A cold southerly covers the country but a big high pressure system is coming for the weekend and next week. While a few coastal showers will continue most places will be settled, with a warm subtropical flow coming in next week.
The El Nino weather system that has seen droughts around parts of the world has now come to an end.
WeatherWatch head analyst Philip Duncan said sea surface temperatures near the equator have dropped to below the El Nino threshold - meaning New Zealand is due to see a neutralwinter.
"Neutral winters create more chaos in our weather patterns, whereas El Nino and La Nina tend to have more predictable patterns.
Mr Duncan said this winter may bring on some extreme conditions similar to those seen in 2011, when a snow storm in mid-August saw snow falling in the Auckland CBD for the first time in decades.
The event came after record-breaking warm temperatures months before, Mr Duncan said.
"We aren't saying that once in a 30-year event will happen again, but we are saying we have the similar chaotic weather pattern this year."
