A “showery situation” seems set for southern Christmas celebrations.<\/p>\n
MetService meteorologist Michael Pawley said fine spells, particularly in the morning, and a few showers were forecast across Otago and Southland on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n
A high of 19\u00b0C was forecast in Dunedin.<\/p>\n
W\u0101naka and Queenstown were expecting highs of 17\u00b0C and 16\u00b0C, respectively, about 4\u00b0C lower than average highs for the time of year, Mr Pawley said.<\/p>\n
However, a high of 17\u00b0C was forecast in Invercargill \u2014 “that\u2019s a bit closer to average for them”.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s looking better [in the South] than it is in Westland. As you go further north, it could be a bit finer.”<\/p>\n
A front moving up the West Coast this week was expected to bring heavy rain to Greymouth and Buller.<\/p>\n
“It depends a lot on how much that can get over into the east of the [Southern] Alps,” he said.<\/p>\n
“But certainly for places like [the] South, it\u2019s more of a showery situation.”<\/p>\n
On Christmas Day, Christchurch was forecast to be a cloudy 25\u00b0C, Wellington was forecast to be 20\u00b0C and mainly fine and Auckland to be a cloudy 24\u00b0C.<\/p>\n
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