This week is going to feel like late spring for most regions as high pressure dominates with generally drier weather, says WeatherWatch.co.nz 

In its latest weather updater, WeatherWatch said a cold front on Thursday brings a burst of wind and rain and lower temperatures to the South Island, but that's looking short lived. 

WeatherWatch.co.nz expects spring weather patterns to continue into December this year due to very stormy weather systems south of New Zealand and over the Southern Ocean.

"It's "typical" late spring weather in the sense that high pressure is growing and westerlies aren't as fierce around the country, with rainfall tapering off.

"However temperatures this week look average to milder than average in a number of places.

"Also, other than the West Coast, most of NZ looks to be much drier than average for the end of November rainfall-wise. Southland leans average to drier than average."

Let’s get into the forecast for Monday to start with…

RAIN:
Most of NZ is dry today, especially the entire eastern coastline. A few isolated and mainly light showers may affected the western side of the nation.

WIND:
Westerly quarter winds dominate today with west to south-west in the west and more nor-west in the east.

TEMPERATURES:
Milder inland and for those of you who live along the eastern side of NZ, western and southern coastal areas have that wind coming from off the sea.

THE REST OF NOVEMBER & START OF DECEMBER
Tuesday again sees high pressure affecting much of the country with a few light western isolated showers and dry in the east with those westerly breezes.

Wednesday looks similar to Tuesday for much of NZ but in the lower third of the South Island nor-westers increase with rain or showers moving into Fiordland and south Westland.

Thursday is back to more typical spring weather as high pressure slips away for most regions - although remains over Northland, with strong maybe gale westerly quarter winds moving up the nation, rain on the West Coast with heavy falls moving northwards and a cooler change into Southland and Otago.

But by Friday high pressure returns - crossing NZ for the last day of November on Saturday bringing some cloud and a few isolated showers into the western North Island, otherwise dry.

On Sunday, December 1st, the high likely drifts away to our east and more spring-like westerlies return.