Here’s what is making the weather headlines today.

WARM FOR HAWKES BAY YESTERDAY, WARM AGAIN TODAY

Napier reached between about 19 to 20 degrees yesterday afternoon, not bad for a winters day. Napier in July would normally expect a max high around 14 degrees.

Fear not, another warm afternoon is on the way today, perhaps not reaching 20 but 18 to 19 degrees looks possible.

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RAIN FOR CENTRAL NZ ON SATURDAY

A front coming out of the Tasman Sea still looks to bring some rain into central New Zealand on Saturday, at this stage the rain (possibly heavy) is favoring the lower North Island. Overnight rain pushes a bit further northwards then becomes more restricted to the east coast during Sunday.

While the West Coast gets some rain on Saturday also it’s more run of the mill rain for the West Coast and not out of the ordinary.

SOME SNOW ABOUT THE LOWER SOUTH ISLAND ON SATURDAY

A period of rain or showers passing over Southland and Otago on Saturday afternoon has some cold air associated with it, some snow may fall to about 400m then clearing in the evening. This won’t be a heavy fall of snow but 1-3cm is possible to 400m, 3-5cm above 500m.