Upper North Island

Mostly cloudy skies with breezy west to southwest winds, the odd shower about too.

Lower North Island

Mostly cloudy in the west with westerly winds, chance of a shower or two mainly Taranaki northwards. Mostly sunny skies on the east coast and about Wellington with westerly winds.

Upper South Island

Mostly cloudy skies in the west with showers, Nelson and Marlborough are drier and sunnier with west to southwesterly winds. Canterbury may see some morning cloud with the chance of a shower or two then sunny areas develop in the afternoon with cool southwesterly winds. Overnight about Canterbury a few showers move in again from the south.

Lower South Island

Mostly cloudy in the west with occasional showers, showers clear in the evening. West to southwesterly winds. Wintry showers about Southland and parts of Central Otago for much of the day, snow flurries to around 700m lower to low levels in the evening. Coastal Otago has cloudy areas during the day, winds brisk from the WSW. From evening there or maybe not till overnight a greater chance of showers develops which may bring hail and snow to low levels.

By Weather Analyst Aaron Wilkinson – WeatherWatch.co.nz