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CLOUDY, COOL & WET SATURDAY – strong south/south-westerlies for eastern areas.
Good evening. It’s been an unsettled day across the region, with mostly cloudy skies and scattered rain for most of South and Mid Canterbury. Isolated storms brought high intensity rain and hail about many inland parts of the region and eastern spots north of around Christchurch. A few spots have recorded over 45mm around Rangiora. Twizel grabbed top spot, with a warm 25.2 degrees – the full list of the daily ‘highs’ below.
The remainder of Friday will be cooler, as southerlies become established. Showers and periods of rain (occasionally heavy) move north this evening/tonight and we may still see isolated thundery falls – higher chance about North Canterbury.
•For detailed, moderated, and location-specific forecasts, check your CWU town page for those finer details today, there will be contrast across the region.
OUTLOOK
On Saturday rain will likely become widespread and heavy in nature, especially during the afternoon and evening, with strong cool south/south-westerlies. At this stage we may still see heavy rain watches and warnings for Banks Peninsula and northern parts of the region, where the higher totals may occur. Snow will also lower about the ranges from evening, with falls around 1600m.
Cloud, isolated showers and southerlies continue on Sunday, bringing an unsettled end to the week.
Early stages of next week look unsettled, with light rainfall chances.
Please note, this is an extremely unsettled period of weather, with multiple systems and fronts in play and we can expect daily changes to town pages for the remainder of the week. Check in each morning & evening for the latest.
YOUR DAILY HIGHS FOR FRIDAY – brought to you by The Heat Pump People
Twizel 25.2, Culverden 23, Waiau 23, Hanmer Springs 22, Hawarden 22, Omarama 21, Lake Tekapo 22, Cheviot 22, Gore Bay 21, Castle Hill Village 21, Kaikoura 21, Akaroa 21, Christchurch 21, Lyttelton 21, Lincoln 21, West Melton 20, Leeston 21, Rangiora 22, Amberley 21, Omihi 21, Darfield 19, Glentunnel 19, Springfield 19, Oxford 20, Mt Cook Village 19, Geraldine 16, Temuka 16, Waimate 16, Fairlie 16, Burkes Pass Village 17, Rakaia 17, Timaru 16, Ashburton 16, Mt Somers 16, Methven 16, Arthur’s Pass Village 15.
Cooler southerlies may bring more widespread showers and heavier rain on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Unsettled weather continues early next week, with frequent southerlies and rain chances. We start to see a little more high pressure influence late in the month/early February and a return of some warmer weather, with more frequent nor-westerlies.
Please source town pages for specific details and keep up to date with our ‘Live Weather Feed’ for all the very latest information.
GENERAL SUMMARY.
TODAY
Southerly change moving north in the morning, with showers and possible thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening. Moving into North Canterbury in the afternoon. More widespread rain at night/overnight. Southerlies, strong on arrival about the coast. H: 16-23 L:6-10.
SATURDAY
Rain, widespread falls, generally more persistent and heavier in the afternoon and evening. Snow to 1500m. Strong cool south/south-westerlies. H: 13-16 L: 6-10.
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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