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A tightly packed low moves across the South Island today, winds will be strong from the northwest then changing around to the south as the low passes out east of the country. Some regions can expect wet weather while others will be dry, more details below.
Sunny areas and some mid / high level cloud,
thickening late afternoon. Brief late evening showers move through then clearing around midnight. Northwesterlies build from morning.
Auckland
Brief evening showers move through then clearing around midnight.
Northwesterlies build.
Bay Of Plenty
from late morning, a few brief showers move through in the evening then clear by
midnight with a southwest change.
Waikato
afternoon then easing around midnight as winds change southerly.
Central North Island
of rain a little more frequent in the afternoon then clearing by midnight as
breezy northwesterlies change southwest.
Eastern North Island
may gust to gale force at times in the afternoon especially about the Wairarapa.
The odd spot of rain is possible at times during the day too. Overnight winds
change southerly with cloudy areas and a few light showers.
Western North Island
risk of winds gusting to gale force. Rain becoming a little more patcy from
afternoon then easing further in the evening as winds change
southwesterly.
Wellington
breaking through. Strong to gale northwesterlies. Later in the evening winds
change brisk southerly bringing some cloud and the chance of a shower.
Nelson
northwesterlies, winds ease in the evening.
Marlborough
gusty from the northwest gusting to gale force at times. In the evening winds
change southerly with some cloud and the chance of a shower.
Canterbury
southerly change brings showers, possibly heavy with some thunder which then
eases evening and clears overnight. Southerly winds gusting to gale force
especially about the coast in the afternoon.
West Coast
tend west to southwest during the afternoon. Showers clear in the evening.
Coastal Otago
showers then ease afternoon and clear in the evening.
Central Otago
eases in the afternoon and clears by evening, cool southerlies die out later in
the day.
Southland
A few sunny spells break through from late afternoon. Cool southwesterly winds
ease in the evening.
By Weather Analyst Aaron Wilkinson – WeatherWatch.co.nz
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Guest on 21/11/2014 6:59pm
This is the best spring we had had in a while. Looks like NW for most of the next week as well! Warm, dry (apart from the odd thunder storm) and sunny most of the time. How great is this weather!?
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