A cool southwesterly airflow lies over the country on Wednesday.

Occasional showers continue at times for the western North Island on Wednesday, drier conditions in the east in a west to southwesterly airflow.

Some cloud and the odd shower for coastal parts of Southland and the West Coast of the South Island, mostly sunny out east with some high cloud from afternoon or evening.

By Weather Analyst Aaron Wilkinson – WeatherWatch.co.nz