A front moves northwards over the upper South Island on Tuesday morning then pushes onto the western North Island late afternoon / evening. Winds from the north ahead of the front and changing west to northwest in behind.

Dry for the western North Island on Tuesday at first with developing high cloud, late afternoon or evening showers move in from the west. Sunny in the east with some high cloud.

Rain for the West Coast of the South Island may be heavy, a few spots of rain out east mainly early in the morning then some sun breaks through.

By Weather Analyst Aaron Wilkinson – WeatherWatch.co.nz