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Brief Forecast for all New Zealand

Valid to Midnight Monday, 12-May

Northland

Partly cloudy. Isolated showers in the east this morning.

Auckland, Waikato, Coromandel, Bay of Plenty and the central high country, also Gisborne to Wairarapa

Areas of early fog or frost inland and areas of morning cloud in the east. Then becoming fine.

Waitomo to Wellington

Areas of early fog and frost inland, then becoming partly cloudy.

Marlborough, Nelson and Buller

Fine, apart from areas of low cloud or valley fog this morning.

Grey to Fiordland, also Stewart Island

Cloudy periods. Showers about Fiordland and Stewart Island spreading elsewhere this morning, and becoming more frequent in Fiordland this evening.

Canterbury

Mainly fine. Areas of low cloud or fog clearing this morning.

Otago and Southland, excluding Stewart Island

Partly cloudy. Areas of low cloud about the east coast this morning.

Chatham Islands

Cloudy periods.

Outlook for following three days

Tuesday

North Island: Partly cloudy. Isolated showers in the west. Fine in the east from Gisborne to Wairarapa.
South Island: Showers in the west and south. Mainly fine in the north. A few showers developing in Canterbury.

Wednesday

North Island: Partly cloudy and isolated showers.
South Island: Morning showers in the east, clearing. Showers developing in the west later. Partly cloudy elsewhere.

Thursday

North Island: Mainly fine but isolated showers in Coromandel Peninsula and Bay of Plenty, clearing. Rain developing in Horowhenua Kapiti Coast later.
South Island: Rain or showers in the south and west. Mainly fine elsewhere.

Friday

Showers in the west. Fine elsewhere.

Chatham Islands

Showers and strong northwesterlies develop on Tuesday. Winds turn gale southwesterly early Wednesday, then both showers and winds ease in the afternoon. Showers clear on Thursday as winds turn northwesterly. Long fine spells on Friday.

Issued: 11:10pm Sunday 11 May 2025