{"id":342195,"date":"2026-03-22T12:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T12:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/342195\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T12:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T12:23:09","slug":"weather-deep-subtropical-low-forming-northwest-of-new-zealand-threatens-heavy-rain-strong-winds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/342195\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather: Deep subtropical low forming northwest of New Zealand threatens heavy rain, strong winds"},"content":{"rendered":"
Conditions are expected to remain relatively settled through Tuesday as a ridge of high pressure moves away to the east, with minimal risk of severe weather.<\/p>\n
However, by Wednesday, the subtropical low is forecast to move west of the North Island, bringing rain and strengthening northeasterly winds, particularly to northern regions.<\/p>\n
There is low confidence in warning-level rain for Northland, or severe gale northeasterly winds over Northland and northern Auckland.<\/p>\n
By Thursday, the system is expected to intensify further while remaining west of the country, pushing bands of rain on to both islands and strengthening winds.<\/p>\n
There is a moderate chance of rainfall and strong winds along the west coast of the country on Thursday. Photo \/ MetService<\/p>\n
Auckland, the Coromandel Peninsula, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, Tasman and parts of the West Coast face a lower chance of significant rainfall.<\/p>\n
There is moderate confidence that severe gale northeasterly winds could affect parts of Northland, Auckland and the northern Coromandel Peninsula. <\/p>\n
A low risk has been put in place for other areas, including Waikato, Taranaki and Banks Peninsula.<\/p>\n
Forecasters note the exact impacts will depend on the track of the low as it moves south from the subtropics.<\/p>\n
By Friday, the low is expected to move on to the South Island, with associated rain spreading eastwards across the country.<\/p>\n
Martino said while the term may sound similar to a tropical system, a subtropical low simply refers to where the system forms.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we\u2019re talking about is a low that forms in the subtropics, roughly between 20 and 35 degrees south,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Because these systems form in warmer regions, they can carry significant moisture, which can then be drawn down over New Zealand, increasing the risk of heavy rainfall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Conditions are expected to remain relatively settled through Tuesday as a ridge of high pressure moves away to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3021,124,2841,25819,44295,182711,6559,17576,117,111,43,139,1536,44182,69,1118,17711,6560,18835,61683,18931,4998,686,3807,18980,80],"class_list":["post-342195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-bring","tag-could","tag-country","tag-deep","tag-developing","tag-forming","tag-heavy","tag-low","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-next","tag-northwest","tag-nz","tag-of","tag-parts","tag-rain","tag-strong","tag-subtropical","tag-threatens","tag-weather","tag-week","tag-west","tag-winds","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342195","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=342195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}