A number of people from across southern and western parts of both islands are asking this one question – “what has happened to summer?”. With highs struggling to reach even the low teens for some South Island areas, along with a fair bit of cloud for western places including Auckland, some are wondering when Summer will truly kick off. The good news is that hotter weather is coming – the bad news is that we still see a changeable ‘spring-like’ pattern for the rest of the month for some areas in the south.
Wild winds are set to crash into the capital and Wairarapa overnight, MetService warns.
A weather warning has been issued for the lower North Island as a front pushes up the South Island.
"We're expecting the wind to reach its full fury, with gusts of around 120km/h this evening andprobably easing away not long after dawn tomorrow,'' meteorologist Ian Gall said.
The north westerly wind had already reached gale force by this afternoon in some exposed areas around Wellington including at Mount Kaukau, the Rimutaka ranges and Mana Island.
Heavy rain hit Fiordland, Westland and the Southern Alps today and MetService advised trampers and holiday-makers that rivers and streams could rise rapidly, and that surface flooding and slips were possible.
