Issued Thursday 19 August 3.40pm next update 5.30pm
Short Forecast issued by Weather Workshop valid to midnight tomorrow:
From Northland and Wellington: also for the central Plateau: Cloud increasing. Drizzle from Taranaki south overnight
turning to widespread rain during tomorrow with northwest gales about Wellington.
Bay of Plenty and from Gisborne to Wairarapa: Fine at first. Cloudy periods tomorrow. Rain about the ranges south of the
Manawatu Gorge and northwest gales about Wairarapa.
Nelson and Marlborough: Cloud increasing. Rain spreading to most places tomorrow. Heavy falls in the northwest ranges.
South Island west coast: Rain working into most areas with heavy falls south of Hokitika from tonight. During tomorrow
rain gradually easing to showers from the south.
In the east from Marlborough to Southland: Cloud thickening with rain developing about the western ranges. Northwest
gales overnight from inland Canterbury to Southland. Tomorrow some rain in most places briefly. A southwest change
slowly working north later.
Chatham Islands: The odd shower with cloudy skies.
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