Sneak peek of summery weather in Whanganui this week

Sunny weather will warm up Whanganui this week. Photo / NZME

Whanganui can look forward to a week of warm, sunny weather with summer right around the corner.

Most days will have sunshine and dry conditions, with a chance of rain on Friday into part of Saturday.

“[It’s] looking pretty settled and pleasant, weather-wise,” MetService meteorologist Mmathapelo Makgabutlane said.

Daytime temperatures are expected to stay in the 20s.

“It might have a little bit of a kind of springtime, maybe even summertime feel to things.”

Daytime highs are expected to be 20C today, 21C tomorrow, 23C on Thursday, 22C on Friday, 21C on Saturday and 22C on Sunday.

Expected overnight lows are 9C today and tomorrow, 13C on Thursday, 12C on Friday and 11C on Saturday and Sunday.

“[The] temperature should be pretty consistent this week and a couple of warmer days in there as well.”

Cloud cover on Wednesday morning will break up as the day goes on.

Thursday will have partly cloudy conditions but with “some good gaps in the cloud and plenty of sunshine”, Makgabutlane said.

Friday and Saturday conditions will depend on a low pressure system approaching New Zealand from the North.

The system is expected to bring rain to the top half of the North Island but, depending on its movement, may bring some rain on Friday to parts of the Whanganui area.

“It doesn’t look like we’re expecting overly strong winds this week,” Makgabutlane said.

Winds will be predominantly westerlies, at times shifting to southwesterlies or northwesterlies.

There is a chance for some stronger westerly or northwesterly winds on Saturday afternoon, she said.

“Not too bad a week all in all.”