It could be time to pack away the swimming togs and pull out the umbrella for the rest of the week, as a band of rain approaches the country.
The sunny, warm weather which has accompanied workers back to the office today looks set to be short-lived, as a broad low is forecast to replace it with cloud and rain, MetService said.
"This week will bring further spells of rain, heavy and thundery in some places, as another active weather system spreads across the country,'' MetService meteorologist Dan Corbett said.
"A change to a southwest flow by the end of the week will also make it feel cooler than we have been accustomed to recently.''
Mr Corbett said the weather systems which have been moving over the country over the past few weeks are "very reminiscent of spring''.