Fronts bringing unsettled weather

Rain clouds cast a shadow over the Port of Napier. Photo / Warren Buckland

Get set for a wet weekend as rain and plenty of it is on it's way to the Bay.

Metservice meteorologist Tom Adams said it was a "busy time" weather wise around the country.

"It's a bit of a dynamic situation with increasing uncertainty heading into the weekend," he said.

With a number of different systems in different areas of the country from sub tropical air systems to a polar blast from Antarctica expected for Saturday things were "exciting" for the Metservice team.

A front moving up the country should be on top of the region at midnight tonight.

Northern areas of Hawke's Bay such as Mahia will get stuck under the front and should get a heavy downpour, while mountainous and elevated areas of the region should experience strong northerly winds.

Scattered rain will develop overnight, but nothing exceptional, and will make way for a dry day today.

High cloud should hover over the cities while there is a warning in place for the eastern Bay of Plenty which will make its way to Hawke's Bay later this afternoon.

Tomorrow will bring showers in the morning, which will hang around until Friday.

A south westerly change this weekend will bring rain and strong westerly winds.

The change will see general scattered rain between periods of fine weather.

Temperatures will pick up to the late teens in the next couple of days but will drop significantly in time for the weekend.

An overnight low of 0C is forecast for Saturday.

Mr Adams advised people to keep checking the Metservice website for changes and updates.