The long range forecast from Weather Workshop for all of New Zealand to midnight Sunday.
Situation: A weak cold front is expected to brush the east coast of the South Island today then move away to the east
having little affect elsewhere. Ridge conditions persist in most other places. Tomorrow and Friday the high pressure
ridge is expected to remain slow moving with easterlies predominating in the far north. Also later Friday a cold front
is likely to move onto the far south of the South Island. During Saturday a cold southerly outbreak should slowly move
northwards over South Island areas with pressures remaining low north of the country. The cold air is expected to affect
North Island places during Sunday as a new ridge spreads onto the South Island.
NORTHLAND, AUCKLAND, COROMANDEL PENINSULA and BAY of PLENTY/ROTORUA, WAIKATO, WAITOMO, TAUMARANUI, TARANAKI, TAIHAPE and
TAUPO: Cloudy areas at times from eastern Northland to Coromandel Peninsula today and thru until Friday elsewhere mostly
fine. Expect overnight frosts south of Auckland and fog areas also. Cloud increasing Saturday with patchy rain likely.
Sunday sees showers in most places with snow to the central plateau.
WANGANUI and MANAWATU: Fine and frosty up until Friday. Cloud increasing Saturday with late patchy rain. Showery and
colder Sunday.
GISBORNE, HAWKES BAY and WAIRARAPA: Cloudy periods about Gisborne today and tomorrow, elsewhere fine and frosty. Fine
everywhere Friday. Late showers spreading into Wairarapa Saturday otherwise dry. Cold and showery Sunday.
WELLINGTON: Thru' until Friday mainly fine weather with overnight frosts in sheltered places. Showers developing
Saturday and turning colder. Further showery conditions expected Sunday.
NELSON: Continuing fine and frosty until the end of the week then brief showers developing Saturday. Skies clearing
early Sunday and becoming frosty again.
MARLBOROUGH and CANTERBURY: Fine and clear but later today brief coastal showers spreading north. Fine and frosty
tomorrow and much of Friday. Cold southwesterlies and showers expected Saturday with snow about the ranges at night.
Showers becoming confined to coastal Marlborough Sunday with conditions clearing elsewhere and frosty weather returning.
BULLER, WESTLAND and FIORDLAND: Fine apart from cloudy periods today and tomorrow. On Friday cloud increasing from the
south with rain spreading as far north as the glaciers. Rain easing to showers Saturday then a clearance working north.
Sunday should be fine and clear in all but southern Fiordland where showers are expected to return.
OTAGO and SOUTHLAND: Showers in most places for a time today then showers retreating to the coast and clearing inland.
Tomorrow coastal cloud in the south, eslewhere fine and frosty. Cloud increasing later Friday with showers spreading
north. Cold showery southerlies Saturday with snow possible to low levels at night. Showers retreating to the south
coast Sunday with the flow turning westerly.
CHATHAM ISLANDS: Continuing cold with showery periods at times with winds between west and southwest. From Saturday
night onwards showers more frequent with sleet and strong southerlies.
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