Weekend Forecast 5th May - 6th May 2012

[JennyLeez]

The large high that helped bring some of the coldest weather to the nation so far this year will remain in place for the weekend - but changes are happening.
The high is drifting to the east and will be centred east of New Zealand over the next few days.  As it does this a light nor'east flow will develop in some areas - with the general overall flow also from the north for many areas.
Frosty weather often occurs at the start of a high when the wind flow is southerly, the air is colder, drier and often the skies clearer.
When the winds swing more northerly, which tends to happen once the centre of the high has tracked to the east of the country, we tend to see a lift in humidity which may not be too noticeable, but you'll often see more clouds and fog patches.
So over the next few days the mornings will still be cold - but the frosts will start to retreat and the daytime highs will continue to lift up a degree or two.
Next week is looking significantly milder, especially at night, as rain clouds from a Tasman Sea low move in.

weatherwatch.co.nz

Northland
Cloudy periods in the north and east with a few showers. Fine elsewhere.
Auckland to the Kapiti Coast, including Coromandel, Bay of Plenty and the central high country
Fine, with early morning frosts about inland areas.
Gisborne and Hawkes Bay
A few showers.
Wairarapa
Often cloudy with patchy drizzle about coast, clearing this morning but returning in the evening.
Wellington
Cloudy periods. Patchy drizzle possibly this morning.
Nelson, Buller and Westland
Fine.
Marlborough and North Canterbury
Fine, apart from cloud and patchy drizzle near the coast this morning.
The remainder of Canterbury, also Otago, Southland and Fiordland
Fine, apart from cloud near the south coast and fog patches or frosts inland this morning and again at night.
Sunday
North Island, mainly fine but a few showers in the north and and for northern Hawkes Bay and Gisborne. South Island, mainly fine, areas of fog, some frosts morning and evening.

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