Weather Forecast for Christchurch

G'day there

Saturday looks like your best bet with winds floating around 10 knots, perhaps more from the north, a bit more sunnier too.

Sunday will see mostly cloudy skies, mainly in the form of thick high cloud with now what looks like northeasterlies picking up a little 15 to 20 knot range. Only chance of a shower at this stage seems to be later on Sunday as the big low moves in from up north.

Cheers
Aaron

Looks like it's now fixed. Thanks!

Still looking dry for Saturday.

Cheers
WW 

Hi there

Do you mean the maps? They are still there.

The website is going through some changes however so there may be a few hiccups here and there before things settle.

Thanks for your patience!

WW

Sometimes things happen in the weather world that don't go the way you expect. Still, we tried to keep on top of the situation and changed the forecast accordingly.

Thanks for your question.

WW

Hi there

The website is going through some changes at the moment so there may be a few hiccups here and there before things settle.

The maps looks to be ok though at the moment but agree you can't zoom in as much as before! Will be seeing if I can find out about that.

Thanks for your patience!

WW

Hi Allana

Apologies about the late reply. Sunny skies still expected on Sunday with southerly breezes. Hope your day goes well! :)

Cheers WW

Hi Dave

Hope your wedding has gone ok. Apologies about the lack of responce earlier.

Yesterday evening Auckland looked like today would have sunny spells with some cloud and the risk of a afternoon shower, due to the trough system that worked its way up over the South Island yesterday. This has mostly happened but it was a close call.

The trough system appears to have moved north overnight quite quickly and south of Auckland got a few heavy shower this morning with a few areas of Auckland getting a brief shower this morning too. It looks to have mostly cleared by 11 or 11.30am with sunny periods and some cloud for the rest of the day.

Hope your day went well!

Cheers,
WW
 

Breezes to me,some wind,breezy means like a gale.

Hi there

Sometimes it's just altering the wording and generally it means the same thing.

Thanks for your query

Cheers

WW

Hi Dave

From what I'm seeing currently there is a ridge over the North Island with a front and low combination out to the east of the North Island perhaps on Saturday. The sheltering of the Hawkes Bay and Gisborne ranges usually means clear skies out to the west.

One other model however does show perhaps some more cloudy type weather on Saturday but I have to make a call one way or another. Next Saturday is 4 to 5 days out so in a day or two the picture should become clearer.

Thanks for the question :)

Cheers
Aaron

Hi there - we don't hold data as the Govt wont let us, but NIWA has wealth of information - and if no luck there, please try Auckland Council.

Cheers
WW

To be fair to Weather Watch, Sunday's showers were very localised. In Glenfield we had a 10 minute downpour, some other places had a few hours of rain, and some had none at all.

it poured down most of the day out west auck..was awesome..and i mean heavy rain

we're in East Auckland and had a beautiful sunny arvo with a couple of clouds and a light shower round 6. spot on as always WW

At the moment southerlies and mostly dry - but this is a changeable period so worth checking back.  Also - use our rain maps by clicking on th Maps tab at the top of the page - will give you a much better idea as to how next weekend is shaping up.

Cheers

WW

Hi there - we don't provide forecasts that far out but if you click on the "Maps" tab at the top of the page you can view our long range wind and rain maps - these are based on both international models and NZ data and update every 6 hours for 14 days out - really useful for planning long range stuff (but be sure to check back each day, as they will change a bit over time).

Cheers
Phil

UPDATED 9:50am Sunday - Hi there, yesterday we said there was a moderate to high chance of patchy rain or showers this afternoon - the good news, for you, is that we've now removed patchy rain from the forecast and replaced with showers.  The band of rain is failing to trigger (not enough energy to get it kick started by the looks of it) so showers seem to be scattered about but long dry spells too.  Chance of showers does increase this afternoon but we aren't predicting widespread rain.

- WW

Hi there

Heard there was mist or fog out west this morning. Looks like the wind dropped out about 4am allowing the temperature to fall. Some fog or mist was the result due to some resonable moisture in the air. It should've burnt away as the morning progressed by the looks.

Cheers
Aaron