Weather looking good for Guy Fawkes with clear skies above

Photo / Peter de Graaf

Most of the country will have clear skies above them for Guy Fawkes tonight.

The weather is looking dry with not much wind for most of the country, MetService meteorologist Claire Flynn said.

"The weather tonight is looking mainly fine, though there will be some cloud in the west and south of the South Island, and also the east of the North Island.

"The exceptions to this are the Gisborne and Wairoa regions - rain and showers are expected to continue there into this evening."

Gisborne and Wairoa experienced some heavy rain yesterday, with 175mm of rain recorded around Gisborne in the 24 hours to 10am.

Strong winds were also recorded, with gusts up to 76 km/h in the city.

"Fortunately, this rain has eased and is not expected to become heavy again," Ms Flynn said.

"However, these areas can expect a few showers to linger about until Saturday morning."

For the rest of the country, tomorrow Firefighters in the South Island reported going out to five fireworks-related incidents overnight.

The Fire Service have asked people to be considerate towards other people and to animals this Guy Fawkes.

Children should not be lighting fireworks, and adults should always keep a bucket of water or a hose handy, The Fire Service said.

Its advice is to never mix booze and fireworks, only light fireworks outside and away from anything flammable.

Unlit or dud fireworks should be left alone and all fireworks should be finished and put away by 10.30pm.

Pets should be kept inside tonight, The Fire Service said.

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