Long Range Weather

Issued by MetService on Friday 19-Dec-2025 at 11:50am

Now the MetService long range forecast for all New Zealand to midnight Tuesday

The Situation

A series of fronts move northeast over the country today, followed by a cold and showery southwesterly flow tomorrow.

Looking at the weather to midnight tomorrow

Northland, Auckland and Coromandel

Scattered showers, turning to rain for a time overnight, briefly heavy, easing later tomorrow.

Waikato to Taranaki, including the central high country and Bay of Plenty

Scattered showers turning to rain tonight, then easing to isolated showers tomorrow morning.

Gisborne, Hawke's Bay

Partly cloudy. A few spots of rain from tonight.

Whanganui to Wellington, also Wairarapa, Marlborough and Nelson

Isolated showers, but rain for a time this afternoon or evening, clearing from Nelson tomorrow.

Buller to Westland

Rain with some heavy falls, turning to showers this afternoon with thunderstorms possible. Showers clearing in Westland tomorrow.

Canterbury

Rain developing this afternoon, easing to scattered showers tomorrow.

Otago, Fiordland, Southland

Rain turning to showers this afternoon. Showers becoming confined to the east later tomorrow.

Chatham Islands

A few showers, but rain overnight tonight.

And the outlook for the following three days...

Sunday

North Island: Partly cloudy with isolated showers, clearing mostly south of Auckland later in the day. South Island: Mainly fine in Fiordland and Westland. Scattered showers elsewhere, easing later and becoming confined north of Dunedin, and clearing from Grey and Buller.

Monday

North Island: Partly cloudy with isolated showers. Becoming cloudy in the west from Waitomo southwards late with rain developing. South Island: Mainly fine in the morning. Rain developing from the west later, with some heavy falls in Westland and Buller.

Tuesday

North Island: Isolated showers in the north. Rain elsewhere, briefly heavy in the west, easing later, and clearing in the east. South Island: Rain turning to showers early, and becoming isolated and light in the north and east.

And at the Chathams

Occasional showers on Sunday. A few showers Monday and Tuesday. West to southwest winds, changing northerlies on Tuesday.

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