A low pressure system moves over the North Island on Friday with an easterly quarter airflow over the country tending southwest later in the day.

Cloudy areas with the odd shower about for the upper North Island, the Bay Of Plenty sees slightly more persistent rain in the morning then easing to the odd shower. Overnight winds change strong southwest bringing rain.

Rain about the lower North Island in the west with east to southeasterly winds. Rain along the east coast with east to northeasterly winds, rain may back off to drizzle at times.

Rain for Wellington, possibly heavy from late afternoon. Gusty southerly winds.

Some rain or drizzle about Nelson and Marlborough, rain becoming more persistent from evening. Gusty southerlies tend southwest overnight.

Areas of rain about Canterbury with southwesterly winds. Snow flurries falling to about 500m in the morning about South Canterbury, 800m for North Canterbury, lifting above 1000m in the afternoon about North Canterbury and lifting above 1000m overnight further south. Southwesterlies gradually freshen becoming gusty about Banks Peninsula overnight.