Warm wind from the north or north west are expected to boost temperatures in eastern New Zealand to between 15 and 20 degrees this weekend – a huge change from a week ago when we were forecasting snow to near sea level. Rain or showers may affect the South Island’s West Coast and if you live in the North Island’s west, like Auckland, there will be plenty more cloud – but that means mild weather, especially overnight where temperatures are currently well above average.
New Zealand is in for an unseasonably warm weekend, with temperatures expected to reach 20 degrees in some places, forecasters predict.
A "lingering'' anti-cyclone would bring an improvement in the weather this weekend, but a spell of rain was likely for the second week of the school holidays, MetService predicted.
"The weekend will be great for outdoor plans with a lot of dry weather around,'' meteorologist Daniel Corbett said.
A WeatherWatch forecast predicted "plenty more'' cloud in Auckland, but much warmer temperatures on the whole.
"This weekend we're talking about highs, possibly as much as 20 degrees - in the depths of winter,'' said WeatherWatch head analyst Philip Duncan.
