Brief Mountain Forecast for all New Zealand

North Island

Valid for Tuesday, 22-Oct

Raukumara to Kaweka ranges:: Fine to start. Cloud increasing and isolated showers developing in the afternoon. Remaining North Island mountain areas:: Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers developing about Mount Taranaki in the morning, and elsewhere in the afternoon. WINDS: Light.

Freezing Level: About 2900 metres.

Valid for Wednesday, 23-Oct

Cloudy periods and isolated showers in the west, fine in the east. WINDS:Westerlies, rising to gale in the south in the afternoon.

Freezing Level: 3500 metres.

Valid for Thursday, 24-Oct

Cloudy periods in the west, with a few showers about Egmont National Park and Tararua Forest Park. Fine in the east. WINDS:Strong westerlies, gale south of Tongariro National Park.

Freezing Level: 3500 metres.

Valid for Friday, 25-Oct

Mostly cloudy. Showers. WINDS:Gale northwesterlies.

Freezing Level: 3400 metres.

Issued: 3:08am Tuesday 22 Oct 2024

South Island

Valid for Tuesday, 22-Oct

For the mountain areas north of Lewis Pass: Cloudy periods. Isolated showers developing for a time this afternoon and evening. The Southern Alps: Cloudy periods. Isolated showers developing in the afternoon, then scattered rain developing in the west in the evening. Fiordland : Rain easing to isolated showers in the morning and fine breaks developing in the afternoon. Scattered rain returns in the evening. WINDS: Mainly light. Northwesterlies developing in the evening.

Freezing Level: 2600 metres, lifting to 3200 metres in the afternoon.

Valid for Wednesday, 23-Oct

Rain about and south of Mt Cook National Park, with a few showers farther north in the west. Fine in the northeast. WINDS:Westerlies rising to gale, but severe gale south of Mt Aspiring in the morning.

Freezing Level: 3400 metres, sloping to 2900 metres in fiordland.

Valid for Thursday, 24-Oct

Rain about and west of the divide, possibly heavy and with snow to 2300 metres. Scattered falls in the east. WINDS:Gale westerlies, with severe gales south of Arthur's Pass spreading north in the afternoon.

Freezing Level: 3200 metres sloping to 2600 metres in fiordland. lowering to 1800 metres in fiordland in the evening.

Valid for Friday, 25-Oct

Rain about and north of Arthur's Pass, possibly heavy, with showers farther south in the west. Rain spreading to Otago and Canterbury High Country later, with snow possible to 1400 metres. WINDS:Gale northwesterlies, easing south of Nelson Lakes National Park by afternoon.

Freezing Level: 3000 metres, sloping to 1400 metres in the south.

Issued: 3:08am Tuesday 22 Oct 2024