The Country 14/07/25: Phil Duncan talks to Jamie Mackay

We plead with Monday’s resident weather expert for a break in the weather for the flood-ravaged Tasman/Nelson region.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
So as promise, we're going to talk weather on the
country to wrap things up. Kevin Freeman, the dairy farmer
we talked to in Tasman, said after we finished chatting
to him off air that the worst part mentally of
the whole event, or the two events, was the anticipation
of knowing a second event was coming. So Phil Duncan
from weather Watch, for the likes of Kevin Freeman and

(00:21):
his farming mates in the Tasman Nelson region, I only
want good news from you. Are they going to get
a break in the weather?

Speaker 2 (00:29):
Yes, they will, that is the good news. Apart from
some showers tomorrow, the next seven to ten days look
dry or mostly dry, So no repeat performance that we
can see at the moment, although there are a number
of cold fronts and lows crossing New Zealand. But to
the top of the South Island, a little bit of
a break, a little bit of a breeder now going

(00:50):
back to what you would expect would be a more
normal weather pattern at this time of the year, and
that's dryer rather than weather.

Speaker 1 (00:55):
Well, I'm so pleased for them. They definitely need a break.
What about the North Island. McCullum also earlier on the
show talking about how wet it was in Northland.

Speaker 2 (01:05):
Yeah, I mean it's been pretty wet for the top
of the North Island, just like the top of the
South Island. It's a number of northerly events bringing rain
into those northern areas. This week. We do see more
rain for the top of the country. It's a little
more broken up depends on where you are, but sort
of parts of Northland, Auckland, Taranaki and over towards Bay
of Plenty, that kind of central upper North Island we've

(01:28):
seen some rainfall numbers anywhere between forty and sixty millimeters
coming in this week, so that's still quite a bit
on top of what's already been. But for the most part,
most places are in that kind of ten to thirty
milimeter mark this week around the North Island, and if
you're on the eastern side of the country, Hawk's Bay,
Southern Wide and Upper Marlborough, Canterbury, Otago and the eastern

(01:52):
half of Southland, you're looking at basically no rain or
very low amounts of rain this week. So it's a
breeze a week for many regions, but still the top
of the North Island and some parts of the West
Coast still have a bit of rain on the way
this week.

Speaker 1 (02:05):
And on that note, Phil Duncan, I'm going to love
you and leave you. I think I'll take that forecast.
You're not fired. We'll see you again next Monday.

Speaker 2 (02:13):
Yeah, nothing like ending on a silver laning.