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Last of the frost in the north for now
Last of the frost in the north for now - 31st July 2017
MetService News Release
Monday
31st July 2017
A high over the North Island
brought clear skies and frosty conditions to many places
last night and early this morning. Waiouru dropped to minus
7, Taupo followed suit with minus 5, while Hamilton and
Rotorua got down to minus 3. Even Auckland had another cold
morning with Whenuapai, in the northwest, lowering to minus
2. However, that’s the last of the frost for many in the
North Island, for now, as cloud and rain move in over the
coming days.
A front is moving up the South
Island today, bringing heavy rain to the West Coast. “Rain
warnings are in force for Fiordland and Westland,” said
forecaster Tuporo Marsters, “then the front stalls across
central New Zealand during Tuesday, with a rain warning also
in force for the Tararua Range.” Meanwhile, a watch for
heavy rain covers areas from southern Manawatu down to
northern Wellington.
Tomorrow, a low deepens off the Australian coast and is set to be this week’s next major weather maker. This low is forecast to cross the upper North Island during Wednesday and Thursday, bringing a burst of heavy rain and strong northeast winds from Northland to the Coromandel Peninsula.
“With this rain falling
on already saturated ground, surface flooding is likely - so
keep up-to-date on the latest forecast and warnings,”
commented Marsters.
The good news is that the
South Island misses the worst of the heavy rain mid-week due
to a ridge of high pressure spreading in on Wednesday,
allowing those soggy eastern areas some more drying time.
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