A southwesterly airflow lies over the New Zealand today, tilting more west to northwest on Wednesday.

Some cloud and a few showers about some North Island regions today, expect long periods of dry too especially in the west. Cloudy areas and the risk of a shower for the western South Island, drier and sunnier out east.

A shower or two for western regions on Wednesday, skies fairly cloudy the further south one goes along the West Coast of the South Island. Sunnier conditions out east.

By Weather Analyst Aaron Wilkinson – WeatherWatch.co.nz