Hawke's Bay off to a sunny week

A sunny outlook for Hawke's Bay for most of the week. Photo / Paul Taylor

The bad weather didn't stick around long on Sunday as the sun came out in the afternoon and it's predicted to stay for most of this week.

MetService Meteorologist April Clark said Hawke's Bay is one of the lucky regions of the country to experience sunshine.

The unsettled weather is forecast to continue for the rest of the country with a low pressure system poised to move over the lower South Island later Sunday, bringing rain with snow to 500 meters.

Sunshine was set to dazzle Hawke's Bay for most of the week, apart from Tuesday with scattered showers predicted.

"The region will experience north-westerlies for the next few days and that means that any showers which will come with that flow will head over to the west, rather than hit you directly, the ranges are sheltering you, so that's a good sign.

"Monday will be fine with north-westerlies with a high of 11C and an overnight low of 2C."

Clark said the temperatures were "very average" for this time of year and Hawke's Bay would be getting some frosty temperatures as the week progressed.

"Tuesday is looking a bit colder, as that low from the South Island will flick over to you guys, cloud will increase with a few showers as those westerlies turn southerly."

However Clark remained positive about the southerly temperatures and said that because cloud would be covering the region-she didn't expect to see much of a change.

"On Wednesday another front will move in from the west, quite similar to what you experienced on Sunday, but no where near as significant."

"You'll get a few spots of rain and maybe some westerly winds, but nothing too extreme."

"We're not expecting anything severe for Hawke's Bay, yes you'll have a few spots of rain, but nothing major."

Clark said the warmer temperatures seemed fairly consistent compared to last year.

"From what I can see the temperatures look pretty average in terms of what Hawke's Bay usually experiences. We have had northerlies for quite a while so that does help because it's bringing in warmer air from the north rather than really cold air from the south."

"Even if it's rainy in winter it can still be warmer in those conditions because you've got the cloud cover acting as a blanket-Hawke's Bay suffers when it gets clear skies, because then there's nothing to protect you."