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Your weather: Fine few days in store for most of the country (at last)

Michael  Neilson
By Michael Neilson
Senior political reporter, NZ Herald·NZ Herald·
18 Apr, 2018 08:07 PM4 mins to read

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East coast areas like Te Arai beach (pictured) north of Auckland are in for a few days of fine weather. Photo / Getty Images

East coast areas like Te Arai beach (pictured) north of Auckland are in for a few days of fine weather. Photo / Getty Images

Fine weather continues out east today and is finally coming right in the west, except for parts of the South Island with more rain forecast.

MetService meteorologist Arno Dyason said the country was covered in a southwest/westerly flow, bringing a few showers in the western parts of both main islands, and relatively fine weather in the east.

"It is the same story tomorrow too, with maybe a few more showers in the west and far south."

Auckland is caught in the middle, with nice weather today and tomorrow but showers becoming more frequent over the weekend.

A beaut sunrise was captured over #Wellington this morning by one of our meteorologists. A fine Thursday is forecast for the capital though northwesterlies strengthen as the day progresses https://t.co/SIxjFFiwuQ ^AC pic.twitter.com/s5RiUv4MEk

— MetService (@MetService) April 18, 2018
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East coast areas are in for plenty of sunshine over the next few days.

Napier, Hastings and Gisborne are all looking the goods with warm northwesterlies pumping out temperatures ranging from 21C to 23C and fine weather through to Saturday.

Christchurch is also on the receiving end of those warm northwesterlies today and tomorrow, with highs of 19C and 22C respectively.

East-facing areas from Northland, through Coromandel to Bay of Plenty, are all in for a fine few days too.

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The only major weather hitting the country in the next few days will be in the central and southern parts of the South Island.

MetService has issued a strong wind watch for the Canterbury high country, Otago and Southland from 10am tomorrow to 10am Saturday.

Apart from the west of the South Island, most of the country dries out on Thursday. However, strong northwesterlies are expected to develop over the east of the South Island during the morning - those under our watch area should hang onto their hats https://t.co/bcFLKYmqju ^AC pic.twitter.com/RHd7Q6uTO8

— MetService (@MetService) April 18, 2018

Westerlies may rise to severe gale in exposed places by noon on Thursday.

The strong winds are expected to ease on Saturday as winds turn southwesterly.

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The next change in the weather is coming on Saturday in the South Island, and Sunday in the North Island.

"A front moves over the South Island on Saturday bringing another southwest change, spreading showers from the West Coast into the east," Dyason said.

Western parts of the North Island will start to feel the effects on Saturday afternoon and by Sunday it will also reach eastern areas.

Autumn temperature transience 🎢

In seasonal style, a mix of cool & warm temps are expected across NZ over the next several days:

-Briefly milder ahead of a southerly Friday-Saturday.
-Cooler by Sunday-Monday, behind the southerly.
-Watching late-month warmup potential 🌡️ pic.twitter.com/YCi0zjc8D3

— NIWA Weather (@NiwaWeather) April 18, 2018

However, by that stage it will have weakened substantially and only showers are forecast.

The past few days have seen a small drop in the overnight mercury.

The central high country in the North Island dropped to about 0C overnight, and parts of the South Island experienced similar frigid temperatures. Christchurch was hovering around 1-2C at 6am.

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A cool night in store for those in the east coast with overnight temperatures set to drop as low as 2C in Masterton (8C lower than last night). Keep those slippers close to the bed! ^AC pic.twitter.com/zvWZ3DBNF4

— MetService (@MetService) April 18, 2018

There was likely more snow on the mountain tops overnight, but less than Tuesday night when several alpine passes got a dusting.

Temperatures would likely cool further with the weekend front, but that would all start to settle next week as a high pressure system took over the country, Dyason said.

"That west to southwest flow is already sitting out in the Tasman, but next week it builds right over the country."

Anzac Day - next Wednesday - was a little too far out to predict, Dyason said.

"But at this stage it looks like it could be fine."

Today's weather

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• Whangarei

Cloudy periods. Light winds. 19C high, 11C overnight.

• Auckland

Cloudy periods, chance shower. Southwesterlies. 19C high, 14C overnight.

• Hamilton

Cloudy periods, chance afternoon shower. Southwest dying out evening. 18C high, 10C overnight.

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• Tauranga

A fine morning, then a few cloudy periods from afternoon. Southwesterlies. 20C high, 11C overnight.

• New Plymouth

Cloudy periods, chance shower. Westerlies. 18C high, 13C overnight.

• Napier

Fine. Westerlies. 21C high, 11C overnight.

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• Wellington​

Fine, but high cloud tonight. Northwesterlies strengthening. 17C high, 14C overnight.

• Nelson​

Fine, but some cloud morning and evening. Southwesterlies. 19C high, 10C overnight.

• Christchurch​

Fine with high cloud at times. Northwesterlies. 19C high, 9C overnight.

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• Dunedin​

​Fine with high cloud. Westerlies. 18C high, 9C overnight.

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