Weather Forecast for Christchurch

Windier and colder from Monday night/Tuesday. Keep an eye on our weather videos and news updates for extra details :)

Cheers
WW

Hi there, Christchurch is too far north and this is too much of a westerly event for Canterbury to bring you the worst of the weather. Because it will be windy frosts aren't highly likely next week although overnight lows will drop to the low single digits. So probably a 25% chance of frosts at this stage (air is definitely cold enough but probably too breezy). The polar blast will drop temperatures nationwide but Southland, Fiordland, Otago and the West Coast look to be  exposed to the worst of it. The Southern Alps will keep Canterbury mostly dry and sunny next week, except Monday.

Cheers
WW

Hi there,

 

Regarding the live obs page, this still uses a WU data feed, but I can see it there showing data so it's a valid PWS".

 

Hope that is helpful,
Cheers
WW 

Hi there

Someone wrote in asking for some historical data just below and this is the responce from Phil Duncan.

"Hi there, sadly NZ it the *only* country in the entire western/developed world to give Government agencies like MetService and NIWA the power to control this data on a *commercial* level - this means we are blocked from openly helping you. In all other western nations we'd be able to help you, quickly and likely at no fee, because we could share data that we all collectively tax fund. In the meantime, please contact MetService or NIWA directly for this information. Both NIWA and MetService now compete directly against each other (imagine if we had two police forces!?). If this frustrates you - as it does us - you can email Minister Megan Woods (as she is currently reviewing this set up following an independent Government review that recently supported our point of view that this is wrong).

Kind regards
Philip Duncan"

Cheers
Aaron

Hi there

Mostly everything you are thinking re what the weather is going to do is fairly spot on. Rain will be more persistent on the western side of the Alps, it picks up in intensity from afternoon with heavy rain from evening on Sunday. This rain will clear away on Monday morning fairly quickly with sunny spells and the odd shower then possible.

Hope your trip goes well! :)

Cheers
Aaron

Hi there, interesting points raised. Like most news outlets we try to cover stories that our audience wants and without a doubt a major storm hitting the United States garners more interest from the general public than storms hitting eastern Asia, most likely because it's perhaps more relatable with all English products and news updates. We covered Jebi as well and had a surge of interest in it, but this storm approaching the eastern US is unique and has the potential to be incredibly devastating. In saying that, the typhoon is actually more powerful at the moment but there is a greater chance of it being at sea and not slamming populated places. Our relationship with CNN means we can get access to a lot of domestic US weather graphics, which we find much harder to source for eastern Asia. We didn't cover the hurricane that was heading towards Hawaii recently because all our modelling suggested it would be a non-event, which for the most part it was - so it has nothing to do with whoever is 'shouting the loudest' as we make our own independent assessment. So we do tend to weigh up a few things before deciding to cover international news. It was us covering Hurricane Katrina for radio stations in 2005 that actually lead to the set up of WeatherWatch.co.nz a couple years later so we'll always have a close tie in with the US storms due to our connections with US forecasters.

Kind regards and thanks for the questions (and ps, yes totally agree it's very confusing having Typhoons, Hurricanes and Cyclones all with different ways of measuring storm strength, it really needs to have one global bench mark in this day and age).

Philip Duncan

Just a few extra clouds to add to the mix, she's all good :)

Hi there

Could be some snow high up in the mountains on the 16th in the morning otherwise that's about it by the looks of things! Enjoy your trip away and thanks! :)

Cheers
Aaron

Hi there, thanks for the details. We're hoping this has now been fixed for you.

Kind regards,

WW

Hi there, sadly NZ it the *only* country in the entire western/developed world to give Government agencies like MetService and NIWA the power to control this data on a *commercial* level - this means we are blocked from openly helping you. In all other western nations we'd be able to help you, quickly and likely at no fee, because we could share data that we all collectively tax fund. In the meantime, please contact MetService or NIWA directly for this information. Both NIWA and MetService now compete directly against each other (imagine if we had two police forces!?). If this frustrates you - as it does us - you can email Minister Megan Woods (as she is currently reviewing this set up following an independent Government review that recently supported our point of view that this is wrong).

Kind regards
Philip Duncan

Hi there

Do you mean November 1st? That's too far away at this point in time, come back and ask 7 to 10 days out and maybe we might have an idea then :)

Cheers
Aaron

Hi there, the past 24 hours have been a bit unusual in Auckland (but the set up makes sense), it's just lingering. Our latest updated forecast shows this patchy rain extending into early Friday then should start to break up and dry out. Cloudy then sunny spells may develop. SE set ups like this in Auckland with 'clunky' lows just off to the east can be frustrating to forecast as a lot of moving parts impact the cloud cover, precipitation and overall movement.
Cheers

WW

That could depend where you live. But towards the middle of this month it might get a bit warmer, also in 2 to 3 months time it'll start to get really warmer :D

Cheers
Aaron

H there, generally those in coastal areas are coolest in summer due to the many various sea breezes. Suburbs that face towards the SW may perhaps be some of the cooler ones, like Hillsborough, Onehunga, Mangere and Piha, or exposed areas like Whangaparaoa. Inland areas, like Henderson, are usually the hottest (as it's in a valley and has ranges to the west which block the cooler sea breezes. Auckland is tricky though as most suburbs have varying terrain so Mt Eden, for example, could be exposed to a cool SWer but other parts sheltered from it too so warmer.

Kind regards
- WW

Hi there, we've just posted a map of heavy snowfall accumulation in our News feed. This doesn't cover random flurries to lower levels, but shows where the problematic amounts will be over the next three days.

Kind regards
WW

Good morning, at this stage fog in Auckland doesn't look likely due to a windier southerly.

Kind regards
WW

Hi there

That depends where you are staying in New Zealand. Snow to sea level is not looking very likely although this could change. Perhaps overnight Sunday / early morning Monday (2nd/3rd September) may see some snow about the South Island mountain ranges as a cold change moves through.

Cheers
Aaron

Hi there, keep an eye on our hourly forecasts for Auckland and the rain maps too, all helps work out the risks. Generally speaking the showers will be easing and clearing with cool SW winds easing back too. Bring a jacket perhaps...and have a great time!

- WW

Hi there, yes there have certainly been a lot of days with wet weather in them. The overall totals aren't too extreme but it's most the relentless showers etc. Sunday to Tuesday all look dry and hopefully mild too :) 

Cheers

WW