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MOSTLY CLOUDY ON WEDNESDAY – LIGHT SHOWERS & DRIZZLE RISK
Good evening. It’s been a mostly cloudy day across the Canterbury Plains & Coast, with southerly winds. It was brighter and warmer about the Mackenzie Country, with Lake Tekapo grabbing top spot, with a pleasant 26.6 degrees – the full list of the daily ‘highs’ below.
This evening areas of cloud will gradually become more widespread, with drizzle and light showers developing tonight, mostly about the foothills. Source your town page for specific conditions this evening, there will be contrast across the region.
Our rather stagnant weather continues through Wednesday and Thursday, with mostly cloudy skies and drizzle.
Later in the week remains unsettled, with spill over rain risk and another colder southerly and widespread and persistent rain risk late Sunday, into Monday next week on current analysis.
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YOUR DAILY ‘HIGHS’ FOR TUESDAY – brought to you by The Heat Pump People, authorised dealers of Daikin heat pumps, creating comfort all year round
Lake Tekapo 26.6, Twizel 25, Omarama 25, Arthur’s Pass Village 24, Mt Cook Village 24, Hanmer Springs 24, Boyle River 23, Lake Tekapo 23, Castle Hill Village 23, Omihi 20, Amberley 20, Culverden 19, Hawarden 19, Lyttelton 19, Christchurch 19, Waimate 19, Rolleston 18, Timaru 18, Fairlie 18, Cheviot 18, Gore Bay 18, Methven 18, Oxford 18, Leeston 18, Springfield 18, Darfield 18, Peel Forest 18, Ashburton 17, Darfield 17, Kaikoura 17.
A cooler southerly and easterly flow dominate Tuesday and Wednesday bringing mostly cloudy skies, with light shower and drizzle risk.
Later in the week northerlies may bring rain to eastern areas, before a southerly may bring widespread rain risk late Sunday, capping off an unsettled week of weather.
Please source town pages for specific details and keep up to date with our ‘Live Weather Feed’ for all the very latest information.
GENERAL TWO DAY SUMMARY FOR CANTERBURY – PLEASE CHECK YOUR TOWN FORECAST FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION
THIS EVENING & OVERNIGHT
Mostly cloudy this evening about the coast and plains, with drizzle and light showers developing, higher chance about the foothills. Mostly fine in the Mackenzie Country and Interior, with areas of low cloud developing tonight. Light south-easterlies about the coast. Overnight Lows: 7-11 degrees
WEDNESDAY
A cloudy day, with showers and drizzle about, mostly inland about the foothills. Brighter and milder about the Mackenzie Country above 500m. Light easterlies, tending nor-easterly and freshening about the coast and plains. H: 15-21 L: 9-12
Source your town pages for 1-7 day forecasts for 27 towns across Canterbury – no computer-generated content and specific information for each town.
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