Mostly cloudy skies with northeasterly breezes, the odd drizzle patch about with dry spells too. Rain develops in the afternoon then clears later in the evening with a southwest change, rain may be heavy with thunderstorms about the Bay Of Plenty.

Lower North Island

Northerlies with thick high cloud, a westerly change in the
afternoon about western regions brings some rain which eases to the odd shower
later in the evening. Expect thick high cloud in the east with northeasterly
winds, in the evening some rain moves through then clearing around midnight with
a west to southwest change.

Upper South Island

Cloudy with north
to northeasterly winds. Rain, becoming heavy in the afternoon about Nelson. Rain
eases for all in the evening with a westerly change. Expect high cloud in the
east with northeasterly winds, a few spells of rain possible at times from
afternoon. Southwesterlies push through Canterbury in the evening with rain
easing to showers.

Lower South Island

Cloudy with northerly winds
changing south to southwesterly this morning with rain, rain eases in the
afternoon to showers which mostly clear by evening. The odd shower may continue
about Southland however.