{"id":542623,"date":"2026-07-24T22:28:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T22:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/542623\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T22:28:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T22:28:15","slug":"grunty-weekend-ahead-cold-snap-brings-snow-wind-rain-and-thunderstorms-nz-herald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/542623\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Grunty weekend ahead&#039;: Cold snap brings snow, wind, rain and thunderstorms &#8211; NZ Herald"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0gFBVV95cUxQYlpqUU1GNHVGbThnQ1hwZHJVQTJ6ZGI4QXE5X0lheEFTaDlhNFNLOUpVOGY2SHVXNHlya2dkUExYWnMzZGNiekxweGlxenY2R1UtVnVfaV9Dbk5UdDNGT1YtdDVJZXJRZnMyM29GRF9RV1ZnekhSS0dGN052OUJwMjdTcTVvcFNZbjF5RkhFY2ZkVVJSUE8wNEhYRDZ3QzhlUFhKb1AwX0x3WnhjRXlzLWxwSFVWV1g4cXVDWFlfSy1May1UeVhxMXdRX0drSFROZVE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Grunty weekend ahead&#8217;: Cold snap brings snow, wind, rain and thunderstorms<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuwFBVV95cUxORjJqclRCdTRFeW9pcTVFMVg2Z0E5T0xkR2VtU21GejlOdHZyblJtdjB4VkpwSUUtOUpxbktzRUp5UjVoaWhaTVRsYkM0REFLNWx1eHB3ajQ0NTRpYUhVQ1hDSDdlU0R1TUNuVjc5VmpPRGlpd042dVBDeGo4UnVJblF2b3NwR2FBeU5PaURSRS1Yc1JIOXMxLU1WMDY1ZkNEOHV6SUFUcmYyeWsxa1NrUXRabi1PcklNZnZN?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Freezing blast from Southern Ocean\u2019 to bring frosty temperatures, gusts reaching 100kph<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxPb1dzYkFYdnFyVHFaaVhQbmFScHl3TG9aV2QxRGU2WHBQWUxPd3E3LVZqaGhGZXlxVVYtMUpvamhVcGxjX3BZbnBSa2hwSjBiWTgxb3lGQk5Bc0ZLSEZuNUtFSllid2Y1YXVLZ05mb3NjNHM3amhSenVkYVJkOFd5cml2TXdIcmNqLW9WNFpPWjdGenJBN1kzYWN6UUVFUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Disruptions expected as southwesterlies sweep NZ this weekend<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;1News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiygFBVV95cUxObVJUTkhzOWEzYkloWTVKTk9RV2xGU1FLVlhmV0lCMDJ5dzV3aTJGNlRNLWdPSlpWRURnbzA3aXFyTlFhUzhYT0k5VmFxY3N5aTZyOEtnM2FpQjFfNGF1OThuWVhIUzhlbWlZV3hxRld3c2ptZ1VYZjN3alB1WFdGNjE4RS1EOWxEbEQ1ZzVjODlHUmNWS1laLTBvcURnY2EwWjFNdHlSVm9LWWljOHA0SHM0VENycnNGNXlBdnpXQzJQWmk2eC1TRW5n?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tornadoes, cold snaps, heavy rain and some sun: &#8216;Every type of weather&#8217; forecast this weekend<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizAFBVV95cUxQX1U0Mm5kZlAyU2tCVDBfZ011Nm5kS1VLbVRlY3BscldjSHhRNkwyME8xdnNmcUd1Q0xBcVdBVTczdUQ5SlhOTElWOXdodE5DXzlrVjh5R1g1WDNrRnk4TkJkbWRCM3U5RmVBZXVlMll3VlRQQm54aXVzX0RKbG5IcjdackdKMk1kSDZRRmhBcnNWbmdpTU5uZlZfREJyVE9SRGkxQ2VLeXhyVjBQV0VvWWN2TzZxcWJiclFNVVB4ejY1Z1dwT0tXYlRCVjc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Serious risks\u2019: Motorists warned to take care as snow, ice and fog expected in central South Island<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;Grunty weekend ahead&#8217;: Cold snap brings snow, wind, rain and thunderstorms&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald\u2018Freezing blast from Southern Ocean\u2019 to bring&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542624,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[95,29815,36305,5983,17576,20591,111,43,139,69,17398,122657,2848,6633,69695,20592,1455,4998,4767,52],"class_list":["post-542623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-and","tag-downpours","tag-extended","tag-levels","tag-low","tag-metservice","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-possible","tag-scattered","tag-severe","tag-snow","tag-thunderstorm","tag-thunderstorms","tag-warning","tag-weather","tag-weekend","tag-wellington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542623","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=542623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}