Covering period of Monday 29 April – Friday 3 May – As the new week gets off to a sunny start, MetService is forecasting a mid-week weather system to bring rain to parts of the country. This will be followed by a change to a southwest flow, which will bring cooler temperatures near the end of the week.
It was sunny skies across much of Aotearoa New Zealand on Monday morning for the first day back at school and things look to remain fine and dry heading into Tuesday for most. However, for the western and lower South Island, the next weather system brings cloudy weather on Tuesday, with rain not far behind. For Fiordland and the ranges of southern Westland, some of that rain could be briefly heavy, and Severe Weather Watches have been issued for Tuesday and Wednesday.
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