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Wednesday night’s national forecast

A north to northeasterly airflow lies over New Zealand tonight, a few patchy areas of rain about some South Island areas clear later this evening. For the North Island most are dry apart from north of Auckland where one can expect periods of rain or drizzle.

Northland
Periods of rain or drizzle, muggy with fresh easterlies.
Tonight’s Lows: 18-20

Auckland

Cloudy with easterly breezes, chance of a patchy shower especially in the north. Cloud breaks up a little overnight.
Tonight’s Lows: 19-20

Central North Island, Waikato & Bay Of Plenty

Cloudy spells with easterly breezes. Any patchy rain about clears this
evening.
Tonight’s Lows: 14-18

Eastern North Island

Mainly clear skies, a few patches of high cloud this evening. East to
northeasterly winds ease overnight.
Tonight’s Lows: 16-17

Western North Island
Mainly
clear skies with light winds. Westerlies about northern Taranaki ease this
evening.

Tonight’s Lows: 13-16

Wellington

Mainly clear skies with a few clouds about overnight, southeasterlies ease
this evening.
Tonight’s Low: 15

Nelson

Clear skies for most although expect some patchy cloud about Tasman Bay,
northerlies ease this evening.
Tonight’s Lows: 16-17

Marlborough

Mainly clear skies with easterlies easing this evening. Any cloud and rain
about southern Marlborough clearing this evening.
Tonight’s Low: 15

Canterbury

Cloudy areas with any patchy rain clearing this evening, east to northeast
breezes.
Tonight’s Low: 15

West Coast

Cloudy periods breaking up overnight, light winds. The odd patchy shower
clears this evening.
Tonight’s Low: 14

Coastal Otago

Clear spells and some cloud, northeasterly breezes ease overnight.
Tonight’s Lows: 13-14

Central Otago

Areas of cloud move in this evening, chance of a spit of rain otherwise
mainly dry. South to southwesterly breezes ease this evening.
Tonight’s Lows: 13

Southland

Southerlies ease this evening, clear with some late cloud which may deliver
a spit of rain. Light winds overnight.
Tonight’s Low: 13

By Weather Analyst Aaron Wilkinson – WeatherWatch.co.nz

Comments

Guest on 19/02/2014 6:21am

The Wellington forecast is inaccurate.

WW Forecast Team on 19/02/2014 8:22am

Fog sure surprised us!  Often the case with these humid wind flows.  Have updated our Wellington forecast page.

Cheers

– WW Evenings

Guest on 19/02/2014 8:38am

Light drizzle also for several hours – and I am not on a hill inside a cloud. The %rainfall figure is misleading.

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