Weekend Forecast 1st - 2nd September 2012

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Short forecast for all New Zealand to Midnight Saturday 1 Sep 2012
Issued by the Metservice.

Northland, Coromandel Peninsula and Bay of Plenty
Fine apart from a few cloudy areas.
Auckland to Wellington, including the central high country and Wairarapa
Fine apart from fog patches tomorrow morning.
Gisborne and Hawkes Bay
Cloud clearing tomorrow and becoming fine.
Nelson, Buller and the Marlborough Sounds
Fine at first, but patchy drizzle developing tomorrow.
Remainder of Marlborough, also Canterbury
Fine. High cloud tomorrow.
Otago and Southland
Fine with thickening high cloud. Scattered rain developing tomorrow.
Westland
Drizzle in the south at first. However, rain spreading northwards throughout the region tomorrow, and becoming heavy south of Ross.
Fiordland
Rain, becoming heavy tomorrow.
Chatham Islands
A few light showers, clearing tomorrow.

Sunday
North Island, cloud increasing. South Island, rain, with heavy falls, in the west spreading to Nelson and the Sounds later, increasing high cloud elsewhere.

Monday
Rain spreading to most places, with some heavy falls,easing to showers later from Northland to Bay of Plenty and Taranaki, and also the far south.



From Weatherwatch:

The start to the weekend will generally bring settled sunny weather for most. There will likely be some cloud increasing in general however north of Auckland with northeasterlies picking up during the afternoon. There may be some morning cloud about Gisborne also however it will gradually clear. Fog overnight is also possible anywhere south of Auckland tonight, most likely fog patches will develop about the Waikato and Central North Island.

Northwesterly winds will be pick up later in the day about Wellington and there may be some cloud there also from evening and on the Kapiti Coast.

Cloudy skies for the South Island’s West Coast although there may be sunny breaks to start about Buller and Tasman, rain will spread north during the day with breezy northeasterlies and rain is likely to be heavy in Fiordland at night. The east of the South Island will return to mild conditions with a more northerly airflow developing, there will be some high cloud however south of Canterbury.

On Sunday northeasterly winds will be quite gusty north of about Waikato with a mix of cloudy areas and some sun, lighter winds with mild conditions can be expected on the east coast. Rain on the West Coast of the South Island and mild out east again with some high cloud.

Early next week during Monday through to Tuesday a cooler southwesterly airflow spreads over New Zealand with showers for most. Northwesterly winds will return quite quickly this time in the east of the South Island on Wednesday and although it is not guaranteed there are hints of some strong northwesterly winds developing mid to late next week over the South Island, a sure sign of spring.

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Philip Duncan and nzherald.co.nz bring you a detailed forecast for the first official weekend of spring - and also a look at early next week.

We also touch base with what's happening in the US as Isaac's deadly path continues and more hurricanes are named today in the Atlantic Ocean and eastern Pacific.

Link to Video:



-Weatherwatch.co.nz
http://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/content/weather-video-first-official-weekend-spring-isaac-latest