t is shaping up to be a damp weekend over much of the country for the first King’s Birthday weekend.<\/p>\n
MetService said Saturday appeared to be the best day, and any plans for Sunday onwards should include a raincoat, an umbrella and a check of highway conditions.<\/p>\n
Forecaster Clare O’Connor said a front moving up the country from Friday would bring snow to the south and rain.<\/p>\n
“No doubt this snow is good news for South Island ski fields with opening weekends fast approaching.”<\/p>\n
The North Island could also expect showery weather on Friday and strong winds in places.<\/p>\n
Another front arrives on Sunday, with more wet weather set for the North and South Islands.<\/p>\n
MetService’s severe weather outlook also indicates a second period of snowfall on Sunday for South Canterbury and inland Otago, with a possibility of snow to lower levels.<\/p>\n
“Everyone’s going to get a bit of the wet stuff this weekend,” MetService meterologist John Law told\u00a0Morning Report<\/i>.<\/p>\n
“For Saturday, most of us should be in for a decent day,” Law said.<\/p>\n
“As we head towards Monday, perhaps head down to that western coast of the South Island, they’ve had a bit of wet run recently but for Monday they look like the pick of the spots in New Zealand.”<\/p>\n
MetService said the forecast was in line with a wetter than usual outlook for many regions, as was the case for May.<\/p>\n
Among the rainfall records which were broken last month, the Hokitika Airport weather station recorded 618.2mm, which was the third-wettest month on record there since records began in 1963.<\/p>\n
Source RNZ<\/p>\n
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