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Brief Forecast for all New Zealand
Valid to Midnight Sunday, 10-Aug
Northland
A few showers, mainly in the west. Clearing tomorrow evening.
Auckland to Taumarunui, also Coromandel, Bay of Plenty and Taupo
Mainly fine. A few showers about western Auckland tomorrow.
Taranaki to Kapiti, including Taihape
Mostly cloudy with showers, easing tomorrow. Snow above 600 metres, affecting the Desert Road.
Gisborne to Wairarapa, also Wellington
Showers. Possibly heavy with hail at times today.
Nelson, also Buller to Fiordland
Fine, except for a few showers in southern Fiordland.
Marlborough to Southland
Occasional showers in many places with snow above 500 metres, easing tomorrow. However, isolated showers for Central Otago clearing tomorrow morning.
Chatham Islands
Rain, easing tomorrow. Southeast gales tomorrow morning.
Outlook for following three days
Monday
North Island: Showers in the south and east. Mainly fine elsewhere, but scattered showers developing in eastern Northland.
South Island: A few showers in the south and east. Mainly fine elsewhere.
Tuesday
North Island: Scattered showers in east and north, also Wellington, mainly fine elsewhere.
South Island: Scattered showers in the east. Mainly fine elsewhere.
Wednesday
North Island: Cloudy with scattered showers in the Gisborne and Hawke's Bay. Partly cloudy elsewhere with isolated afternoon showers.
South Island: Mainly fine. Isolated showers in Nelson and Marlborough. Showers developing in coastal Fiordland and Southland from afternoon.
Chatham Islands
Rain easing to showers on Sunday afternoon, then a few showers on Monday and Tuesday. Mainly fine on Wednesday. Southeasterlies, rising to gale for a time Sunday morning. Southerlies on Monday, dying out.
Issued: 7:15pm Saturday 9 Aug 2025