{"id":339215,"date":"2026-03-20T13:45:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/339215\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T13:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:45:14","slug":"tropical-low-to-bring-wet-windy-change-after-settled-weekend-forecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/339215\/","title":{"rendered":"Tropical low to bring wet, windy change after settled weekend forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">Marshall said some models suggest the West Coast will be in the firing line for the system, and others say the weather could be confined to Northland and Auckland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIt really depends on how the guidance will shape up in the next couple of days &#8230; there\u2019s also a chance it might miss us entirely,\u201d Marshall said.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"A tropical low tracking towards New Zealand could trigger a dramatic change in the weather. Photo \/ MetService\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>A tropical low tracking towards New Zealand could trigger a dramatic change in the weather. Photo \/ MetService<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cI do think there\u2019s a lot of people who are already worried about it, and I can totally empathise, with what\u2019s already happened this summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cFor the people who are wary about the next coming severe weather, for now, it\u2019s just potential,\u201d Marshall said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Loads of sunshine\u2019 for most<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">MetService said a settled weekend with \u201cloads of sunshine\u201d is on the cards for most of New Zealand as a ridge of high pressure settles in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">It  said many of the events this weekend will have clear skies, but there is a chance of showers for Synthony in Auckland or Nightglow in Waikato.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">On Sunday, MetService said, a band of rain will sweep through Southland, but with the high pressure firmly in charge, there is minimal risk of severe weather for the next few days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">Marshall said Auckland is in for a 25C high tomorrow and on Sunday, before it drops slightly to 23C on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">Wellington should expect a high of 17C tomorrow and 19C on Sunday, and Christchurch is in for highs of 18C and 21C.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">MetService meteorologist Michael Pawley said temperatures are starting to feel like autumn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe days are getting shorter and cooler; toadstools are beginning to pop up under the trees; and we\u2019ve had a few foggy starts around the country as the ground cools more overnight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to The Daily H<\/a>, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marshall said some models suggest the West Coast will be in the firing line for the system, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2840,74,3021,12974,8278,124,18089,5616,2514,17576,111,43,139,529,69,117811,5258,61,21419,26671,52302,19030,4767,66366,66367,80],"class_list":["post-339215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-across","tag-after","tag-bring","tag-change","tag-conditions","tag-could","tag-dramatic","tag-forecast","tag-island","tag-low","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-north","tag-nz","tag-settled","tag-shift","tag-to","tag-towards","tag-tracking","tag-trigger","tag-tropical","tag-weekend","tag-wet","tag-windy","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}