Big, loud weather rocks the Twin Cities

Moody skies opened up over Hastings mid-afternoon on Sunday. Photo / Paul Taylor

Thunderbolts and lightning flashed and crashed across the region on Sunday afternoon.

A brief shower of heavy rain accompanied the first rumbles, heard at about 2.30pm.

Napier, though, looks set for better weather on Monday, with fine conditions, high cloud increasing and a brief period of rain and north-westerlies possible for the early evening.

Hastings will boast similar weather, with a high of 26C. MetService says scattered rain could arrive south of Hastings in the afternoon, then pass through elsewhere in the early evening, possibly being heavy about the ranges.