It’s cloudy and windy for parts of New Zealand today with the North Island especially gloomy under cloud associated with a subtropical low. High pressure is east of NZ so between the strong high and the fairly strong low we have a ‘squash zone’ of windy easterlies in the top of the North Island for the next day or two.

As far as rain is concerned, it’s a bit borderline for some in the upper North Island with the low falling apart as it moves closer on Thursday. We show you the rain and wind gust maps for this.

In the South Island a cold front is approaching, and by Friday PM and Saturday a south to south-west flow will spread up NZ, easing the humidity for northerners, but bringing a windy day to some exposed parts of the country. Those winds ease further going into Sunday and Monday.

Next week high pressure returns to NZ, but a tropical cyclone may be forming around New Caledonia.