Road Snowfall Warnings ⚠️ ❄️ 🚗 🚧 -Crown Range Road | Midnight Wed to 3am Thu -Milford Road (SH94) | Midnight Wed to 3am Thu Snow is expected to affect these roads in the very early hours of Thursday morning, when 1 to 2 cm may accumulate on the top. More info: metservice.com/warnings

Winds are picking up across the country today. Check out the Wind Speed video below to see how they're going to develop over the next 24 hours. 🌬️ ⚠️ We have issued two Yellow Strong Wind Watches, as west to northwest winds approach gale force, and severe gale in exposed places for the following areas: ⚠️ 🟡 Canterbury High Country | 3pm Wed (today) 28 Oct- 3am Thu 29 Oct. 🟡 Wairarapa about and north of Martinborough, the Tararua District and Hawke's Bay south of Hastings | 11pm Wed 28 Oct - 3pm Thu 29 Oct For more information about our wind watches, head to: metservice.com/warnings/home

Ata mārie! Plenty of clear skies this morning 🌤️, although a little bit of early morning fog in the valleys. The satellite image below shows some cloud in the west, associated with a few showers. 🌦️ The main weather feature for today is waiting in the wings just to the southwest of the country (seen as the white and red cloud band in the satellite image just off Stewart Island). This is a cold front, and it will make an appearance on the lower South Island through the second half of the day. Expect strong northwesterly winds just head of it, rain along the front, and cooler southwesterlies behind. 💨→ 🌧️→🥶 Find your latest forecast: metservice.com

Can you match the cloud with what you can see in the satellite imagery? 🛰️☁️ We love it when you send us your cool cloud and weather photos. 📸 This one was taken over the long weekend at Waitārere Beach, and we thought it'd be cool to go back and try to spot it in our satellite feeds too! Don't forget! We're always collecting submissions for Cloud of the Week! Whether it's a dramatic storm or a quirky cloud shape, send us your weather snaps - we'd love to see them! 🌤️✨

🌡️ Did you know? That yesterday Dunedin saw its warmest night in October in 54 years. Smashing previous records out of the park! 📈🔥 However, those warm and cosy temperatures were short lived. The passage of a front has plummeted Dunedin temperatures from a high of 26°C yesterday to a forecasted high of just 13°C today. And an overnight minimum temperature of 6°C. ❄️ What a temperature rollercoaster! 🎢🌦️

🌧️💨 Mōrena Aotearoa! It’s a wet and very windy start for the centre of the country, due to a front that’s been making it’s way northwards overnight. 📉 Here’s a radar loop showing the rain band sweeping up the country from midnight to 7am today. 🌪️ What the radar doesn't show are severe gale northwesterlies currently gusting through Nelson, Wellington, and Wairarapa this morning. With the likes of Wellington Airport gusting 113km/hr at 4am. ⚠️ Severe Weather Warnings and Watches are still in force for central regions with the last Heavy Rain Warning for the Tararua Range clearing by 11 am and the last of the Strong Wind Watches and Warnings finishing at 1pm. Stay safe out there whānau. You can keep updated with the latest warnings for your area on our website 🔗 metservice.com/warnings/home

🟠🟡Severe Weather Warnings & Watches 🟠🟡 Heavy Rain and Strong Wind Warnings and Watches have been updated as an active front is moving up the South Island today and the North Island during Tuesday. Check the details 👉 metservice.com/warnings/home

Ata mārie, good morning Aotearoa. A warm night for most of the country, thanks to a strong pre-frontal northwesterly flow ♨️ Invercargill and Dunedin stayed above 18°C 🌡️ Your latest forecasts 👉 metservice.com Warnings updated by 10am 👉metservice.com/warnings/home