We have Christmas Day weather for NZ, Australia & the South Pacific but also a detailed outlook for NZ with thunderstorms & heavy afternoon downpours each day until December 25th.

In our video Phil takes a closer look at just which parts of NZ have those downpour and thunderstorm risks each day until Xmas.

In Australia heavy rain for NT will feed down to Alice Springs while a burst of showers and patchy rain moves into eastern Australia and then QLD.

The tropics isn’t too stormy – but Fiji has the highest risk for tropical downpours on Christmas Day whereas the Cook Islands are looking mainly dry (for now!).

3:33pm #Thunderstorms across #NewZealand #LaNinaSummer pic.twitter.com/5DtI5ZTFxt

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) December 20, 2022