A front pushes over the North Island this morning and afternoon then onto the South Island this afternoon and evening. With it comes increasing cloud and rain or showers with gusty east to northeast winds. Showers may be heavy with thunderstorms about the upper North Island from this morning.
Morning rain, possibly heavy with a thunderstorm then easing, strong northeasterly winds ease and tend more northerly by midday. Showers continue for the rest of the day, isolated in nature with the odd heavy fall and thunderstorm possible.
Auckland
possible. Strong to gale northeasterlies eases early PM and tend northerly.
Showers continue for the rest of the day, isolated in nature with the odd heavy
fall and thunderstorm possible.
Bay Of Plenty
the afternoon then easing in the evening. Humid east to northeast winds.
Waikato
heavy fall or two with the risk of thunderstorm about northern Waikato early to
mid afternoon then easing by evening with winds easing then too and tending more
northerly.
Central North Island
eases later in the evening. Rain for a time later in the afternoon as a front
moves over. Winds ease later in the day.
Eastern North Island
Gisborne in the morning gives way to rain in the afternoon. The Wairarapa only
seeing light showers in the afternoon. All forms of precipitation ease in the
evening then clear around midnight with winds easing.
Western North Island
Humid easterly winds gusty about Taranaki. Taranaki may also see a sustained
fall of rain early afternoon.
Wellington
Nelson
a heavy fall or two not out of the question late afternoon. Rain then eases in
the evening.
Marlborough
to northeast winds.
Canterbury
Canterbury and some other inland areas late afternoon then spreading to the
coast in the evening. Rain clears overnight.
West Coast
north of Westport by midday spreads southwards during the rest of the afternoon
getting into Fiordland by evening.
Coastal Otago
possible later in the evening / overnight.
Central Otago
later in the day mainly in the west.
Southland
southeast winds. Chance of an evening shower mainly in the west.
By Weather Analyst Aaron Wilkinson – WeatherWatch.co.nz
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