Friday will be a wintry day across NZ as the next cold front arrives, bringing snow to lower levels of the South Island and across the mountains, ranges and also Central Plateau of the North Island. Check your local forecast at WeatherWatch.co.nz, in our app or at RuralWeather.co.nz to see if the snow icon is showing where you live/are travelling to. Snow may go lower than it did this past weekend – although amounts and exact details are still being worked out.

Before this arrives, high pressures crosses the country meaning more frosts as far north as Auckland and Northland overnight tonight/Wednesday morning. By Thursday nor’west winds will be blowing nationwide and should lift temperatures a bit.

The weekend looks cold nationwide – although the wet weather risks have backed off in a number of regions. This is a bit of a change from yesterday’s video update – which means we’ll need another day or so to confirm just what is happening this weekend, but for now there are showers and colder winds – and some large dry sunny areas in the mix for both main islands.

We have your NZ forecast through to Monday of next week as a classic winter weather pattern kicks in.

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View our Tuesday Australia weather video here.

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