Ex-cyclone Cook will spend the next day or two tracking down the country but thankfully it looks to be moving quite quickly. It’s an unusual and very potent storm – but thankfully it’s also quite small in size as it comes in. 

Expect a burst of possibly damaging winds and torrential rains near the centre of the low as it slides south over the North Island later today and tonight.

On Good Friday is slides down the eastern side of the South Island while showers and windy westerlies affect the north (and the sun returns to the east)

See the full Easter Weekend forecast with Philip Duncan…