Whanganui district looks likely to get its share of unsettled weather predicted across the country for much of the week.
MetService forecasters say the unpredictable patterns are arriving on a series of active low-pressure troughs and associated fronts passing over the country.
Tomorrow, a front moving east across the North Island is expected to bring a period of rain with heavy falls in western and central parts of the country, plus northwesterly gales in central New Zealand.
While rainfall could reach warning levels further south, forecasters are saying Whanganui could cop some of the northwesterly gales from Taranaki and Taihape southwards.
On Wednesday, another active low-pressure system slowly moves eastwards across the South Island and is expected to bring heavy rain from eastern Taranaki and the central plateau. That risk will linger through Thursday, but at the same time strong, cold southerlies should be arriving here.