It’s stormy in the Southern Ocean right now with strong winds blasting over Tasmania and heading towards the lower South Island and Southern Alps.

It’s not a major event with the storm so far south but it will bring a surge of windy weather. In fact after this has passed another low on Monday will fire up a colder, more wintry, change for the south of NZ.

But a large high expands over southern Australia over the weekend and stretches towards NZ next week.