Cloudy on the West Coast with northeasterly breezes strengthening during the day, showers from afternoon turn to rain in the evening and becoming heavy for a time. Sunny at first in Nelson however cloud increases after midday with northerlies, some rain from evening. Mostly sunny in Canterbury and Marlborough with light winds picking up from the northwest late afternoon or evening, increasing high cloud during the day. Some rain possible in South Canterbury at night.
HIGHS: 18 on the West Coast, 20 in Nelson. 23-24 about Canterbury and Marlborough

Northwesterly breezes with thickening high cloud, winds may tend a little more northeast along the coast. Some rain spreads into North Otago at night.
HIGHS: low 20’s for most, 15-16 on the West Coast south of the Glaciers.