An airflow coming down from the sub tropics is bringing warm, humid air – meaning temperatures are high across most of the northern parts of New Zealand, as well as lifting overnight lows well above average.

The west-northwest windflow is looking like sticking around for a while yet, at least through the weekend anyway – while heavy downpours look on the cards for Auckland, Waikato, Northland, Coromandel Peninsula and the Bay of Plenty at times.

For more specifics and the rest of your outlook, check out our latest weather video with Philip Duncan.