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Rain is expected to fall in all parts of the country sometime this weekend, while winds from the south will move north, cooling temperatures and possibly bringing snow to the higher hills of the South Island.
After Christchurch hit 29.8 degrees Celsius on Thursday, as north winds blew, the city is expected to reach just 15 degrees Celsius on Friday, as winds come from the south for half the day, according to data. by Niwa.
MetService predicted snow could fall as high as 800 meters in the Southern Lakes area on Saturday and 700 meters on Sunday, and 1,000 meters in Canterbury.
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Rain is expected across the country this weekend, and it will be chilly with the possibility of snow in the high hills of the South Island.
Winds are expected to change to southeast winds at Taranaki, Wairarapa and Wellington on Sunday and continue through Monday.
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Christchurch warms up a bit on Saturday until the southerly winds return late at night, with highs of just 13 ° C forecast for the next three days.
Southerly Gale winds are forecast to hit Wellington on Sunday morning and southerly winds are expected to continue for the next few days, with highs of just 12 ° C in the early days of next week.
Auckland receives flights south on Monday, when a high of 17 ° C is expected. Before that, the city is warmer on Fridays and Saturdays, with forecast highs of 23 ° C. Rain is expected to develop on Saturday. starting in the afternoon, before it subsides on Sunday morning and then back in the evening.
“No one will escape the rain this weekend with a wide low-pressure zone set to move slowly over the country, although the lower part of the South Island seeks to stay drier (relatively speaking) with markedly cooler air remaining to the south of Canterbury, “MetService said.
Rain in the north of the country on Thursday would have been generally welcome, and Niwa’s climate summary shows that October rains were less than half normal in parts of Northland, much of Auckland, North Waikato, Bay of Plenty, much of Gisborne, Wairarapa, Marlborough and central Canterbury.
Heavy rains fell in eastern areas from Northland to the Bay of Plenty on Thursday, and MetService reported 47 meters with total rainfall of 50mm or more over the 24-hour period through 6 a.m. Friday.
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Many areas had less than half of the usual October rains. (file photo)
Some sites in the Coromandel and Bay of Plenty ranges were over 100mm, while wind gusts of up to 128km / h were also felt on the east coast of the upper North Island before the low that brought the rain.
Auckland Central had 27.2mm of rain on Thursday, Hamilton 20mm, Tauranga 18.8mm, Warkworth 56.5mm, Rotorua 36.6mm, Whangārei 50mm and Kerikeri 75.4mm.
Despite the fact that October was dry in many areas, Niwa shows little or almost no rainfall. The only weather station to record its driest October was at Western Springs in Auckland, where only 20mm fell during the month, a fifth of the normal amount.
Whakatāne had its second driest October at 22mm, which was 22% of average, while last month it was also the second driest October in Akaroa, which was 17mm, one-fifth of normal.
October was warmer than usual almost everywhere in New Zealand, and westerly winds brought especially warm air across the Tasman Sea on October 5 and 25.
Many places had record or near-record temperatures in October on those days, and Wairoa hit 30.8 ° C on October 5. It was the third October of the last decade that somewhere in New Zealand it exceeded 30 ° C.
Some of the places where the warmest October temperatures were recorded include Ohakune with 25 ° C, Taupō 27.6 ° C, Leigh 24.8 ° C, Whitianga 26.7 ° C, Turangi 26.6 ° C and Waipawa 27 , 8 ° C. Māngere in Auckland had its second highest level with 23.5C, Musselburgh in Dunedin had its third highest level with 29.1C and Christchurch Airport had its fourth highest also with 29.1C.
In mid-October it was cold in some parts of the North Island. Hamilton had his third-lowest record in October, coming in at just 9.6C. Rotorua also had its third lowest level at just 8C.
Timaru had its lowest temperature on record in October, dropping to -4.5C and Paraparaumu had its third lowest at -1C.
Many places had record or near record average temperatures in October. Te Puke had its warmest October with an average temperature of 14.9 ° C, 1.6 ° C above normal. Wairoa was 2.3 ° C above normal with 16.2 ° C, its second highest average temperature in October, while Gisborne was 2.2 ° C above normal, as it recorded its third highest average October high of 15.9 ° C.
