Brief Mountain Forecast for all New Zealand

North Island

Valid for Wednesday, 09-Jul

Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki and Tongariro National Park: Cloudy. Isolated showers, turning to rain this afternoon. Tararua Forest Park to Raukumara Forest Park: Cloudy with isolated showers, turning to periods of rain this evening. WINDS: Northerlies.

Freezing Level: 2200 metres

Valid for Thursday, 10-Jul

Scattered rain with snow to 2000 metres. Rain clearing north of Kaimanawa Forest Park in the morning. WINDS:Northwesterlies.

Freezing Level: 2300 metres.

Valid for Friday, 11-Jul

Rain spreading east. Becoming widespread and heavy in the afternoon. WINDS:Northerlies rising to gale but severe gale in exposed places.

Freezing Level: 2500 metres.

Valid for Saturday, 12-Jul

Heavy rain, turning to showers in the morning. Snow lowering to 1600 metres later. WINDS:Gale northeasterlies turning lighter northwesterly in the morning, then rising to gale in the evening.

Freezing Level: 2500 metres, lowering to 2000 metres.

Issued: 1:54am Wednesday 9 Jul 2025

South Island

Valid for Wednesday, 09-Jul

Kahurangi National Park, Nelson Lakes National Park, and the Southern Alps: Cloudy with periods of rain, heavy at times, falling as snow above 1300 metres. Remaining areas: Mostly cloudy and periods of rain. WINDS: Gale northerlies, rising to severe gale for a time south of Mt Cook.

Freezing Level: 2000 metres, sloping to 1400 metres in the east. becoming 2000 metres everywhere this evening.

Valid for Thursday, 10-Jul

Periods of rain about and west of the Divide, some heavy. Partly cloudy elsewhere. WINDS:Northerlies, gale south of Mt Aspiring.

Freezing Level: 2000 metres.

Valid for Friday, 11-Jul

Rain with heavy falls in the north and west, spreading elsewhere. Snow lowering to 1600 metres. WINDS:Gale northerlies, rising to severe gale for a time.

Freezing Level: Rising to 2400 metres, then lowering to 1900 metres in the west.

Valid for Saturday, 12-Jul

Showers, some heavy in the west. Snow to 1400 metres. WINDS:Gale northwesterlies, easing.

Freezing Level: 1800 metres.

Issued: 1:54am Wednesday 9 Jul 2025