The wild, rainy weather that hit the country at the weekend has made way for a much more settled start to the week, forecasters say.
MetService meteorologist John Law said the weekend saw a return to much more active weather across New Zealand.
"This week it looks like we are still likely to find a few more showers creeping northwards across the South Island, but not nearly as much rain as we saw at the end of last week," he said.
Mr Law said a weak ridge of high pressure remained across most of New Zealand today, while a series of fronts moved across the lower South Island.
Looking ahead, a few weak troughs could potentially bring showery weather to the North Island later in the week, as a ridge builds over the South Island, Mr Law said.
The North Island could expect light winds and generally fine weather for the start of the week, as a ridge of high pressure remained in place.
Today, Aucklanders were treated to fine spells and blue skies with some southwest breezes and a high of 24C.
However, as the ridge weakened over the northern part of the country from the middle of the week, a few more showers could be expected over areas of the North Island.
Over the South Island, a weak front moving toward the southwest today would mean some showers for those in west and far south.
A stronger front on Tuesday would bring mild southerly winds and more rain or showers south of Christchurch.
The front would then move north on Wednesday, bringing showers to northern parts of the South Island as it weakened.
Meanwhile, Mr Law said a low that was lying northeast of Vanuatu showed signs of development, and urged anyone heading to the Pacific Islands to keep their eye on forecasts.
This tropical system was forecast to remain north of New Zealand and was unlikely to pass through the country.
However, Mr Law said meteorologists would continue to monitor the system through the week.
"The forecasting team will be paying extra close attention to the tropics this week and will be liaising with their counterparts from the Fiji Meteorological Service."
Weatherwatch.co.nz also said the "significant tropical cyclone" was unlikely to hit New Zealand, due to building high pressure in the Southern Ocean.
However, it would be very close offshore.
Although it may not effect the weather, it was possible swells and rips would hit the eastern coastline for a time, from Northland to Bay of Plenty and Gisborne to Wairarapa, Weatherwatch.co.nz said.
