Gale warnings are in place for the Western Bay of Plenty tomorrow.
The Metservice has predicted strong, cold southwesterlies gales will hit the east coast of the South Island later today and exposed parts of the North Island tomorrow.
Southwesterly gales may become severe for a time about eastern Otago from late this afternoon until Friday evening and about eastern parts of Coromandel and western Bay of Plenty (mainly north of Rotorua and south of Whitianga) during Friday.