It’s warmer than it should be for the depths of winter and that warmer pattern continues for a few more days in most regions.

This weekend we start to get the main surge of westerly winds which are likely to linger for a week, or longer, in the NZ area.

We also get a few cold fronts coming in over the next few days and even more later next week – this encourages greater rainfall totals in the entire western half of NZ – great news for the dry North Island regions.