A southwesterly airflow eases over New Zealand on Thursday while a ridge moves in spreading out from an anticyclone in the Tasman Sea.

RainWatch is a series during the weekdays, giving a snapshot about where around New Zealand areas of precipitation may affect your day.

For the North Island there is just the chance of a clearing shower this morning about Wairarapa, also perhaps the slight chance of a shower about the Manawatu for a time early afternoon. It is looking mainly dry otherwise.

About the South Island a few showers clear Banks Peninsula by midday. Southland and coastal Otago may see a light shower or two also, once again mainly this morning although there is the low risk of a straggler hanging around into the afternoon.

WeatherWatch.co.nz

Image – Thursday 4pm, 5th January 2017 rain / MSLP map – weathermap.co.nz