Issued by Weather Workshop on Thursday, 17 June 1999 at 5.00am.
Now the All Districts forecast from Weather Workshop:
The Situation: A front over the north island should
move away to the east this afternoon followed by a
weak ridge of high pressure.
NORTHLAND, AUCKLAND, COROMANDEL PENINSULA, WAIKATO, WAITOMO,
TAUMARANUI, TARANAKI, TAUPO, WANGANUI, MANAWATU and TAIHAPE:
A mix of showers and fine periods. Showers becoming isolated
to the west coast this afternoon with long fine periods
developing elsewhere. Southwesterly breezes.
BAY OF PLENTY and ROTORUA: A few morning showers clearing
and becoming mostly fine this afternoon. Southwesterly
breezes developing.
GISBORNE and HAWKES BAY: Cloudy with showers and colder
southerly winds developing this morning.
WAIRARAPA: A mix of showers and fine periods with southerly
breezes. Showers clearing this evening with the weather
becoming fine.
WELLINGTON: Morning showers clearing and becoming mostly fine
from this afternoon. Brisk southerly winds easing.
NELSON: Becoming fine this morning with southwesterly
breezes.
MARLBOROUGH and CANTERBURY: Morning showers clearing and
becoming fine with southwesterly breezes.
BULLER, WESTLAND and FIORDLAND: Fine weather but becoming
cloudy south of the Glaciers this afternoon with some rain
spreading into Fiordland tonight. Southwesterly breezes
tending westerly.
OTAGO and SOUTHLAND: Becoming fine and frosty inland this
morning but remaining cloudy about the coast and Stewart
Island with a few showers. Southwesterly breezes tending
westerly.
CHATHAM ISLANDS: Mostly cloudy skies with a few showers.
Southwesterly breezes dying out this morning.
THE OUTLOOK FOR TOMORROW: Mostly fine over the North
Island but the odd shower possible in the west. Rain about
the west of the South Island with a few showers spreading
elsewhere for a time. At the Chatham Islands, showers and
brisk westerly winds.
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