Warm, humid nights and scattered showers are in store for Hawke's Bay as a weather feature of tropical air flows down the North Island.
MetService meteorologist Tom Adams said overnight temperatures would not drop below 19C until the middle of next week.
"There's some heavy rain affecting other parts of New Zealand but, as is quite often the case, it's affecting the west much more than the east.
"There will be some occasional rain around Hawke's Bay, some patchy rain, but it's not going to amount to a great deal."
Mr Adams said some rain and balmy temperatures could be expected in the coming week because the region was in the same warm air mass as the weather feature bringing heavy rain to parts of the upper North Island.
"This slow-moving weather feature is a large tongue of tropical air being dragged down from the north. Northerly winds are bringing this down meaning places sheltered by mountain ranges like Hawke's Bay have some protection from the heaviest rain in the north and west."
The meteorologist said there would be rain about the ranges south of Napier today which would clear by the evening, with fine spells throughout the day.
Temperatures were forecast to reach a maximum of 28C today and 30C tomorrow.
"On Saturday a few showers might pop up in the afternoon but it's going to be a fairly sunny day. It's a fairly different story compared to the rest of the country. Some sea breezes and light winds may also kick in."
Sunday would be similar with increasing high cloud and a maximum temperature of 29C, Mr Adams said.
"The next band of rain comes through that's going to affect the rest of the country but again, on Monday and Tuesday Hawke's Bay will really only get scattered rain and not as much as other places."
The region has remained dry for the most part this week; the last bout of notable rain being last Friday when the Takapau Plains received 19.2mm, Mahia 22.4mm, Napier 3.4mm and Hastings 0.2mm.