Weather Workshop: All Districts forecast for NZ
All Districts forecast from Weather Workshop:
The
Situation: Anticyclonic conditions cover much of the
North
Island. A frontal zone should move slowly north
over the South
Island today as a small low on the front
passes southeast to
lie well east of Otago by the end of
the day. The front is
followed by a ridge of high
pressure from another anticyclone
over the south Tasman
Sea.
NORTHLAND, BAY of PLENTY/ROTORUA, TAUPO, GISBORNE,
HAWKES BAY
and WAIRARAPA: Fine today apart from a few
cloudy periods. Light
winds in most places.
AUCKLAND,
COROMANDEL PENINSULA, WAIKATO, WAITOMO, TAUMARANUI,
TARANAKI, TAIHAPE, WANGANUI and MANAWATU, Skies rather
cloudy
With a few light showers. Showers becoming more
frequent in
Wanganui and Manawatu from afternoon. West
to northwest winds
from Taranaki south, elsewhere light
breezes.
WELLINGTON: Mainly fine at first but towards
evening, cloud
increasing. Some patchy rain possible
after dark. Northerlies
becoming brisk.
NELSON:
Showers developing in the western ranges this morning,
elsewhere mainly fine. Southwesterlies tending northwest
this
afternoon.
MARLBOROUGH: Mainly fine for much of
the time but from evening
patchy rain spreading from the
south with southwesterlies
developing.
CANTERBURY: A
cloudy day with some scattered rain likely in
most
places at times. Northeasterlies turning southwest
later.
BULLER, WESTLAND and FIORDLAND: Rain south of
Westport spreading
further north this morning then easing
to showers south of the
glaciers from early evening. Not
a great deal of wind for much
of the day.
Southwesterlies working as far north as Haast later.
OTAGO
and SOUTHLAND: Outbreaks of rain then during the afternoon
a change to showers with increasing fine breaks about
the south
coast with southwesterlies developing. This
change further
spreading north later.
CHATHAM ISLANDS:
A few showers at first then turning to rain
from mid
afternoon. Northwesterlies freshening.
THE OUTLOOK FOR
TOMORROW: Southwesterlies becoming general over
the
country with showers in most places. Along the South Island
west coast mainly fine. Cold and showery at the
Chathams.
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