The Country 19/12/25: Chris Brandolino talks to Jamie Mackay

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Weather on the country with farmlands helping to prevent parasite outbreaks.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
This summer Fridays on the.

Speaker 1 (00:06):
Country wouldn't be complete without this man. He is my
favorite weather man on a Friday, Chris Brandolino from Earth Sciences,
New Zealand. Let's look out to Christmas Day, Chris very quickly.
But some of the country's going to get wet feet
and I'm sure a lot of the farmers will welcome that.
What do you got from a shoot?

Speaker 2 (00:27):
Yeah, Look, as we approach the Christmas holiday, let's start
with Christmas Eve. I think there will be rain across
the west of the South Island, maybe some showers, maybe
some thundery showers across the far North over towards a Northland,
maybe northern Auckland, but they're going to be spotty, Jamie
in that part of the country. The best chance for
rain as we get into the Christmas holiday itself twenty

(00:47):
fifth will be again the west of the South Island
could see an afternoon thunderstorm or an afternoon shower across
the upper part of the North Island from the Cormandel
to the Auckland and Northland region, but it won't define today.
What will define the day. On Christmas Day, Jimmy, is
gonna be warmth. It is going to be warm, if

(01:09):
not hot, on Christmas Day and Christmas Eve for that matter,
for the eastern part of the North Island, the Upper
North Island, maybe even the northeastern part of the South Island.
I think Hawk's Bay, Jamie, we could see temperatures on
Christmas Day, Challenge, if not thirty celsius.

Speaker 1 (01:24):
Well, they probably wont some rain though, Chris.

Speaker 2 (01:27):
Yeah, they're gonna get some rain. They're going to get
some rain. That looks like maybe early next week. So
a bit of rain coming early next week. But look
when you look at the forecast rainfall over the next
seven days basically for the rest of the calendar, well,
let's say just before the to Boxing day. How about
that over the next six to seven days, it's not
going to be a lot. It's probably gonna be in
the order of maybe five to fifteen millimeters. Again, that's

(01:49):
over about a week. We're hopeful we can get some
better chances of rain. Well, hopp to watch the tropics
lay in the next week. As the last few days
of twenty twenty five, there could be a low dropping
from the north that seems to be a low chance,
but something worth watching. And I think as we go
ahead into the new year, the impatients are that we
are going to see a nice wow. How about this

(02:12):
For those in the South Island, expect a significant cool
snap from Boxing Day through about the twenty seventh, maybe
the twenty eighth of a three to cold snap. It's
about the twenty ninth of December, so South Island and
even Lower North Island is going to see a significant
cool snap after Christmas and around Boxing Day for a

(02:32):
few days, but we're going to warm up as the
new year approaches.

Speaker 1 (02:35):
On New Year's Day, Chris Brandoline, thanks for your contribution
throughout twenty twenty five. You do a sterling job. Keep
up the good work Earth Sciences, New Zealand. You enjoy
a break and the cars are on me. See you
next year.

Speaker 2 (02:48):
I look forward. Thank you. Sarah Luckwise