The weather for the second half of January should settle, and be drier and warmer, according to WeatherWatch.co.nz.
WeatherWatch are predicting an incoming high, set to arrive today, which will hover over the North Island and central New Zealand bringing with it more summer-like weather.
“Since the very start of summer all the highs have been focused over the central or lower South Island. It's the location of these highs that has brought wet weather and easterlies to the North Island while near-drought conditions have been developing in the deep south," says weather analyst Philip Duncan.
Mr Duncan says the incoming high will bring better weather to campers, especially in the upper North Island. "Every high this summer has tracked over central and southern New Zealand and that's brought cloud and easterlies to the north - and plenty of rain. This next high - and quite likely the one after it - look as though they will be more North Island focused, settling down the weather there while at the same time making the deep south more vulnerable to change".
Despite the high, risk of showers next week will sit at around 20-40 percent - an improvement of recent weeks where the chance of rain has been around 60-80 percent.
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