Another low in the Tasman Sea today promises more rain for saturated parts of the country.

In particular northern and western facing regions should cop the heaviest falls.  Heaviest rain is likely to be between noon today and the early hours of Tuesday morning.  There’s a possibility the warm and then quickly following cold front may generate a few isolated thunderstorms, but nothing widespread at this stage.

The rain will be followed by a showery sou’wester on Tuesday.

Continuing to buck the trend is Southland with another fine and frosty day today – but cloudier skies are likely tomorrow with maybe even some light drizzle or a light shower.

The rest of the week should see more rain and showers on Wednesday then winds and showers easing in most places towards the end of the working week.

WeatherWatch.co.nz is now looking ahead to the next system – last week we mentioned the possibility of a polar blast moving through.  The computer models remain at odds with this prediction however it does still appear that a period of weekend rain will develop.