Brief Mountain Forecast for all New Zealand

North Island

Valid for Saturday, 07-Dec

Raukumara Range to Tongariro National Park:: Cloudy periods. Isolated showers, mostly during the afternoon and early evening. Remaining North Island areas:: Areas of morning and evening cloud, otherwise fine. WINDS: Westerlies.

Freezing Level: Above 3000 metres.

Valid for Sunday, 08-Dec

Raukumara Range to Kaweka and Kaimanawa Ranges, also Tongariro National Park:: Partly cloudy. Isolated showers clearing this evening, but returning Sunday afternoon. Egmont and Tararua National Parks:: Cloud increasing and a few showers developing Sunday morning. Showers turning to rain Sunday evening, possibly heavy about the Tararua Range. WINDS: Northwesterlies rising to gale to severe gale from Sunday afternoon.

Freezing Level: Above 3000 metres.

Valid for Monday, 09-Dec

Rain, possibly heavy, gradually clearing from the south. WINDS:Gale northwesterlies, severe in exposed places, slowly easing.

Freezing Level: Above 3000 metres.

Valid for Tuesday, 10-Dec

Rain in the northeast, clearing later in the day. Partly cloudy elsewhere, with isolated showers in the morning. WINDS:Westerlies, dying out.

Freezing Level: Above 3000 metres.

Valid for Wednesday, 11-Dec

Mainly fine, but showers developing about the Tararua Range. WINDS:Northwesterlies developing.

Freezing Level: Above 3000 metres.

Issued: 2:26pm Saturday 7 Dec 2024

South Island

Valid for Saturday, 07-Dec

Fiordland : Cloudy with drizzle. Remaining mountain areas: Cloudy periods. Isolated showers, clearing this evening. WINDS: Southwesterlies, turning northwesterly in the south on Saturday evening

Freezing Level: 3300 metres in the north sloping to 2600 metres in the south.

Valid for Sunday, 08-Dec

Cloudy periods. Drizzle for Fiordland and isolated showers for remaining mountain areas today. Rain with heavy falls developing overnight. Thunderstorms possible in the west and about the main divide on Sunday. Rain turning to showers south of the Glaciers Sunday afternoon, with snow lowering to 1300 metres in the far south. WINDS: Northwesterlies, rising to severe gale in many areas on Sunday.

Freezing Level: 3300 metres in the north sloping to 2600 metres in the south. lowering to 1600 metres in the far south on sunday evening.

Valid for Monday, 09-Dec

Periods of rain, heavy in the north. Snow possible to 1200 metres in the south. Mainly fine about the Kaikoura ranges, and clearing to fine elsewhere in the east later in the day. WINDS:Gale northwesterlies, severe at times.

Freezing Level: Lowering to 3000 metres in the north and to 1800 metres in the south.

Valid for Tuesday, 10-Dec

Rain about Westland and Fiordland, a few showers elsewhere in the west. Mainly fine in the east. WINDS:Westerlies, gale at times about Fiordland.

Freezing Level: Rising to 3200 metres in the north and to 2200 metres in the south.

Valid for Wednesday, 11-Dec

Rain developing in the west, possibly heavy. Mainly fine in the east. WINDS:Northwesterlies, strong in exposed places.

Freezing Level: 3200 metres in the north, sloping to 2100 metres in the south.

Issued: 2:26pm Saturday 7 Dec 2024