Cloudy for the North Island today with northerly quarter winds while ex TC Ula moves southeast to the northeast of New Zealand, areas of rain or drizzle from Northland through to the Bay Of Plenty and Central North Island then easing later this evening. Only the odd shower or drizzle patch further south with Wellington staying mainly dry. The East Coast of the North Island is fairly dry also although a spot or two of rain may spread at times from the west.

Cloudy for the west of the South Island, the odd light shower possible with rain moving into Fiordland late afternoon. Mostly sunny elsewhere, areas of rain move into Southland then Otago during this evening with a southwest change.

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