Here’s what is making the weather headlines today.

FRONT MOVES IN – WARNINGS FOR RAIN AND WIND

A front lies over the South Island today with some very heavy rain moving into the West Coast of the South Island. Expect a strong northerly airflow to lie over the South Island also, especially the upper half.

Metservice have watches and warnings out in relation to this weather, check them out here.

⚡️⚡️Check out this 'cool' convergence zone in the north Tasman Sea/Coral Sea area this morning!

Arrows represent the actual surface wind direction.

Kinda neat how that colder change in Australia evenly fans out from #QLD where it meets the highly humid nor'west flow offshore. pic.twitter.com/OL4pbPRvXk

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) November 1, 2022

FRONT REACHES THE NORTH ISLAND ON THURSDAY

The front mentioned above reaches the North Island on Thursday however it weakens a fair amount so just some typical rain or showers in the west as it moves through.

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HIGH MOVES IN THIS WEEKEND

We have a fairly standard southwest front to deal with on Friday with showers in the west and about the far south then this weekend a high pressure system moves in from the Tasman Sea, naturally some settled weather should follow.

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