NZ: Storm to come close to North Island on Saturday

An offshore storm will rapidly develop on Friday PM and by Saturday will be a storm. The low may technically reach the “weather bomb” status (bombogenesis) when the air pressure drops more than 24hPa in 24 hours.
But the good news is the storm - for now anyway - looks to mostly miss NZ, but may still drop some heavy rain in the north, and some windy weather on Saturday for a time. We have the latest maps.
We also take a look at how next week is kicking off.

[@dennistait-jamieson1702]

Awesome guys always making it easy to understand xx

[@WeatherWatchTV]

Thank you very much!

[@User-aplnk]

Thankyou for the update 😊

[@CML95018]

Thanks Phil 🏖

[@WeatherWatchTV]

Thanks!

[@mavisemberson8737]

Raw cold and damp .Christchurch this morning.
Gets into houses and penetrates clothing layers. May be technically warmer of course but don,t forget what those who live here when estimating low temperature and the effect the humidity has on perceptions

[@beepeeify]

Cheers for the update!

[@mariehansen2534]

Thank you for your positive forecast.

[@peterthomas3138]

Hope it doesn't get too bad here in wairoa we've had enough of heavy rain 😢

[@LogansAstro]

Thanks for the update. Ok 'deep low', nothing to see here, just move along. By the way, it's 2:15pm here on the North Shore and we are still in fog (it's a stubborn one).

[@WeatherWatchTV]

It's been weird today! Agree!

[@DJmerv71]

Long time no see, bin busy. Thanks Phil, i will plan my fishing trip this weekend on your advice as usual, lol.

[@se78836]

Clear and concise report. Thanks guys!

[@FrogLog1303]

Cheers duncan

[@katzicael]

Quite a bit of Fog in Whanganui this morning.

[@saachitlobo2887]

That line is the 180° longitude which is also called international date line. It is coinciding with the East and West but might be more or less in the decimals. That's why the glitch. Also, Chatham island is in the western hemisphere and NZ main land is in the eastern hemisphere.

[@mavisemberson8737]

Very true. People lose or gain a day flying across it

[@gregnz1]

Going to be chilly in Canberra for the Warriors Game.
Im not going out anywhere.

[@zephheine9681]

Cooling down atm in TKB

[@kroadie3936]

So hot but so cool, Phil weather watch tv thank you for todays updates.

[@thedaringpoppy3644]

B O O M ! 'Just In Time' of course... for the Capricorn Full M O O N [I Pet Goat II]

[@PipMiister]

🌻

[@chrisbell6471]

Any idea why northland rain radar isn’t working?

[@tootsrr1]

Tena koe

[@sumanamaheswari]

The eternal mysterious debate of a storm that might hit the North Island instead of the south
storm

[@Ressurrectinn]

Hur dur first

[@secondchance6603]

Damn, I thought you kids stopped doing that infantile 'first' thing, guess not.