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8 Jan 2026 3:15
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    Home >Weather >Mountain Summary

    NZ Mountain Forecasts


    Brief forecast for the Mountains up to midnight on Thursday 08 January
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    north island


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    Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki
    Mostly fine with some morning and evening cloud.

    Remaining North Island mountain areas
    Areas of cloud clearing this morning then fine spells. Isolated showers this afternoon and evening, with possible thunderstorms about the Raukumara Range.

    WINDS
    West or southwest winds, strengthening about the Tararua Range late evening.
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    FREEZING LEVEL
    Above 3000 metres.
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    south island


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    Kaikoura ranges and Mt Richmond
    Fine apart from a few cloudy periods.

    Kahurangi and Nelson Lakes National Parks
    Fine and cloudy periods, with a possible shower.

    Paparoa National Park and the Southern Alps
    Cloudy periods and the odd shower, then rain spreading north this afternoon and evening.

    Mount Aspiring and Fiordland
    Mostly cloudy with a few showers turning to rain late morning or afternoon, heavy and possibly thundery at times.

    WINDS
    West to northwest winds rising to gale in Fiordland this morning and elsewhere by evening, with severe gales possible south of Mount Cook.
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    FREEZING LEVEL
    Above 3000 metres.
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