The skies continue to dry out this evening following a rough 72 hours of squalls, hail and heavy downpours.  As we head into Thursday evening the wind flow across the country is mostly south west – the same angle that much of the nation’s shore lines point, which means a lot of the shower activity is now running up the coastlines but for big sections of the country they are well offshore.

With the lower South Island considerably wider than the middle section, it means most showers are missing Canterbury, as the lower South Island shelters areas further north – although Banks Peninsula is getting hit by strong southerlies and showers, with snow expected above 400m.

Showers are also coming into parts of Southland and coastal Otago.

Showers are affecting Wairarapa’s coastline but mostly missing Hawkes Bay.

On the West Coast much lighter showers are moving in around Greymouth while mostly light showers are moving into western areas of the North Island, mostly Taranaki, Auckland, Waikato and Northland. 

Tomorrow the showers will continue to get smaller, more isolated and few and far between.

Dry weather should be in place for over 95% of the country by the weekend,.

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– WeatherWatch.co.nz