Brief Mountain Forecast for all New Zealand

North Island

Valid for Tuesday, 22-Apr

Taranaki Maunga and Tararua Range: Cloudy periods and Isolated showers, clearing this evening. Remaining North Island mountain areas: Occasional showers, some possibly heavy. WINDS: Light winds, becoming southwesterly this evening.

Freezing Level: Above 3000 metres.

Valid for Wednesday, 23-Apr

A period of rain spreading north then clearing. WINDS:Gale southerlies spreading north.

Freezing Level: About 3000 metres, lowering to 1500 metres in the south.

Valid for Thursday, 24-Apr

Isolated showers in the northeast, otherwise mainly fine. WINDS:Southeasterlies turning northeasterly.

Freezing Level: About 3200 metres, sloping to 1500 metres in the south. rising to above 3000 metres everywhere.

Valid for Friday, 25-Apr

Isolated showers in the northeast clearing. Otherwise, mainly fine. WINDS:Winds becoming light. Northwesterlies developing later.

Freezing Level: About 3000 metres.

Issued: 3:02am Tuesday 22 Apr 2025

South Island

Valid for Tuesday, 22-Apr

North of Arthur's Pass: Cloudy periods and isolated showers, clearing this evening. Remaining South Island mountains: Cloud and patchy drizzle in the east, clearing to fine this morning. Scattered rain developing about Fiordland this evening. WINDS: Light winds, then southwesterlies developing this morning, rising to gale about Fiordland later.

Freezing Level: About 3400 metres, lowering to 1400 metres in the far south this evening.

Valid for Wednesday, 23-Apr

Rain north of Aoraki/Mt Cook, clearing to fine apart from to a few showers about Kahurangi and Paparoa National Parks. Mainly fine in the south. WINDS:Strong-to-gale southerlies easing.

Freezing Level: About 3000 metres north of mt aspiring, sloping to 1400 metres in the far south. lowering to 1100 metres in the far south for a time. becoming 2400 metres in the west and 1400 metres east of the main divide in the evening.

Valid for Thursday, 24-Apr

Occasional rain on the western slopes of the Main Divide, spreading south. Fine elsewhere. WINDS:Westerlies.

Freezing Level: 2600 metres west of the main divide and 1400 metres in the east, rising to 2900 metres everywhere.

Valid for Friday, 25-Apr

Occasional rain about Paparoa National Park and about the western slopes of the Main Divide and Fiordland. Mainly fine elsewhere. WINDS:West to northwesterlies, rising to gale about Fiordland.

Freezing Level: Rising to 3200 metres.

Issued: 3:02am Tuesday 22 Apr 2025