Long Range Weather

Issued by MetService on Sunday 04-May-2025 at 11:50am

Now the MetService long range forecast for all New Zealand to midnight Thursday

The Situation

A southerly flow eases as a ridge of high pressure spreads across the country today and remains in place on Monday.

Looking at the weather to midnight tomorrow

Northland to Wellington, including Bay of Plenty and the central High country

Fine apart from isolated showers about the Far North this morning and cloudy periods about Northland and Auckland tomorrow.

Gisborne, Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa

Cloudy periods and a few showers, clearing Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay this evening and elsewhere tomorrow afternoon.

Marlborough and Nelson, also Grey and Westland

Fine today, cloud increasing tomorrow.

Buller

Partly cloudy with isolated showers developing this afternoon, clearing tomorrow afternoon.

Canterbury

Cloudy, with drizzle inland, becoming fine this evening. Mainly fine tomorrow with areas of fog or low cloud morning and night.

Otago and Southland apart from Stewart Island

Mainly fine, areas of frost and fog tomorrow morning.

Fiordland and Stewart Island

Partly cloudy, isolated showers developing this evening.

Chatham Islands

Cloudy periods and isolated showers, clearing tomorrow.

And the outlook for the following three days...

Tuesday

North Island: Fine apart from isolated showers in the south and north. South Island: Rain in Fiordland. Partly cloudy with showers in the west. Mainly fine elsewhere.

Wednesday

North Island: Fine, apart from isolated showers in the north and west. South Island: Isolated showers in the east and south. Occasional rain elsewhere.

Thursday

North Island: Rain developing in the north. Fine in the east, isolated showers elsewhere. South Island: Rain with heavy falls for most. Isolated showers developing in the north and east.

Friday

North Island: Rain with heavy falls, easing in the south. South Island: Rain with heavy falls from Otago northwards, clearing early. Showers developing for Fiordland and Southland, mainly fine elsewhere.

And at the Chathams

Partly cloudy, becoming fine on Thursday. Rain developing late Friday. Southwesterlies turning northwest on Tuesday. Northwesterlies strengthening on Thursday and rising to gale on Friday.

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