Useful rain across parched parts of New Zealand on Friday is ushering in a change of temperature and weather patterns, and heralds the creeping arrival of autumn. Forecasters say further spells of rain are likely during the next week to 10 days as the season slowly turns into autumn. Based on current modelling, during the next 10 days most parts of New Zealand would probably have another 20mm of rain, Trewinnard said. New Zealand south of about Whanganui was "definitely going into an autumn weather pattern". "You're slowly, slowly slipping out of summer and into autumn, though still on the summer side of things.

Source: Stuff March 08, 2019 03:22 UTC