Your Town
Christchurch
Forecast
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Today
High cloud and northeasterlies.
Friday
Often cloudy, showers morning and night.
Southerlies. Saturday
Showers clearing, fine spells increasing.
Southerlies. Sunday
Cloudy periods, and a possible shower.
Light winds. |
Tides
Lyttelton Today
06:13am | 2.4m
12:30pm | 0.4m
18:38pm | 2.3m
Leisure Marine
Christchurch
GALE warning for CONWAY
Inshore waters from Lyttelton Harbour to the Waimakariri River mouth.
A front moves north over the South Island today and tomorrow,followed by southerlies. A ridge spreads across the South Island on Sunday.
Strong wind advisory. Thursday: Easterly 10 knots. Changing southwest 25 knots gusting 35 knots overnight. Slight sea becoming rough overnight. Mostly fine. Fair visibility in showers developing overnight. Friday: Southwest 25 knots gusting 35 knots easing to 15 knots in the morning, then tending easterly in the afternoon and easing to southwest 10 knots late evening. Rough sea becoming slight in the morning. Mostly cloudy, fair visibility in the odd shower.
Outlook until midnight Monday: Saturday: Southwest 10 knots easing to variable 5 knots in the evening.Showers clearing in the morning and fine spells developing. Sunday: Becoming easterly 10 knots for a time in the afternoon and evening. Cloudy periods. Monday: Northeast 10 knots developing. Mostly cloudy with evening drizzle.
Swell forecast to midnight Monday: Easterly 1.5 metres, easing to southeast 1 metre on Friday, to half a metre late Saturday and dying out on Monday. Northeast half a metre, dying out Friday.
Inshore waters from Lyttelton Harbour to the Waimakariri River mouth.
A front moves north over the South Island today and tomorrow,followed by southerlies. A ridge spreads across the South Island on Sunday.
Strong wind advisory. Thursday: Easterly 10 knots. Changing southwest 25 knots gusting 35 knots overnight. Slight sea becoming rough overnight. Mostly fine. Fair visibility in showers developing overnight. Friday: Southwest 25 knots gusting 35 knots easing to 15 knots in the morning, then tending easterly in the afternoon and easing to southwest 10 knots late evening. Rough sea becoming slight in the morning. Mostly cloudy, fair visibility in the odd shower.
Outlook until midnight Monday: Saturday: Southwest 10 knots easing to variable 5 knots in the evening.Showers clearing in the morning and fine spells developing. Sunday: Becoming easterly 10 knots for a time in the afternoon and evening. Cloudy periods. Monday: Northeast 10 knots developing. Mostly cloudy with evening drizzle.
Swell forecast to midnight Monday: Easterly 1.5 metres, easing to southeast 1 metre on Friday, to half a metre late Saturday and dying out on Monday. Northeast half a metre, dying out Friday.
Marine
Conway Today
*GALE WARNING IN FORCE* Northeast 15 knots turning southwest tonight, then rising to 35 knots early morning. Easing to southwest 25 knots late morning, and to southerly 15 knots Friday afternoon. Sea becoming very rough for a time. Easterly swell 2 metres easing. Southwest swell rising to 2 metres for a time. Poor visibility in showers developing early morning, easing Friday afternoon.
Outlook following 3 days: Southerly 20 knots dying out Sunday afternoon.Moderate southerly swell developing Saturday.
Outlook following 3 days: Southerly 20 knots dying out Sunday afternoon.Moderate southerly swell developing Saturday.
Rangitata Today
*GALE WARNING IN FORCE* Northeast 15 knots changing southerly 35 knots late evening, then easing to 25 knots overnight and to 15 knots in the morning. Sea becoming very rough for a time. Easterly swell 2 metres easing. Southwest swell rising to 2 metres for a time. Fair visibility in showers developing this evening, easing overnight.
Outlook following 3 days: Southwest 15 knots but 25 knots offshore with rough sea, easing throughout Saturday afternoon southerly 10 knots. Tending late Monday northeast 10 knots. Moderate southerly swell developing Saturday.
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Outlook following 3 days: Southwest 15 knots but 25 knots offshore with rough sea, easing throughout Saturday afternoon southerly 10 knots. Tending late Monday northeast 10 knots. Moderate southerly swell developing Saturday.
