Temperatures set to drop as cold fronts move across the country
10 May, 2021 07:53 PM
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MetService severe weather warning: May 11th.
Digital producer, Christchurch, NZ Heralddevon.bolger@nzme.co.nz
Winter is well and truly on its way with temperatures set to drop around the country over the next few days.
MetService forecasts fronts will move over the country from the southwest on Tuesday, bringing heavy rain to the west and strong northwesterlies in the east.
Heavy rain watches are in place for northern Fiordland, Buller, the ranges of northwest Nelson, the Tararua Range and Mt Taranaki.
Strong wind watches are in place for the Canterbury High Country, Marlborough, Wellington and Wairarapa.
”[It’s] humid and warm now, but [the] cold weather is basically hot on its heels. “A lot of the South Island will notice a quite large temperature jump when considering Monday versus Tuesday,” Ferris said.
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Frost is expected to blanket much of the South Island throughout the week. (File photo) Timaru is likely to drop below freezing on Thursday – Ferris forecast -1C for the town, which is 4C below average. The system then moves “pretty swiftly” up the island to land just shy of Wellington by midnight. The capital will go from a forecast high of 18C on Tuesday down to 14C on Wednesday, and further down to 12C on Thursday.
Temperatures set to drop as cold fronts move across the country
10 May, 2021 07:53 PM
2 minutes to read
MetService severe weather warning: May 11th.
Digital producer, Christchurch, NZ Heralddevon.bolger@nzme.co.nz
Winter is well and truly on its way with temperatures set to drop around the country over the next few days.
MetService forecasts fronts will move over the country from the southwest on Tuesday, bringing heavy rain to the west and strong northwesterlies in the east.
Heavy rain watches are in place for northern Fiordland, Buller, the ranges of northwest Nelson, the Tararua Range and Mt Taranaki.
Strong wind watches are in place for the Canterbury High Country, Marlborough, Wellington and Wairarapa.