A cold front moves across NZ today with windy westerlies in a number of regions, reaching gale force through Cook Strait and many coastal zones will have gusts of 40km/h to near gale force (60km/h).

Rain moves across from west to east and falls apart in the upper North Island too. Check your HOURLY forecasts for the most detailed rain forecast in NZ — and you can now track the rain LIVE using our new Live / Real Time Rain Radar page – which you can find here.

Also, you can view most of the maps below in our newly enhanced Maps Page – we’ve added more maps and better colours to them – view them all here: www.weatherwatch.co.nz/maps-radars