Cloudy on the West Coast with rain heavy at first then easing during the afternoon as strong northerlies tend more westerly. The odd shower about Nelson with gusty northerlies, rain in the afternoon easing to showers by evening then clearing at night. High cloud in Marlborough with strong northwesterlies, showers about inland western areas. Rain about the Sounds with gale force northwesterlies. Any morning rain clears about Canterbury, becoming mostly sunny after midday with gusty northwesterlies strong about North Canterbury.
HIGHS: 18 on the West Coast, 21 in Nelson. 27-29 about Canterbury and Marlborough

Mostly sunny with northerly breezes, in the afternoon winds change southwest about Southland and coastal Otago bringing showers possibly heavy and thundery then clearing later in the evening. Inland areas will remain mostly dry although northwesterlies will be breezy in the afternoon.
HIGHS: 20-23 in Otago, 17-18 for Southland, 15-16 on the West Coast south of the Glaciers.