A cold and frosty start for many. Areas with clear overnight skies (without the blanket of cloud) have seen temperatures drop to the low single digits with a few places below freezing! 🥶
If you have seen any frost this morning, please share some photos!
Latest forecasts: metservice.com
🌊 Marine Forecast Heads Up 🌊
Combined wave heights in eastern offshore waters could reach or exceed the height of the Ohakune Carrot🥕
Hazardous conditions mainly for offshore vessels operating in exposed eastern waters.
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Early afternoon aerial view 🛰️
🔎 It's a sunny day for many! See all the clear sky in the satellite image below ⬇️ You can even make the snow on the Southern Alps! 🏔️
Still cloudy though for those in the southeast of the North Island and the far south of the South Island.
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Swell Forecast (Wednesday to Thursday morning) 🌊
The heavy swell around our coast (above 4 metres) will continue to track to the northeast today and ease around our shorelines as high pressure builds in from the Tasman Sea.
Latest marine forecasts: metservice.com/marine
Hazardous swells set to impact eastern New Zealand early this week.
These long-period swells carry significant energy, allowing waves to surge further up beaches, over coastal roads, and into low-lying coastal areas than usual.
keep up to date at www.metservice.com/warnings.
Find out when swells are easing in your local coastal forecast here: www.metservice.com/marine/coastal
Huge thanks to Greater Wellington Regional Council, Environment Canterbury, and Port Otago for the wave observations reported here, and to the many other wave buoy providers whose observations help us figure out how well the wave models are doing when we're forecasting 💙
🌡️An unseasonably warm start today, especially for the east coast of the South Island as pre-frontal northwesterly winds keep temperatures elevated.
A cold front is forecast to sweep through the south later today. This will see places like Timaru fall from the high teens to the mid-single digits 🥶
🌊 Waves are rising rapidly along the east coasts of the North and South Islands, and at the Chatham Islands 🌊
⚠️ Steer clear of the beaches today, and keep an eye out for any advice from your local council and emergency management services ⚠️