Becoming mostly cloudy on the West Coast this morning north of Hokitika, the odd shower then developing by midday with increasing northwesterlies. Sunny in Nelson with light winds tending northwest by midday, some high cloud from afternoon clears overnight. About Marlborough and Canterbury expect dry weather with some high cloud, light winds near the coast pick up from the northwest in the afternoon. Breezy northwesterly winds in inland areas all day easing at night. Winds change southerly later in the evening about South and Mid Canterbury bringing some cloud for a time, southerlies also reach North Canterbury overnight however winds will only be light and conditions remaining dry.
HIGHS: 18-19 on the West Coast, 22 in Nelson. 25-26 in Canterbury and Marlborough.

Thick high cloud with strong to gale force northwesterlies about the Southland coast spreading to most places by midday. Winds change southwest about Southland mid afternoon bringing showers which move into Otago late afternoon then clearing overnight. Rain develops on the West Coast in the morning with strengthening northwesterlies, heavy falls from afternoon then easing overnight as winds change southwest.

HIGHS: 17-18. Low 20’s inland and about the coast.

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