
Sunny Mother’s Day pegged for Hawke’s Bay even with winter chill
Hawke's Bay residents crank up their heaters.
Hawke's Bay residents crank up their heaters.
A polar blast is being felt across the country with snow falling on both islands.
A tornado has caused damage to parts of South Taranaki overnight.
A bit of rain and showers, but a fine weekend is forecasted for sunny Hawke's Bay.
A shift to cooler temperatures is expected to arrive by Thursday.
Muggy downpours have plagued New Zealand all week.
The most rainfall recorded in the districts over 24 hours was 44.5mm north of Whanganui.
MetService issued warnings Northland to Fiordland, watches for Bay of Plenty & Tasman.
Another northerly flow with several fronts is set to bring more rain to Northland.
Heavy downpours coming over next few days, with possible flooding; slips expected.
Wind gusts are forecast to frequently approach or exceed 70km/h this weekend.
The strong winds were expected to continue into Tuesday.
Be sure to start bundling up in preparation for the cold weather.
It will be mixed bag of weather for much of country this weekend.
There was scrambling on a massive scale by mid-afternoon, said Phil Wilson.
Temperatures overnight are expected to be 5C higher than normal for the month.
The worst rain should hit between Friday afternoon to Saturday morning.
Wind and rain could visit many parts of the country next week.
About 60 - 70 homes have been assessed so far.
Weather warnings for Hawke's Bay were lifted on Sunday.
“Friday will be the best day of weather, with only light wind and high cloud."
Heavy rain set to inundate popular northern holiday hotspots for first half of weekend,
MetService has forecasted gales and downpours for Northland, northern parts of Auckland.
Forecaster says next fortnight may bring brief return to 'La Niña-like' stormy weather.
Heavy rain expected in some parts of NZ today.
As the colder air is pushed out, temperatures should rise to more seasonal averages.
Overnight temperatures are expected to drop into single digits this week.
Most of the country will be hammered by rough weather today.
Autumn temperatures are about to get very cold in parts of the country.