Weather News – Can’t decide what to do this school break? Neither can the weather! – MetService

A number of fronts are lining up to the south and west of Aotearoa New Zealand this week, each taking their turn in delivering rain to southern, western and northern parts of both islands.

MetService meteorologist Dom Barry says, “This is not the greatest news for parents and caregivers who may be wanting their kids outside to burn energy. However, it is not all bad news – there will be gaps between periods of rain where the little bundles of energy can get outside.”

Eastern parts of both islands won’t get away unscathed but will see more fine spells than their western counterparts. Northland, Auckland, Coromandel, Bay of Plenty and Rotorua can expect rain to be the main theme until the end of Wednesday. 

Heavy rain is possible so keep an eye out for any potential watches or warnings there, going forwards. 

For the remainder of the west of the North Island, rain turns to showers through to tomorrow (Tuesday), with Heavy Rain Watches in place for Wellington and Warnings for Taranaki Maunga and the Tararua Range until Tuesday afternoon.

Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne may see some rain on Wednesday, but come Thursday, mainly fine weather dominates here. Showers dominate the west and north of the North Island.

As for the South Island, a series of rain bands move northwards bringing showers to the east and periods of rain to the south and west through to tomorrow evening. 

This weather feature weakens in the east by tomorrow evening, meaning mainly fine weather for north of Christchurch, until midday Thursday.

Yet another front begins to impact Fiordland and Southland on Wednesday morning, gradually spreading its rain northwards, into southern Westland and Otago. 

Meanwhile, the remains of the previous weather feature brings rain to northern Westland and Buller.

Barry continues, “Temperatures will be a bit warmer than average for the likes of Napier and Gisborne, hitting early twenties today and tomorrow. Tomorrow is the spring equinox so our days will noticeably start to get longer from now on, before we switch the clocks forwards for the start of Daylight Saving this Sunday.”

A bit of a mixed bag to start off the school holidays – but it’s classic springtime weather. Make the most of the gaps in the rain while you can!