Cold polar air remains over NZ this week before a brief “warming up” this weekend as northerlies return – ahead of rain clouds and some wind on Monday, then a snowy/wet polar blast next week.

A cold pool of air lies over New Zealand for much of this week, ahead of a wintry burst next week – and perhaps some briefly ...

Higher air pressure is expected across NZ and Australia going into August – but storms and lows surrounding us ...

Friday and Saturday are the wettest (with snow higher up) and frosts then expand going into the weekend and into next week.

Friday sees wet weather crossing NZ from the west ahead of a colder weekend – and a cold week next week for many places as ...

This will bring snow in the ranges, mountains and maybe some foothills of the South Island, and around Central Plateau ...

One big high is departing NZ and before the next arrives we have some wet weather moving through. On Friday, as the high currently over the South Island moves out to our east, a small area of low ...

Frosty weather will melt away this week as milder airflows kick in – followed by a bit of late week rain or showers before the next enormous high pressure zone moves in.

There is minimal risk of thunderstorms or significant convection during this period. Fujita F1 - i.e. wind speeds greater than 116km/h (63 knots) or stronger. Note: some tornadic systems such as ...

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