Cold front moving through today

A cold front pushes over the North Island today. Rain totals for this front / event including yesterday’s falls for the South Island and the remaining clearing showers for the North Island on Friday are as follows:

Invercargill 5-10mm, Alexandra 5-10mm, Dunedin 15-20mm, Hokitika 30-40mm, Christchurch 10mm, Blenheim / Nelson 5-10mm, Wellington 20mm, Napier 10mm, Waiouru 5-10mm, New Plymouth 5-10mm, Hamilton 1-2mm, Tauranga 0.5-1mm, Auckland 0.5mm, Kaitaia 0-0.5mm

As you can see the upper North Island which needs it most gets the least unfortunately. More details at the link below.

https://www.ruralweather.co.nz/content/showers-rain-moving-up-nz-next-48-hours-front-weakens-as-it-heads-north-2-maps

Temperature drop

With the cold front mentioned above there will be a noticeable drop in temperatures. Christchurch may be hard pressed to get out of the high teens today while yesterday Canterbury was quite warm. A drop in temperatures will be felt for the North Island today also however the upper North Island may just notice more of a refreshing feel to conditions.

A frost on Thursday / Friday morning?

While not overly likely some inland parts of the South Island will be pretty chilly on Thursday and Friday morning, alpine areas may start the day on only a couple of degrees.