A large high pressure system sits over the country today bringing settled weather, a front moves into South Westland overnight with rain.

North Island

A cold start for the Central Plateau. Partly cloudy for the upper North Island, one or two isolated showers can be expected north of about Auckland / Coromandel. This evening a few showers spring up for Bay Of Plenty, especially in the east. Hawkes Bay and Gisborne have cloud this morning with showers then breaking to mostly sunny weather this afternoon. Mostly sunny elsewhere with any fog first thing breaking away, cloud will develop for Kapiti and Wellington overnight. Winds are light tending onshore this afternoon, later this evening / overnight winds tend northerly for all.

South Island

Chance of a morning mist or fog patch, mainly for inland areas with a cold start too. Some cloud along the West Coast and for Nelson today but sunny spells should increase, at this same time high cloud thickens from the west as the day progresses. Mostly sunny along the east coast after any morning cloud breaks away, a few clouds may drift in again this afternoon, all the meanwhile high cloud increases from the west. Winds are from the north in the west, northeast in the east. Rain moves into South Westland overnight.

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