Weekend Forecast 2nd June - 4th June 2012

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Issued by MetService 10:19am Thursday 31 May 2012
Saturday
North Island, Fine in the east, cloudy periods and a few showers developing in western regions. South Island, rain setting in about and west of the main divide, fine in the east.
Sunday
North Island, fine in the east, cloudy in the west with a few showers. South Island, rain in the west easing to showers. Showers and southerlies developing in the east.
Monday
North Island, a period of showers and southerlies in the east then becoming fine again. In the west, cloudy periods and a few showers. South Island, some rain or showers in the west, showers clearing in the east and becoming fine.

Weather Watch  Thursday 7.00am

New Zealand is still looking pretty settled for Queens Birthday weekend, right up until the holiday itself.
High pressure building in off the Tasman will bring some great weather for outdoor enthusiasts this weekend.   Friday is looking dry for the whole country except for Gisborne and Hawkes Bay where a few light showers could still be hanging around tomorrow morning.  However, these showers would likely clear out before tomorrow afternoon.
Saturday is also looking dry.  But this time, for the whole country.  Even for Gisborne and Hawkes Bay.
Sunday isn’t going to be much different except for the South Island’s deep south and West Coast.  Showers are looking pretty likely for these areas.  On the North Island, Taranaki is running a small risk for showers.
Monday is not looking settled at all for most areas.  However, the models have not been very consistent in their solution for Monday.  When that happens, our confidence level in their forecasts is not very high.
Here is the way it looks right now; Monday could be pretty wet across the North Island.  The South Island also has some shower chances.  But the chances are a bit smaller.  In fact, Canterbury looks fairly dry at this point.  That's the way it appears things could play out.  We will know more after another model run or two.
That’s the latest outlook for this upcoming holiday weekend.  We will update you further as the forecast becomes a bit clearer.



Update from Weather watch 11.00am

Many parts of Queensland can expect significant rainfall over the next few days as a low pressure trough deepens over the state.
Coastal areas were dealt another round of showers Wednesday by persistent easterly winds, while the rest of the state generally remained dry. This has been an all too familiar story for inland places like Birdsville and Bedourie in the far southwest, which have seen no rainfall at all so far in May. But with winter only a day away, this is about to change.
A deepening trough over the NT will slowly move into western Queensland on today. This trough is expected to deliver widespread falls around Queensland's Channel Country before the weekend. From Saturday, this system will spread the rain eastwards and could see more than 50mm soak parts of the Maranoa and Warrego district. By Sunday, the trough is expected to have moved over the Darling Downs and Granite Belt, where it could deliver an additional 15-20mm in some places.
For the Southeast Coast, showers are likely to be a feature each day for the remainder of the week, before intensifying on Sunday when the inland trough meets the coast. For the Brisbane and other places near the coast, this could bring over 30mm of rain on Sunday.

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