No mystery about the cold, the moon reaches its southernmost point on Tuesday, hence the southerly change, and an associated passing cold front should bring morning rain. Then from about Thursday onwards warmer temperatures bring mostly dry weather. The next cold spell about the 18th leads into rough weather associated with the full moon kingtides in the last week. Not a bad sort of month for the north where the anticyclones are predicted to be. But the South Island may have to wait another two weeks for a decent anticyclonic system.

Constant rain from late morning. Good for the ground as we have had lots of blue dome days recently, which is good for photosynthesising but with the sunshine strength burning the grass and the cold easterly winds that have been blowing across it, and the lack of rain or any sort of precipitation, having been doing much for the growth.

JohnGaul
NZThS

Hope the southerly front holds off until after the fireworks display in wgtn tonight!!. A 5pm update would be great thanks as we are thinking of sitting on the Petone foreshore for fireworks! Don’t think an umbrella will be of any use with the winds forecast or I may end up being blown back home to Waikanae!! 10pm would be a good time for the southerly to hit if you can hold it off for that long!!!!!!?????