{"id":453265,"date":"2026-05-30T22:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T22:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/453265\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T22:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T22:38:09","slug":"kings-birthday-weekend-weather-heavy-rain-warnings-for-south-island-as-subtropical-air-hits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/453265\/","title":{"rendered":"King\u2019s Birthday weekend weather: Heavy rain warnings for South Island as subtropical air hits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rGEveXCr\" style=\"display:none\">While the rain will be the main concern in warning areas, much of the country is also set to experience temperatures well above average for late autumn.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udfe7\ud83d\udfe8Severe Weather Warnings and Watches have been updated for Significant Heavy Rain and Northerly Gales \u203c\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Valid for northern and western parts of the South Island from Sunday, then Northland and Taranaki Maunga from Monday. \u23f0<\/p>\n<p>Tasman District northwest of Motueka has a\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qG9x2Jp7B0\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/qG9x2Jp7B0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MetService NZ (@MetService) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MetService\/status\/2060491062414905762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">May 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"rGEveXCr\" style=\"display:none\">Auckland is expected to reach 18C today with cloudy periods and isolated showers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"rGEveXCr\" style=\"display:none\">Conditions are forecast to deteriorate tomorrow, with persistent rain developing in the afternoon and temperatures ranging from 16C overnight to 19C during the day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rGEveXCr\" style=\"display:none\">Tauranga and Hamilton are forecast to reach 19C today, with rain becoming more widespread on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rGEveXCr\" style=\"display:none\">Wellington will see mostly cloudy conditions and occasional rain developing this evening, with temperatures climbing to 17C today and 18C tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rGEveXCr\" style=\"display:none\">Christchurch is forecast to reach a notably mild 21C today before rain arrives tomorrow afternoon. Dunedin is expected to see a high of 17C today and tomorrow, with periods of rain clearing early Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rGEveXCr\" style=\"display:none\">Bellam said overnight temperatures would be the standout feature of the forecast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rGEveXCr\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAuckland and Wellington are about 6 degrees above average for the minimum, and Christchurch is really warm. It\u2019s 9 degrees above average, and Dunedin 6 degrees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"rGEveXCr\" style=\"display:none\">The warmer-than-normal nights are expected to continue for several days as the subtropical air mass remains over the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rGEveXCr\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIt\u2019ll be warm. Above-average daytime maximums, but those quite warm nights for the next few days with that subtropical air mass coming down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While the rain will be the main concern in warning areas, much of the country is also set&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87666,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2840,68,230575,806,6325,26635,2082,5760,6559,4508,2514,27981,230574,5969,111,43,139,69,17711,6560,1240,61683,38666,1865,145796,32259,33210,4998,4767,80],"class_list":["post-453265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-across","tag-air","tag-airflow","tag-as","tag-birthday","tag-delivers","tag-for","tag-force","tag-heavy","tag-hits","tag-island","tag-kings","tag-moist","tag-much","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-parts","tag-rain","tag-south","tag-subtropical","tag-temperatures","tag-today","tag-unusually","tag-warm","tag-warnings","tag-weather","tag-weekend","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453265","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=453265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}