Over the North Island there are many cloudy areas with a little sun here and there, showers at times also some briefly heavy in Waikato, Taranaki and western parts of the Central North Island. After some cloud this morning the east coast has come out sunny with light winds although some cloud still hangs around Wairarapa.

Temperatures are around the mid teens for many places although about Taranaki, the Central North Island and Wellington it is currently between 11 to 13 degrees.

Areas of cloud on the West Coast and about Nelson today, winds are light. On the east coast there are cloudy skies and a band of rain is starting to move in after a slightly drier spell this morning, about eastern Otago showers continued this morning however. Areas of rain will be heavy at times along this band particularly in South Canterbury and coastal Otago from this evening, also the foothills of Mid and North Canterbury.

The main issue around Christchurch currently is that everything is so water logged it won’t take much rain to cause further issues even though the rain itself may not be too heavy about the city today, it will be persistent though lasting from now on through till Wednesday morning before clearing.

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By weather analyst Aaron Wilkinson, WeatherWatch.co.nz