Wet and wild weather on the way

Name: Warm weekend ahead of cold change
Uploaded: 2013-07-05T11:36:19+12:00
Duration: 212 s
Description: Windy westerlies again surge northwards across most of the country this weekend with more heavy rain along the West Coast. But by late Sunday and into Monday and Tuesday a colder south west change will spread up NZ – and by Wednesday expect a frosty high to move in to the South Island.

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1 Jul, 2013 05:31 AMQuick Read

Windy westerlies again surge northwards across most of the country this weekend with more heavy rain along the West Coast. But by late Sunday and into Monday and Tuesday a colder south west change will spread up NZ – and by Wednesday expect a frosty high to move in to the South Island.

Wet and wild weather is on its way this week.

Heavy rain and severe gales were expected throughout the country, to MetService meteorologist Daniel Corbett said.

The South Island was expected bear the brunt of the severe weather starting this evening and the North Island should catch up by Wednesday.