Brief Mountain Forecast for all New Zealand

North Island

Valid for Friday, 13-Jun

Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki to Raukumara Forest Park: Showers, some heavy. Thunderstorms and hail possible about Taranaki Maunga before dawn. Snow to 1800 metres. Ruahine and Tararua Forest Parks: Mostly cloudy with showers, some heavy. Snow lowering to 1400 metres about the Tararuas this evening. WINDS: Strong westerlies, changing southerly from the south from afternoon.

Freezing Level: 2200 metres lowering to 2000 metres but 1600 metres in the south this evening.

Valid for Saturday, 14-Jun

Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki and Tongariro National Park : Cloudy periods, with showers, some heavy, clearing tonight. Raukumara to Kaimanawa and also Kaweka to Ruahine Forest Parks.: Cloudy periods. Showers, becoming isolated this evening, then clearing by tomorrow morning. Tararua Forest Park: Cloudy periods. Showers, clearing by tomorrow morning. WINDS: Westerlies, turning southerly this evening.

Freezing Level: 2200 metres, sloping to 1500 metres in the south.

Valid for Sunday, 15-Jun

Scattered showers, clearing in the east later. WINDS:South to southeasterlies.

Freezing Level: Rising to 1800 metres.

Valid for Monday, 16-Jun

Fine at first then a few showers developing in the east later. WINDS:Southeasterlies.

Freezing Level: Lowering to 1600 metres.

Valid for Tuesday, 17-Jun

Partly cloudy with a few showers in the east. Isolated showers extending to Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki for a time in the afternoon. WINDS:Southeasterlies.

Freezing Level: 1600 metres.

Issued: 2:27pm Friday 13 Jun 2025

South Island

Valid for Friday, 13-Jun

Kahurangi and Nelson Lakes National Parks and the Kaikoura Ranges: Mostly cloudy. Rain with heavy falls, clearing Nelson Lakes this afternoon and elsewhere this evening with increasing fine spells. Arthur's Pass to Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park: Periods of rain with heavy falls and snow to 1300 metres easing to showers this morning. Showers becoming isolated this afternoon with fine spells developing. Aspiring National Park to Fiordland National Park: Fine in the west. Partly cloudy in the east with isolated showers, clearing this afternoon. WINDS: Southeasterlies.

Freezing Level: 1900 metres in the north, sloping to 1200 metres in the south.

Valid for Saturday, 14-Jun

Kaikoura Ranges to Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park, also Kahurangi National Park: Rain, clearing tonight, then becoming fine tomorrow morning. Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park to Fiordland National Park: Some cloud about the terrain, and showers in the south of Fiordland. Otherwise fine. WINDS: Southerlies, dying out tomorrow morning. Northwesterlies developing tomorrow night.

Freezing Level: 1900 metres in the north, sloping to 1400 metres in the south.

Valid for Sunday, 15-Jun

Mainly fine, but a few showers about the Kaikoura Ranges. Rain developing later about the Southern Alps and Mt Aspiring National Park. WINDS:Northwesterlies, changing southerly in the morning.

Freezing Level: About 1400 metres.

Valid for Monday, 16-Jun

A fine day apart from early showers about the Southern Alps and Mt Aspiring National Park. WINDS:Southeasterlies.

Freezing Level: 1400 metres lifting to 1800 metres in the south.

Valid for Tuesday, 17-Jun

Mainly fine. Isolated showers about Fiordland National Park. WINDS:Light winds.

Freezing Level: Becoming 1800 metres everywhere.

Issued: 2:27pm Friday 13 Jun 2025