Forecasts are going to be changeable for one week from now across the North Island due to a tropical cyclone that may well be still a long way off from NZ but might still influence our weather.

Latest tracking is good news for Vanuatu and New Caledonia with the storm tracking further west hopefully in the days ahead, pushing it further out to sea.

OMA may hover around the Coral Sea until Friday of next week when it then may interact with a cold front in the NZ area. Nothing is locked in beyond 5 days but we have the latest forecast until Friday next week.