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Brief Forecast for all New Zealand
Valid to Midnight Saturday, 29-Jan
All of New Zealand except the South Island West Coast and Stewart Island
Fine in most places, but the odd light shower about northern Northland.
Buller and Westland
Cloudy periods. A few showers or drizzle patches developing tomorrow evening.
Fiordland and Stewart Island.
Cloud increasing. Occasional rain or drizzle developing about Fiordland tomorrow morning, and spreading to Stewart Island in the evening.
Chatham Islands
Cloudy periods. A few light showers until tomorrow afternoon.
Outlook for following three days
Sunday
North Island: Mostly fine. Some morning cloud in Bay of Plenty.
South Island: Scattered showers in the west and south, clearing from Westland in the morning. Fine elsewhere.
Monday
North Island: Mostly fine. A few showers from Gisborne to Wairarapa.
South Island: Mainly fine. A few showers in Otago and Southland, mainly inland during the afternoon and evening.
Tuesday
North Island: Mainly fine. A few showers in Northland, Coromandel Peninsula and Bay of Plenty.
South Island: Mainly fine.
Chatham Islands
A few showers on Sunday and Monday with southwesterlies gradually dying out. Cloudy periods on Tuesday with northerlies developing.
Issued: 7:01pm Friday 28 Jan 2022