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A front lying over the upper North Island clears away to the northeast this morning, meaning rain and showers associated with it clears by around midday too – this is earlier than forecast yesterday and those in Auckland are certainly aware the rain arrrived earlier – but as a result of that it’s clearing earlier too.
Over the rest of the country westerly winds build with showers for the West Coast of the South Island, showers spread northwards along the east coast afternoon / evening possibly heavy with thunderstorms and hail.
Auckland
winds. Cloud thickens evening as west to southwest winds become gusty, possibly
strong especially out west.
Bay Of Plenty
with west to southwest winds.
Waikato & Central North Island
southwest winds. In the evening cloud thickens with westerly winds
building.
Eastern North Island
clearing. Sunny areas develop after showers clear, breezy westerly winds. The
Wairarapa stays mainly dry all day with any morning cloud clearing, in the
afternoon northwest winds build becoming strong with a risk of gale gusts then
overnight winds change strong southwest with showers.
Taranaki
afternoon. The odd shower about mainly early morning then again later in the
evening, around dawn on Friday winds change strong southwest with further
showers.
Western North Island
strong this afternoon, chance of a spit or two during the day otherwise dry.
Around dawn on Friday a southwest change moves in bringing a few showers.
Wellington
winds become strong this afternoon with a chance of gale gusts. Chance of a
brief shower in the evening then overnight a strong southerly change brings a
greater risk of showers.
Nelson
onwards. A few brief overnight showers as winds change southwest.
Marlborough
possible then overnight a gusty southwest change brings a few showers, showers
more likely in the south of the region.
Canterbury
in the afternoon mainly Banks Peninsula southwards otherwise dry. Westerly
winds. This evening / overnight a southwest change moves in bringing showers
possibly heavy with thunderstorms and some hail.
West Coast
late afternoon / evening then clearing overnight with a southwest change.
Coastal Otago
afternoon with the odd spot of rain possible. Late afternoon or evening a gusty
cold southwest change brings showers possibly heavy with hail and
thunderstorms.
Central Otago
westerlies tend a little more southwest in the afternoon.
Southland
the afternoon.
By Weather Analyst Aaron Wilkinson – WeatherWatch.co.nz
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