A strong wind watch is in place in Auckland after gusts of up to 90km/h and cold rain showers lashed the city this morning.
MetService meteorologist Peter Little said the wild weather will continue into the evening with the chance of thunder and hailstorms.
He said the front crossing thecity was moving quickly and bringing fleeting showers, unlike nine days ago when torrential rain flooded Kumeu and other areas in West Auckland.
The West Coast of the South Island is looking reasonably fine now, and some rain and snow in parts of Christchurch and Canterbury is clearing.
A front with strong southerwesterlies is behind the wintry weather, followed by a brief ridge of bad weather moving on tomorrow with a few showers but the winds will not be a fierce, Little said.
Auckland is on the end of a
getting battered by rain and strong winds gusting up to 90km/h in exposed places this morning and the unpleasant weather is set to carry on until this evening.
