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Brief Forecast for all New Zealand

Valid to Midnight Thursday, 08-Jun

Northland, Great Barrier Island and Coromandel

Fine apart from a few showers in the east.

Auckland to the Kapiti Coast, including Bay of Plenty and the central high country

Fine apart from a few cloudy periods from southern Taranaki to Manawatu.

Gisborne and Hawke's Bay

Mostly cloudy with showers, less frequent about southern Hawke's Bay.

Wairarapa and Wellington

Cloudy periods. Isolated showers, clearing Wellington this afternoon, becoming fine there tomorrow.

Marlborough

Mainly fine. Cloudy periods and isolated showers about the Sounds.

Nelson to Fiordland, also Canterbury and Otago excluding Clutha

Mainly fine. Valley fog clearing in the afternoons. Becoming cloudy about the Canterbury Plains tomorrow evening.

Southland and Clutha

Mainly fine. Becoming cloudy from tonight.

Chatham Islands

Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers until tonight.

Outlook for following three days

Friday

North Island: Showers in the east from Gisborne southwards. Isolated showers in Wellington, the Coromandel Peninsula, and eastern Northland. Mainly fine elsewhere.
South Island: Mainly fine. Areas of cloud along the east coast. The odd shower for Fiordland and Stewart Island.

Saturday

North Island: Isolated showers in the east from Gisborne southwards, becoming widespread in Gisborne later. Mainly fine elsewhere.
South Island: Mostly fine. Cloud increasing in the west coast, with rain developing about Fiordland and Stewart Island.

Sunday

North Island: Rain spreading south from Gisborne to Hawke's Bay, and isolated showers developing in Bay of Plenty. Mainly fine elsewhere.
South Island: Periods of rain in Fiordland and Stewart Island. Showers developing in Westland with a possible shower for the Canterbury High Country. Mainly fine elsewhere.

Chatham Islands

Mostly cloudy on Friday with southerlies. A few showers on Saturday and Sunday with easterlies.

Issued: 1:55pm Wednesday 7 Jun 2023