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A cool southwesterly airflow lies over New Zealand tonight, showers for most of the South Island apart from in the northeast. The odd shower may pepper western parts of the North Island overnight also.
now and then otherwise mostly dry.
Central North Island, Waikato & Bay Of Plenty
overnight otherwise mainly dry. The Bay Of Plenty stays dry.
Eastern North Island
overnight.
Western North Island
the risk of a brief shower now and then, mainly about Taranaki.
Wellington
bringing some cloud and the chance of a shower.
Nelson
Marlborough
tend southerly overnight with the chance of a brief shower near the coast south
of Clifford Bay.
Canterbury
push into North Canterbury this evening however mainly along the coast. Inland
North Canterbury remains mostly dry. Winds cool from the southwest.
West Coast
Coastal Otago
southwesterlies
Central Otago
evenign then easing.
Southland
Homepage image / Zelda Wynn
By Weather Analyst Aaron Wilkinson – WeatherWatch.co.nz
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Guest on 12/02/2014 5:24am
Excellent, a sunny night in the Capital! I look forward to seeing that.
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WW Forecast Team on 12/02/2014 5:29am
Doh!
Have put clear spells, at the time I was more thinking in reference to the evening though where the sun is still about for a bit. But fair enough….
Aaron
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Guest on 12/02/2014 5:39am
Just use ‘fine’ (if it’s not banned)? Who cares about a bit of cloud at night. 😉
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WW Forecast Team on 12/02/2014 6:56am
Actually we don’t use the word ‘fine’ on this website very often! 🙂 Mainly because it covers too many grounds – sunny, cloudy, sunny and cloudy. May be splitting hairs but the reason people love our more detailed forecasts is because we try our best to add an extra layer of, well, detail – pilots, photographers, weather enthusiasts and some of our clients tell us they like that we don’t just canvas a day with “fine” and try to go to the next step to explain cloud cover/thickness where possible. You’d be surprised how many complaints we get from the public about the use of the word “fine” from other forecasters – as many perceive it to mean completely sunny and calm, so they feel disappointed when the evening on the deck is now kinda cloudy and cool.
Cheers!
Phil
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