The weather this weekend will be mainly sunny and most certainly hot in a number of areas as above average temperatures continue to affect many regions.

Not quite the tropics but getting there!  Yasawa Island, Fiji) Photo by weatherwatch.co.nz reader Amanda Boyce

Head weather analyst Philip Duncan says light winds and clear skies have been responsible for the hot weather this week and this weekend the addition of a nor’wester will bump temperatures up even further.

“With sunny skies and strong nor’westers building over the country Saturday and Sunday look set to be hot in a number of regions pushing into 30 degrees.  It’s going to be a real scorcher for those inland and in the east”.

Mr Duncan says Central Otago, Canterbury, Marlborough, Wairarapa, Hawkes Bay, Gisborne and Waikato will be the hottest places.  “These regions won’t be affected by the cooling conditions of the sea to the west.  Some places could be several degrees above average for November”.

Yesterday Invercargill only managed to reach 11 degrees while just up the road in Alexandra it was 26.  “That inland heating can be fierce”. He says Invercargill should be warmer today thanks to the nor’wester.

It was a chilly start in the south this morning.  Dunedin started with just 2 degrees with 3 across inland Southland.  As of 8am it was already 17 degrees in Tauranga and 16 in Paraparaumu.

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