UPDATE 12.37pm: Heavy rain, downpours and very strong winds are expected for the Bay of Plenty this week, MetService has warned today.
Active and unsettled weather will dominate the week, with a tropical low bringing heavy rain and gales on Thursday and Friday.
MetService media and communications meteorologist Daniel Corbett said the inbound tropical low will "certainly pack a decent punch", with severe weather across the country.
As an exposed eastern area, the Bay of Plenty could see wind gusts of more than 110km/h along with torrential downpours and some higher than normal seas at high tide.
The centre of the tropical low will stay to the west of the country, but its associated heavy rain band will sweep down across the north of the North Island during Wednesday night into early Thursday.