Most New Zealanders are in for a good day of weather today with light winds and mostly clear skies – however Hastings, Napier and Gisborne may not be quite so lucky as a low continues to linger off the east coast.

Today is the first day of spring and most main centres should see mostly sunny, calm, weather as higher air pressure squeezes over the country. 

But, the narrow high won’t last long though.

In Southland and the West Coast clouds will move in later today with rain arriving on the Coast by tonight.  Northerlies will build ahead of the front and tomorrow conditions look fairly windy south of about Wellington inland near the ranges.

Rain clouds will head into the North Island tomorrow – but it will be sodden parts of the North Island’s east coast that will see dry, mild, weather tomorrow as the nor’west moves in.
 

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