On Saturday a front was moving up the South Island bringing rain to the West Coast and a few showers to the South Island’s east coast.

As this front moved northwards the clouds were converging around Cook Strait and Wellington as the nor’west winds become strong.

WeatherWatch.co.nz received this fantastic photo on our Twitter Page 

Thanks for sending it in @annikakes!

Some epic clouds above Wellington harbour @WeatherWatchNZ pic.twitter.com/jR73vvprgX

— annikakes (@annikakes) October 7, 2016