"The weather has been good apart from that cold snap we had a couple of weeks ago. The warmth has been great for grass growth and lamb growth combined."
Ms Glue said the forecast for today would bring cloudy periods and a few showers mainly about the coastal areas and northern parts of Hawke's Bay.
She said the urban areas were likely to miss the scattered showers and would see some breaks of fine weather but southwesterly winds would be prominent throughout the region.
Tomorrow was looking similar to today but showers were forecast to clear from the coastal areas in the morning.
"Isolated showers would fall in the ranges tomorrow evening but the southerwesterlies should die out."
Mr Foley said farmers welcomed any rain they could get from now until the end of the year.
"The rainfall is still well below the average so we are happy for some to fall so the ground does not dry out to quickly."
He said moisture was needed to help the grass grow and the warmth was helping this happen.
Wednesday should see a fine spring day for most of the region with sunny spells and light winds.
"The ranges is the only area at risk of isolated showers but most people will not see those."
Thursday's forecast is expected to go back to cloudy periods with a chance of scattered showers.
"Farmers are hoping for a normal long term forecast so they can farm to the season they expect not periods of dry weather and drought," Mr Foley said.
