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.