Rain is falling, with some heavy falls in some southern and western areas of the mainland this morning. Torrential rain has been reported off and on overnight in Milford Sound with rain easing a little in the last hour.

Some showers have moved through the Waikato and also Taranaki this morning.

Winds haven’t quite reached the levels expected at this point but strong gusts are being reported up to 90 kph in a few inland areas.

Weather extremes this morning…

Warmest

Gisborne 19

Napier 18

Whitianga 17

Auckland 17

Coldest

Nelson 8

Wanaka 8

Queenstown 8

Waiouru 10

Windiest

Mt Kau Kau- Northerly gusting  101kph

Castlepoint- Nor’ wester gusting 92 kph

Wellington- Northerly gusting 72 kph

Wettest

Milford Sound, Greymouth, Westport, Queenstown, Wanaka, Hamilton, New Plymouth

Main centres

Auckland 17

Hamilton 14

Tauranga 15

Wellington 16

Christchurch 15

Dunedin 16