Warm nights thanks to blanket of cloud keeping cold at bay

A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

Tairawhiti is enjoying some of the best weather in the country today but it will deteriorate over the next couple of days.

Met Service meteorologist April Clark said the cloud was like a blanket in the sky keeping our overnight temperatures twice as high as the usual June average.

Tonight's overnight low is forecast to be 12 degrees C, with the average in June usually only six degrees C.

Ms Clark said the northerly winds were providing a warm moist flow over this region, while the rest of the country experienced rain and cold temperatures.

But rain would develop here this afternoon from a front moving east across the country.

From Wednesday it would clear up again with fine dry days. But with the cloud blanket removed those temperatures would drop back to six degrees overnight from Wednesday.

“But those day temperatures are not going to change too much,” said Ms Clark.