Blue – From late afternoon or evening heavy showers may start to affect eastern Northland then slowly slipping southwards through to East Cape overnight.

From evening rain with heavy falls may develop about the South Island’s West coast spreading eastwards overnight. Please note the front causing this rainfall may weaken in intensity during the next day or two on modeled outlooks.

White – As the front mentioned above crosses over the South Island there is a chance this may set up a warm advection snow event for the central South Island high country, cold air undercutting warmer air riding in above from the north. The situation is not set in stone and could change up over the next day or two but currently indications are snow with a chance of heavy falls may develop overnight to about 300m in South Canterbury and 600m about North Canterbury.

Purple – Easterly winds about Northland and Auckland are fairly gusty, moving southwards in the evening reaching East Cape overnight.

– Please note, the idea behind this update is to focus on the main weather highlights, which is why not all regions are mentioned. 

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– Aaron Wilkinson, WeatherWatch.co.nz