Rain for Whanganui for school holidays week

Whanganui will continue to have wet weather this week. Photo / NZME

Whanganui can expect rainy conditions for the rest of this week of the school holidays, with some potential for drier evenings and nights.

“It’s not the greatest school holiday week for the kids to be outside unfortunately,” MetService meteorologist Dom Barry said.

A series of weather systems will move through the Whanganui region over the next few days, bringing rain, but there is also the potential for some pockets of dryness and even partly clear skies amid showers.

Daytime highs are expected to be 18C on Wednesday and Thursday, 17C on Friday, 19C on Saturday and 20C on Sunday, which is 5C above average for this time of year. The forecast overnight lows are 9C on Wednesday, 8C Thursday, 9C Friday and 11C on Saturday and Sunday.

Northerly winds will bring scattered showers on Wednesday, which become more isolated as the day goes on.

“It’s looking like there will be a few showers dotted about,” Barry said.

On Thursday, rain will continue but will clear again into the evening and overnight.

“Again, we’re looking at a showery day for the Whanganui region.”

The pattern continues on Friday with rainy daytime conditions that dry off into the evening.

“Unfortunately, the days aren’t looking too amazing, the nights are when you want to be up and about,” Barry said.

On Saturday, westerly winds will bring a stronger system into the region with heavier rainfall for most of the day, increasing into the afternoon and overnight, and continuing into most of Sunday.

“It’s a bit of a damp week for Whanganui,” Barry said.

Winds will remain overall light for the week, with some windier conditions on Thursday and Saturday with gusts of up to 30-40km/h.

Ocean conditions will be relatively calm midweek with some potential for a 1-1.5m southwest swell on Friday and into Saturday.

“It looks pretty mundane for the next few days ... rather uneventful,” Barry said.