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Spring's Rollercoaster of Weather
Issued: 11:37am Tue, 27 Oct
- Gales, heavy rain, and a sharp drop in temperatures today
- A second wave of strong winds arrive for Te Waipounamu (the South Island) late tomorrow afternoon
- Widespread heavy swell by Thursday

Coming out the long weekend, those in ...

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SHORT FORECAST

Until Midnight Wednesday

Northland to Waikato, also Coromandel Peninsula and Bay of Plenty
Isolated showers clearing to fine this evening, but returning tomorrow evening.

Waitomo to Wellington, including the central plateau
Cloudy periods. Isolated showers developing tomorrow morning, more frequent from afternoon.

Gisborne to Wairarapa
Cloudy with scattered rain north of Napier, gradually clearing to fine this evening, but the chance of a shower about Gisborne and Tararua District tomorrow.

Nelson, also Buller to Westland
Showers developing this evening, turning to rain in Westland tomorrow afternoon.

Marlborough and Canterbury
Isolated showers, clearing to fine this evening, but returning about the inland Kaikoura Ranges tomorrow morning.

Otago and Southland excluding Stewart Island
Showers clearing this evening, but returning from midday tomorrow.

Fiordland and Stewart Island
Showers, turning to rain tomorrow morning.

Chatham Islands
Rain this afternoon, then partly cloudy.

Extended Forecast

Thursday
North Island: Showers for most, frequent about and west of the central plateau in the afternoon, easing late. South Island: Rain in the west and south, easing to showers. Scattered showers elsewhere.

Friday
North Island: Isolated showers, mainly in the south and west. South Island: Rain in the west and south, easing to isolated showers late. Isolated showers elsewhere.

Saturday
North Island: Fine, apart from isolated showers in the east and south. South Island: Isolated showers in the north and east. Rain developing elsewhere.

Chatham Islands
Cloudy periods with showers, easing on Saturday. Westerly winds, strong at times, then rising to gale for a time Friday evening to Saturday afternoon.

Severe Weather Warnings & Watches

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings

No Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in force.

Severe Weather Warnings

No Severe Weather Warnings in force.

Road Snowfall Warnings

No Road Snowfall Warnings in force.

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Tropical Cyclone Bulletin

This TC Potential Bulletin describes any current cyclone activity, along with details of possible cyclone development over the next five days in the Coral Sea and South Pacific area between Australia and 120W. It is normally issued during the TC season from 1 Nov to 30 Apr, but also outside this period if required for a potential or active cyclone.

Current status of cyclone activity
There are presently no tropical cyclones in the Coral Sea or South Pacific areas.

Forecast to 12:00 23 Oct 2026 UTC (1am Sat, 24 Oct NZT)
No tropical cyclones are expected.

Outlook to 12:00 26 Oct 2026 UTC (1am Tue, 27 Oct NZT)
No tropical cyclones are expected.

Regular updates will resume on 1st November.

Issued: 10am Thu, 22 Oct
The next bulletin will be issued by 1pm Fri, 23 Oct

Please note:

All times in the bulletin are quoted in UTC (Coordinated Universal Time), which is 13 hours behind New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT) during summer and 12 hours behind New Zealand Standard Time (NZST)
The potentials stated in the bulletin indicate the likely chance of cyclone formation and are defined as follows:
Very Low = less than 5%, Low = 5 to 20%, Moderate = 20 to 50%, High = over 50%
For more information on tropical cyclones and MetService’s role as an official Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre (TCWC), see our TC Monitoring help page.

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