Several new and upgraded weather warnings have been issued for the South and lower North islands as a series of fronts move over the country this weekend.<\/p>\n
According to MetService, a series of fronts “embedded within a strong and moist northwest flow” will move over New Zealand today and tomorrow, followed by a change to strong, colder southwesterlies. <\/p>\n
Heavy rain was forecast for western areas of the South Island from today, with severe west-to-northwest gales likely to affect many areas on Sunday. <\/p>\n
Snow was also expected for Central Otago and the higher roads in the South Island on Sunday. <\/p>\n
“People are urged to keep up to date with the latest forecasts,” the forecaster said. <\/p>\n
Orange heavy rain warnings are in place for the ranges of Buller and Grey Districts, Nelson Lakes, the headwaters of the Canterbury lakes and rivers north of Aoraki\/Mt Cook, and the ranges of the Westland District north of Aoraki\/Mt Cook. <\/p>\n
Orange strong wind warnings are in place for Wairarapa, Wellington, the Marlborough Sounds, the Canterbury High Country, Dunedin, Clutha, Southland south of Gore, including Stewart Island, and Tararua District. <\/p>\n
Heavy rain watches were in place for the ranges of the Westland District about and south of Aoraki\/Mt Cook, and the headwaters of the Canterbury lakes and rivers about and south of Aoraki\/Mt Cook. <\/p>\n
A heavy snow watch is in place for Southern Lakes and Central Otago. <\/p>\n
A strong wind watch is in place for Inland Hawke’s Bay about and south of State Highway 5, as well as Marlborough about and east of the Kaik\u014dura Ranges. <\/p>\n
Road snowfall warnings are in place for Lewis Pass (SH7), Arthur’s Pass (SH73), Haast Pass (SH6), Lindis Pass (SH8), Crown Range Road, and Milford Road (SH94). <\/p>\n
A heavy swell warning was issued for the K\u0101piti-Porirua Coast and \u014ctaki to Cape Terawhiti. <\/p>\n
Full list of weather warnings and watches:<\/p>\n
Heavy Rain Warning \u2013 Orange<\/p>\n
Ranges of Buller and Grey Districts \u2013 18 hours from 3pm Saturday to 9am Sunday.<\/p>\n
Nelson Lakes \u2013 14 hours from 6pm Saturday to 8am Sunday.<\/p>\n
Headwaters of the Canterbury lakes and rivers north of Aoraki\/Mt Cook \u2013 22 hours from 11am Saturday to 9am Sunday.<\/p>\n
Ranges of the Westland District north of Aoraki\/Mt Cook \u2013 24 hours from 9am Saturday to 9am Sunday.<\/p>\n
Strong Wind Warning \u2013 Orange<\/p>\n
Wairarapa \u2013 10 hours from 2am to noon Sunday.<\/p>\n
Wellington and the Marlborough Sounds \u2013 9 hours from 1am to 10am Sunday.<\/p>\n
Canterbury High Country \u2013 12 hours from 1am to 1pm Sunday.<\/p>\n
Dunedin and Clutha \u2013 5 hours from 7am to noon Sunday.<\/p>\n
Southland south of Gore, including Stewart Island \u2013 8 hours from 6am to 2pm Sunday.<\/p>\n
Tararua District \u2013 16 hours from 4am to 8pm Sunday.<\/p>\n
Heavy Rain Watch<\/p>\n
Ranges of the Westland District about and south of Aoraki\/Mt Cook \u2013 24 hours from 9am Saturday to 9am Sunday.<\/p>\n
Headwaters of the Canterbury lakes and rivers about and south of Aoraki\/Mt Cook \u2013 24 hours from 9am Saturday to 9am Sunday.<\/p>\n
Heavy Snow Watch<\/p>\n
Southern Lakes and Central Otago \u2013 11 hours from 5am to 4pm Sunday.<\/p>\n
Strong Wind Watch<\/p>\n
Inland Hawke’s Bay about and south of State Highway 5 \u2013 6 hours from 8am to 2pm Sunday.<\/p>\n
Marlborough about and east of the Kaik\u014dura Ranges \u2013 8 hours from 7am to 3pm Sunday.<\/p>\n
Road Snowfall Warning<\/p>\n
Lewis Pass (SH7) \u2013 12 hours from 9am to 9pm Sunday.<\/p>\n
Arthur’s Pass (SH73) \u2013 8 hours from 11am to 7pm Sunday.<\/p>\n
Haast Pass (SH6) \u2013 11 hours from 7am to 6pm Sunday.<\/p>\n
Lindis Pass (SH8) \u2013 12 hours from 6am to 6pm Sunday.<\/p>\n
Crown Range Road \u2013 12 hours from 6am to 6pm Sunday.<\/p>\n
Milford Road (SH94) \u2013 13 hours from 5am to 6pm Sunday.<\/p>\n
Heavy Swell Warning<\/p>\n
K\u0101piti-Porirua Coast, \u014ctaki to Cape Terawhiti \u2013 9 hours from 9am to 6pm Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Several new and upgraded weather warnings have been issued for the South and lower North islands as a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":576449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[158,1080,16256,91,111,43,139,69,15488,2224,3393,52,1241],"class_list":["post-576448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-christchurch-canterbury","tag-dunedin-otago","tag-marlborough","tag-nelson","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-southland","tag-tasman","tag-weather-news","tag-wellington","tag-west-coast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576448","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=576448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/576449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}