Mother Nature becoming restless

A large wintertime high has brought settled weather to much of the country this week and continues to do so as it moves slowly eastwards over the next day or so.

Many people will have awoken to frost on the ground recently, and this morning light winds and clear skies over Auckland allowed fog to form, affecting the airport for a time.


Cloud and showers and forecast for the weekend. Image: MetService.

The mostly fine weather continues today in the Bay with cloud coverage expected to hit the region tomorrow before rain takes hold on Sunday.

As a high moves eastwards, a frontal system over the Tasman Sea approaches, bringing a period of wet and windy weather to western areas on Sunday, says MetService meteorologist Peter Little.

'This front, preceded by strong northerlies, is well timed to blow out the candles for Wellington's Capital 150 Celebration,” says Peter, 'with a period of rain and northerly gales forecast for Sunday following a relatively fine Saturday for folk to enjoy the events.”

Only brief rain is forecast for eastern areas on Sunday, and strong to gale north-westerlies could push daytime temperatures into the high teens in a few places.

Temperatures in the Bay are expected to sit around the 15-17 degree mark during the day and rest around the 8-12 degrees mark at night.

'As we head into the new week there is more rain and wind on the way,” adds Peter, 'with another active front expected to bring heavy rain to northern and western New Zealand on Monday, along with strong to gale north-westerlies.

'The news isn't good for sun seekers on Tuesday and Wednesday either, as a broad trough following the front allows showery weather to continue right across the country.

'With changing weather on the horizon, people are advised to keep up to date with forecasts and check if their region could be affected by severe weather associated with these frontal systems.”


The three day forecast shows rain hitting the region on Sunday. Image: MetService.

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2 comments

Climate Change

Posted on 24-07-2015 11:22 | By Fun in the Sun

I blame Global warming


Get real fun in the sun

Posted on 24-07-2015 14:30 | By Kenworthlogger

The weather has never ever been stable and never will. Its always changing.


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