Mostly cloudy skies with westerly breezes tending more northwest in Northland. A few showers this morning about the Waikato with rain in Auckland and Northland, the odd shower clearing Waikato by midday with sunny breaks in the afternoon. Rain clears Auckland later in the afternoon with winds changing southwest, sunny areas then develop. Some rain may remain in northern parts of Auckland till evening. Rain in Northland clears in the evening with a southwest change. Sunny breaks develop in the afternoon about Bay Of Plenty. Sunny with some cloud in Gisborne, southwesterlies die out tending northeast late afternoon.
HIGHS: 20-22 for most.

Lower North Island

Sunny areas and some cloud with westerly breezes tending a little more southwest on the east coast, some cloud builds about Kapiti and Wellington in the evening then at night a southerly change brings widespread showers.
HIGHS: Temperatures in the high teens for most, 21-22 in Hawkes Bay.