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Brief Forecast for all New Zealand
Valid to Midnight Sunday, 17-Jan
Northland, Auckland and Coromandel
Fine today. Showers tomorrow afternoon and evening, possibly heavy and thundery for a time in Auckland.
Gisborne
Mainly fine, but isolated showers inland today, and brief rain late tomorrow.
Waikato to Wellington, including Bay of Plenty and the central high country, also Hawke's Bay, Wairarapa, Marlborough and Nelson
Mainly fine today, but a few showers about the high country with possible thunderstorms. A period of rain tomorrow, with some heavy falls and thunderstorms especially in the west.
Canterbury
Fine today. Rain and thunderstorms about the high country tomorrow, and brief falls elsewhere.
Buller, Westland and Fiordland, also Otago and Southland
Fine today. Periods of rain or showers tomorrow, sometimes heavy, with squally thunderstorms and hail.
Chatham Islands
Mostly cloudy with a few light showers.
Outlook for following three days
Monday
North Island: Showery in the west, clearing north of Central Plateau. Mainly fine elsewhere. Gale northwesterlies in Wellington and Wairarapa.
South Island: Rain in the west, heavy at times. Scattered rain elsewhere, clearing later. Gale northwesterlies, severe in exposed places.
Tuesday
North Island: A few showers, turning to rain for most. Staying dry in Gisborne and Hawke's Bay. Gale northwest in Wellington and Wairarapa.
South Island: Rain in the west and south at first, heavy at times, spreading elsewhere for a time.
Wednesday
North Island: Showers in the west. Elsewhere, early rain or showers, then mainly fine. Gale northwest in Wellington and Wairarapa.
South Island: Rain in the south and west. Mainly fine elsewhere. Gale westerlies in the far south.
Chatham Islands
Rain clearing to mainly fine with a westerly change on Monday. Northerlies, becoming strong, on Tuesday, with rain on Wednesday.
Issued: 1:39pm Saturday 16 Jan 2021