Updated 3:38pm — It’s been a fairly pleasant Sunday for many parts of the country with the nation’s largest city finally seeing the sun after several days of cloud…until lunchtime that was.

Yet again low cloud drifted in, seperate from the anticyclonic gloom of the past few days, and it meant Auckland missed out on getting even warmer. It’s been mild though after a mostly sunny morning.

The cloudy weather has affected other coastal regions in the west today, as expected.

Warmer conditions have pushed through a number of regions today – although cloudy periods reduced the chances of spring like weather, which was possible.  In some areas we estimate clouds dropped the ‘feels like’ temperature by 4 or 5 degrees.

In Christchurch fog finally lifted in the morning with the temperatures still at a mild 17 degrees at 3:30pm.  

WeatherWatch.co.nz says eastern and northern areas of the country may be as warm, or even warmer, on Monday as winds pick up a little for some.

– Homepage image / Greg Taylor

– WeatherWatch.co.nz

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