Local Forecasts for New Zealand

New Zealand Short Range Forecast - Saturday, 28 January 2012, 10:45

• Northland and AucklandFine with cloudy periods.
• Waikato, Waitomo, Taumarunui, Coromandel Peninsula and TaupoMainly fine. Cloud increasing this evening. A few light morning showers tomorrow.
• Taranaki to Wellington, also TaihapeFine and cloudy areas. Patchy drizzle developing on the ranges tonight. Becoming cloudy tomorrow evening, with some light showers north of Kapiti.
• Bay of Plenty, and Gisborne to WairarapaMainly fine. Becoming cloudy in Wairarapa tomorrow evening with some showers.
• Nelson, inland Marlborough, also OtagoFine, with variable high cloud.
• The Kaikoura Coast and CanterburyFine today. Cloud increasing tomorrow and patchy drizzle developing.
• Buller, Westland, FiordlandOccasional rain, clearing tomorrow.
• SouthlandCloudy periods, with a few showers about the coast. Westerlies, gale gusting 100 km/h near Foveaux Strait, easing tomorrow.
• Chatham IslandsMainly fine. However, a period of rain tomorrow morning, followed by a few showers.

New Zealand Long Range Forecast - Saturday, 28 January 2012, 10:45

• MondayNorth Island, mainly fine. South Island, mainly fine in the north and east, cloud increasing over Westland and Fiordland,and late rain or drizzle south of the Glaciers.
• TuesdayNorth Island, mainly fine. South Island, mainly fine in the north and east, rain or drizzle in the west, and far south.
• WednesdayNorth Island, mainly fine, but patchy drizzle from Taranaki to the Kapiti Coast, and late showers for Wellington and Wairarapa. South Island, rain in the west clearing at night, rain or showers developing in the east with a southerly change.
• Chatham IslandsFine spells increasing on Monday, and winds tending northwest. Mainly fine Tuesday with northwest winds. Showers and southerlies developing late Wednesday.