Here’s what is making the weather headlines today…

HEAVY RAIN TODAY – NORTH ISLAND

Hawkes Bay, Gisborne and some parts of the upper North Island look to be in for some heavy rain today.

Auckland, Coromandel, Waikato and western Bay Of Plenty sees areas of heavy rain develop later this morning or around midday. Thunderstorms are possible too then easing later this evening or overnight.

Later this afternoon or evening heavy rain moves into Gisborne and Hawkes Bay.

Please take a look at today’s warnings from Metservice here and today’s thunderstorm outlook here.

On Saturday heavy rain pushes south down the east coast of the North Island arriving in Wellington during the evening, perhaps getting into Marlborough later in the day or overnight.

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NICE WEATHER IN THE FAR SOUTH AND WEST COAST

Here is a cloud cover map for New Zealand today, as you can see the West Coast and far south are mainly sunny. The places to be you could say……

RAINFALL OUTLOOK – NEXT SEVEN DAYS

A fair majority of the South Island is expecting rainfall that is less than the statistical average for the next seven days, about Fiordland and in the northeast (Kaikoura / Marlborough) rainfall is expected to be average or a touch above average.

The North Island is wetter, mainly thanks to the rain we are going to see over the next three days. The far north though may be drier than average.