Here’s what is making the weather headlines today….

☔️24 hour rainfall maps for today & Friday.

As we've said this week, the bulk of the worst rain looks to be just offshore to our west, mostly likely affecting: The Far North, Taranaki, Nelson.

Surrounding regions: Northland, Auckland & Marlborough also have some risks. pic.twitter.com/8T91jFNwvD

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) May 3, 2023

🎥🍿4 days weather in 36 seconds! Showing you where the main area of rain is (Fairly narrow but persistent) from today until Sunday.

Note the northerly airflows continuing on too… https://t.co/gb7E1quzdb – Super proud to be a small Kiwi business, and an official IBM… pic.twitter.com/jXgYuFTIYk

— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) May 3, 2023

RAIN HEAVIEST IN THE WEST – NORTH ISLAND

An occluded front lying over western parts of the North Island brings areas of heavy rain today. Northland, Taranaki and perhaps Palmerston north southwards in the west has the most persistent falls.

The rainfall accumulation map below shows this heavy rain for western parts of the North Island, the heavy rain for the West Coast would have come from yesterday.

Metservice have various warnings out, you can see them here.

WARM OVERNIGHT LOWS

It’s no secret overnight temperatures are quite warm at the moment, below is the minimum temperatures we can expect early this morning, Friday morning and Saturday morning.

The upper North Island is the warmest with lows in the mid to late teens.

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HEAVY RAIN FOR NELSON ON FRIDAY

The top of the South Island should be on watch for heavy rain Friday, this thanks to an occluded front feeding in from the north. It’s the same front that is bringing some heavy rain to western parts of the North Island today.

Metservice has a warning out, you can see it here.

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