A cold front will hack daytime highs back by several degrees to over 10 degrees from where they were over the past few days, but even if you’re in Southland it will be short lived with the risk of a frost Friday night/Saturday morning then warming up nicely under high pressure into the low 20s.

But the North Island will see a low deepening near East Cape and that will bring more wet weather into the eastern North Island – with MetService now issuing a heavy rain watch.

Elsewhere, spring weather carries on but generally NZ isn’t too stormy going into next week.

The first week of December looks to be in more of a traditional westerly flow for #NewZealand, esp W to SW winds.

It looks most unsettled in the south & west of the South Island, & more settled in the north to north east of the North Island.

Our summer outlook is out next Weds! pic.twitter.com/vSrD68k0F5

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) November 23, 2023

🥵🥶Here comes #NewZealand's colder change…#Southland: Some places now single digits#Otago: Dunedin now 10, 11 & 12c#Canterbury: Cold change moving in now, but Christchurch currently late 20s, possibly 30c for some inner city spots.

🌡️Live Temps: https://t.co/sgHFGtsqYR pic.twitter.com/jOPzJfIMdD

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) November 23, 2023