Mostly cloudy over the North Island with breezy northerlies, the odd shower north of the Waikato and about Taranaki in the morning. Rain heavy and thundery at times spreads onto western areas around midday with winds tending a little more northwesterly. Rain eases later in the evening however continues to affect the Coromandel and the Bay Of Plenty at night. The east coast remains dry for most of the day with high cloud and breezy northerlies, some rain for a time later in the evening however.

Cloudy over the South Island also, rain on the West Coast and developing about Nelson early this morning with east to northeast winds.. It will remain dry in the southern reaches of Fiordland then clearing in northern areas of Fiordland around midday. Drizzle patches or areas of rain about Canterbury with southerlies developing this morning. Rain developing in Marlborough this morning clears later in the afternoon with sunny breaks increasing, northerlies tend gusty northwest later.

Drizzle developing in Otago by midday turning to rain in the afternoon more so on the coast, southeasterly winds. Fairly dry in Southland however there may be the odd drizzle patch at times from midday, southeast increasing. Snow flurries falling above 700m in these areas from afternoon.

Mild over the North Island today, high teen or low 20’s temperatures for most. The Bay Of Plenty and Central North Island will likely have high’s of 15 to 17 however. Mid teen high’s on the West Coast, Nelson and Marlborough. 11 or 12 in Canterbury and Otago however Southland will get 12 to 13 degrees.

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