Brief Mountain Forecast for all New Zealand

North Island

Valid for Thursday, 30-Mar

Whirinaki and Raukumara Forest Parks : Mainly fine, showers possible this afternoon. Egmont National Park : Fine Tongariro National Park to Kaweka Forest Park: Showers, becoming isolated in the afternoon. Ruahine and Tararua Forest Parka: Rain, possibly heavy in the east at first. WINDS: Gale southerlies or southwesterlies, severe gale in exposed places. Easing for most by afternoon, but remaining strong or gale about the Ruahine and Tararua Ranges.

Freezing Level: 1400 metres, but 2000 metres about the raukumara ranges. rising to 3000 metres but 2600 metres in the south today.

Valid for Friday, 31-Mar

Partly cloudy. WINDS:Winds tending northwest.

Freezing Level: Rising to above 3000 metres everywhere.

Valid for Saturday, 01-Apr

Cloud increasing and scattered rain developing. Brief heavy falls possible. WINDS:North to northwesterlies strengthening.

Freezing Level: Above 3000 metres.

Valid for Sunday, 02-Apr

Scattered showers. WINDS:Northwesterlies, strong in exposed places.

Freezing Level: About 3000 metres.

Issued: 1:25am Thursday 30 Mar 2023

South Island

Valid for Thursday, 30-Mar

Kaikoura ranges: Mostly cloudy with showers, falling as snow at first. Remaining South Island mountain areas: Mainly fine. WINDS: Light winds in the south, Southerlies, gale or severe gale in the north, gradually easing today.

Freezing Level: 1100 metres but 3000 metres about fiordland, rising to 3200 metres everywhere today.

Valid for Friday, 31-Mar

Mainly fine. Cloud increasing later, and late rain in the west. WINDS:Light winds.

Freezing Level: Becoming 3000 metres everywhere.

Valid for Saturday, 01-Apr

Becoming cloudy. Rain developing, with heavy falls possible in the west, clearing in Kaikoura ranges later. WINDS:Northerlies strengthening, rising to gale in exposed places.

Freezing Level: Above 3000 metres, lowering to 1500 metres in the far south later.

Valid for Sunday, 02-Apr

Showers in the west, with snow to 1000 metres in the far south, sloping to 1500 metres in the north. Fine at first in the east, then rain developing about the Kaikoura ranges later. WINDS:Strong northwesterlies tending southwest.

Freezing Level: Becoming 2200 metres in the north sloping to 1400 metres in the south.

Issued: 1:25am Thursday 30 Mar 2023