Weekend Forecast 27th - 28th October 2012

[Te Puke Weather]

Issued by The MetService

Saturday
North Island, mainly fine in the north and east, rain developing from Taranaki to Wellington, and late drizzle from Waikato to the Central Plateau. South Island, rain in the west, with heavy falls, and scattered rain elsewhere, mainly dry in eastern Marlborough and Canterbury.

Sunday
Rain or showers spreading to most places, snow lowering to to 900 metres in Southland and southeastern Otago overnight.

Chatham Islands
Becoming cloudy on Saturday with late rain, and northerlies freshening. Rain at times on Sunday, and northerlies abating. On Monday, rain clearing and fine breaks developing, southwesterlies.

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[OhauitiWeather]

At the risk of repeating ourselves we have yet another front approaching our shores and it doesn't seem like an episode or a one off but more of a sequence lately.
 
It'll take its time to crank up today though and much of the country will enjoy a decent start but yet again we're likely to see cloud ride up the western flank of the country with winds increasing from the north and become a little blustery later today or tonight in exposed areas.
 
Cloud on the West Coast is likely to turn to drizzly rain or solid rain about Fiordland which is nothing out of the ordinary but cloudy spells are likely to creep in over western districts of the North Island as well as the winds starting to build from the west.
 
The north and east of both islands appear to get the most settled weather today but cloud is likely to develop over the eastern part of the Mainland with rain about the divide, possibly spilling over to other areas later or as far out as tonight.
 
As far as the weekend is concerned northern New Zealand fares pretty well until later on Sunday when it looks a little gloomy but should be reasonably shortlived.Aucklanders should look forward to a decent Saturday but Sunday looks as if clouds will roll in and some showers or rain move in by the afternoon and/or early evening.
 
The warmth tomorrow should be noticeable out east from Gisborne to parts of Otago with some maximums be in the mid 20s if not a fraction higher in sheltered places.A cooler change moving through on Sunday could see some temperatures dive by up to eight or nine degrees.

Head weather analyst Philip Duncan sees the front tomorrow as yet another in the series." It looks as if it'll be a similar story to the other frontal set ups we've been seeing recently with cloud and rain building in the west tomorrow and then the eastern side gets their turn on Sunday.I'm not exactly sure though how many showers will fall in the east with the southerly wind change though as it's looking like it's running out of steam already".
 
The good news is there will be sunny and dry spells and we believe it's important to make the most of it as showery, rainy or windy spells will also affect most of us at some stage.
 
Aaahhhh the joys of Spring!
 

Weatherwatch.co.nz
http://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/...ep-another-mixed-bag

[OhauitiWeather]

Yes it will be a very nice Saturday for most around New Zealand however the West Coast of the South Island will be in for some rain. The upper North Island has a ridge extending down from an anticyclone to the north of New Zealand while the lower North Island and all of the South Island has a northwesterly airflow.



While most of the North Island is looking to have a good day the lower western portion from Taranaki through to Wellington is likely to see cloudy areas and the risk of the odd shower later in the day as it catches the northwesterly airflow mentioned above.
 
Eastern regions are the place to be says WeatherWatch.co.nz with Canterbury right through to Gisborne in line to get temperatures of 23 to 25 degrees in the afternoon.
 
For the three main centres the weather tomorrow is expected as follows:
 
Auckland is likely to see moderate northwesterly breezes with sunny areas and some cloud, a high of 20 degrees.
 
Wellington will see mostly cloudy skies developing in the morning with northerly winds strengthening during the day becoming strong in the afternoon, a few showers are possible at night. A high of 16 degrees expected.
 
Christchurch will see sunny weather with high cloud, there may be a few brief spits of rain mid afternoon but it is likely to remain dry. Northwesterly breezes developing in the morning then in the evening easing and tending southwest with some cloud. A high of 24 expected.
 
Homepage image / 27th October 1pm rain map - weathermap.co.nz
 

WeatherWatch.co.nz
http://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/content/saturday-splendour