The Bay of Plenty is in for decent winds, morning frosts and chilly autumn weather over the next week, but will stay mostly dry.
Metservice forecaster Cameron Coutts said winds turning around to the southwest tomorrow will likely bring breezy winds. Low temperatures from the south could even bring frosts early next week, but the region would stay mostly rain-free after tomorrow.
"We've got colder daytime temperatures through Saturday, and then Sunday the winds start to die off . . . so there's every likelihood there will be quite good frosts on Monday and Tuesday next week," Mr Coutts said.
Niwa meteorologist Seth Carrier said the Bay would likely have noticeably colder temperatures later this week as the wind shifted around to the southwest.
"Then the weekend is going to be fairly chilly, at least a few degrees cooler than average," Mr Carrier said.
Mr Carrier said this transition from northwest to southwesterly winds would likely bring "pretty decent" winds over the next couple of days. He agreed some inland and higher areas could receive an icy morning to start next week.
"Sunday and Monday morning probably have the best chance of at least some patchy frost in interior areas and maybe some high elevations, and the risk recedes again as we get to Tuesday morning as the temperatures begin to rebound again."
The Metservice website has forecast temperatures in the mid-teens to round out the week (17C, 16C and 15C) and Saturday and Sunday's forecast lows were 5C.
"Whether it'll actually get that high - it could potentially be a little bit colder than that and those overnight lows will definitely a lot lower on Sunday and Monday," Mr Coutts said.
The month of May has a historical average maximum of 17.4C, and an average low 9.4C.
Weather at a glance:
- Wind developing over next few days, turning southwesterly
- Winds bringing colder temperatures
- Mostly fine throughout the weekend, but chilly
- Possible frosts for inland and higher elevations