Conditions continue to deteriorate north of New Zealand with two tropical storms simultaneously developing side by side.  Despite the danger to the South Pacific there is good news – both storms look set to miss most populated places, although New Caledonia is somewhat exposed to the Coral Sea storm.

As for New Zealand, the latest guidance suggests both lows may help deliver plenty of tropical energy – combining with a southerly front it could create a new, larger, low pressure system right over New Zealand midway through next week.

This may create a large pool of low pressure with a fair bit of energy around it – but that still doesn’t mean severe weather, it just may mean more parts of the nation are exposed to downpours or wind at some point…rather than sunny summer weather.

Either way, these two lows are likely to not only affect our beaches and seas, but help alter the weather pattern  around the country for next week.  There could be a burst of tropical humidity – then heavy downpours across parts of New Zealand.  A cooler south west change looks set to sweep through end of next week and into the weekend.

Here are the latest track maps from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center:

LOW 1

LOW 2

– WeatherWatch.co.nz