Weather Forecast for Kaikoura

Hi there, fair question! The wind flow over the North Island for Saturday, Sunday and Monday is one that encourages rain in the east but dry in the west. In set ups like this Auckland can be both dry and wet so forecasts vary. Forecasting comes down to trusting certain models plus the forecaster's gut instinct, memory and local knowledge - and is why we all interpret models differently sometimes. For now Sunday afternoon looks dry but it may change - keep an eye on our HOURLY forecasts for Sunday as well as that shows % of rain which is helpful to work out if the risk for wet weather jumps anywhere. We'll also be updating regularly today and tomorrow as we track this weather. Sorry we can't be more definitive but showers in these set ups are hard to forecast too far in advance.

Cheers
Phil D

P.S Glad you're a convert! :) 

Hi there

That is something you will have to go to NIWA or Metservice for, apologies we can't help in that regard at the moment.

Cheers
Aaron

Hi there

Best bet is to go here: https://www.metservice.com/towns-cities/tauranga

Scroll down and you can see some information on past weather. On the 28th it looks like there was 2.6mm of precipitation, 18 degrees was the low, 22 degrees was the high, the peak wind gust for the day was 31 km/h from the north.

Going by those temperature figures I'm taking a punt it was a fairly cloudy day, perhaps the odd light shower or drizzle patch about.

Hope that helps! :)

Cheers
Aaron

Yes I saw that shower / area of rain move over Chch then. It was an unstable pocket of air that moved up and delivered that heavy precipitation. It might have missed the raingauge at Christchurch airport therefore no record showed up, it was fairly isolated.

Cheers
Aaron

G'day!

Saturday looks like a sunny day for Te Aroha, winds from the southeast. Afternoon temperatures in the high teens, perhaps early twenties if you are lucky.

Have a good one! :)

Aaron

Hi Dee

Yes unfortunately that's a bit too far into the future. Come back and ask say 10 or perhaps 7 days out, might start to have an idea then. :)

Cheers
Aaron

Good morning Carole, you should watch our videos as all week we've been the only forecasting saying not much will come from the South Island rain band as it moves northwards. We're also now working with the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), Waikato Regional Council, Fonterra, Dairy NZ, Auckland Council and other stakeholders in the upper North Island on a weekly basis to discuss how dry it is - I share with you what I discussed with them in the latest video we have including upcoming = rainfall maps. Basically my entire videos are about upcoming rainfall so keep an eye on them daily Mon-Fri for the full details. We don't take any forecasts from MetService or NIWA, we're entire independent. :) 

Have a good weekend
Cheers
Phil D 

May be fairly cloudy at times but you should see some blue sky too. We have some right now finally too!

- WW

Hi there

No squally showers or super strong winds. Just a moderate east to northeast breeze. There may be a few showers but mainly in the afternoon, expect many dry areas between showers.

Hope your day goes well :)

WW

Hey there, it looks like you may get 20 to 30mm over the coming week. It does look a little hit and miss though. Goes dry again after Wednesday next week for a time then more rain possible in Week 2 of April.

Cheers

WW

Here's the 7 days rainfall accumulation map for the lower South Island (Until April 3)

Hi there, not sure where specifically you are but guessing you're asking about Auckland? Saturday sees a few showers caught up in an easterly flow over the city. It looks mostly dry at this stage, but the nature of showers means they are hit and miss for wherever you are. Generally it doesn't look overly wet and Sunday looks drier still. Keep an eye on our HOURLY forecasts over the weekend as they help with the % of rain and anything over 60% is a much greater chance of being wet. Hope you have a great weekend, let us know if you need more help.

Cheers for the message and great support! :)

- WW

G'day there

That is a few days away so things could change between now and then. But currently it's looking wet on the 1st then the 2nd, 3rd and 4th is looking dry and mainly sunny.

So not all bad perhaps :)

Cheers
Aaron

Hi there

A similar responce as to the other questions asked below -

G'day there

Is looking mainly dry at this stage with a mix of sun and cloud, can't rule out a shower or two perhaps in the morning otherwise a mainly dry day.

Have a good one! :)

WW

Should be mainly dry, there is the slight risk of a shower or two about perhaps in the morning but otherwise it's looking mainly dry with a mix of sun and cloud.

Cheers
Aaron

Saturday looks to be the better day at this stage, still the risk of a shower about but it should be mainly dry overall.

Have a good one! :)

WW

Hi Boyd, we have over 2000 detailed forecast locations for all of NZ, compared to around 100 which you help tax fund at MetServiec and NIWA. We have vidoes about NZ, mutiple daily news stories about NZ and specially made infographics - and this weekend we have a couple of big cyclones hitting Australia which we are covering as they are in our area (While NZ's weather is very quiet).

We're an entirely free service and for over 10 years we have covered storms around the Pacific Rim. Kind regards and thanks for choosing to use our free service over the ones you pay for in your taxes.

Philip Duncan.

Hi there, looks dry this morning but may be an isolated inland shower this afternoon. Keep an eye on the sky as you'll probably be able to quite clearly see if it's going to be dry and where the big cloud build ups may be. For now all the showers are offshore and moving away from you but the afternoon shower may be a new one that forms inland.

Hope that helps - have a great day :)
- WW

Fog is simply cloud at ground level and sometimes it can surprise us - we can't forecast every cloud above us so sometimes fog can be the same when it quickly forms. You'll be pleased to know we are working on a new fog forecast product which we may release as an entirely free service for all NZers in the near future (ie, later this year).  A work in progress seeing as neither MetService nor NIWA share any realtime open data (and NZers are made to fund them both, not fund WeatherWatch). 

Cheers

WW

Hi there, thanks for the update - whereabouts did you see them? The weather we have in some parts of NZ is favourable for small funnel clouds due to warm weather, calm conditions and a fair bit of moisture/humidity in the air. In the afternoons/early evenings the warmth rises and in the calmness it can start to spin some of the lower clouds. In the right conditions when we have a lot more energy this weather can lead to severe thunderstorms and even tornados. We don't expect any tornadoes but if there is a severe thunderstorm warning in your area in the days ahead then harmless funnel clouds can become more concerning. 

Cheers 
WW

Hey there JS,

Storms named around Australia are named by the Australian forecasters at the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM). Storms north of NZ in the Fiji/Vanuatu/Tonga area are named by Fiji forecasters at the Fiji MetService. It would be great if NZ's MetService could maybe get a few Kiwi names in there some time as they work officially alongside Fiji.

Kind regards
Phil D