3 days weather in 6 seconds!

See how lumpy & broken up the rain is? Those directly hit have well over 1 month's rain this week. Others nearby may get below 1 month.

Stay up to date with our hourly rainfall forecasts, daily totals + the latest MetService warnings & radar. pic.twitter.com/ONN1V7XbGI

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) April 30, 2023

HEAVY RAIN IN THE NORTH TODAY

A front connected into a low to the west of the North Island in the Tasman Sea brings rain for the North Island today with heavy falls for Auckland through to Bay Of Plenty, heavy rain eases for Auckland from this afternoon as a front passes over moving eastwards.

For warnings on today’s rain and a few wind watches please see this chart from Metservice here.

NORTHERLIES CHURN OVER NEW ZEALAND ALL WEEK

A large high to our east and revolving lows in the Tasman Sea churn northerly quarter airflow’s over the country all this week.

The precipitation percentage of normal map below paints the picture, you can see where it’s going to be wetter this week and where it will be drier. Red colouring (less rainfall expected than the statistical average), blue (more rainfall expected than the statistical average) and white (average amount of rainfall). The more intense either red or blue the more either scenario is true.

WARM IN THE EAST AND NORTH

The general outlook for the week ahead is warm temperatures in the east and north, high’s in the late teens or early twenties are likely. Tuesday and Wednesday in particular are warm days.

The West Coast has warm temperatures today getting into the early twenties but the rest of the week is relegated to the late teens at best.

More on temperatures as we move forward here.

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