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Weather Workshop: All Districts forecast for NZ

All Districts forecast from Weather Workshop:

The Situation: A weak trough about central areas should gradually
decay as it drifts east today leaving a ridge of high pressure
covering much of the country.

And now the forecast to midnight tonight:

NORTHLAND, AUCKLAND, COROMANDEL PENINSULA, BAY of PLENTY/ROTORUA,
WAIKATO, WAITOMO, TAUPO, TAUMARANUI, TAIHAPE, TARANAKI, WANGANUI
and MANAWATU: Cloud increasing with showers developing in most
places during the day. Winds generally light. Fine periods are
likely to increase again towards evening, especially in western
districts.

WELLINGTON: Cloudy skies with a few showers. Northerlies dying
out this morning and southerlies developing from afternoon.

GISBORNE, HAWKES BAY, WAIRARAPA: Cloud and light showers spreading
north today, reaching Gisborne this evening. Southerlies slowly
prevailing.

NELSON and MARLBOROUGH: Cloudy with patchy falls of rain for much
of the day then fine periods increasing from the south by evening.
Not much breeze.

BULLER, WESTLAND and FIORDLAND: Rain areas about Buller and
Westland slowly clearing from the south but remaining fairly
cloudy. Further south mostly cloudy dry conditions expected. Not
much wind.

CANTERBURY: Becoming fine inland but areas of cloud about the coast.
Some drizzle there from evening. Light winds tending northeasterly
near the coast from evening.

OTAGO and SOUTHLAND: Cloud breaking inland and becoming fine.
Coastal places can expect cloudy areas to persist. Light winds
In most places. Northeasterlies developing about the Otago coast
later on.

CHATHAM ISLANDS: A cloudy day ahead. Further light showers likely
but these becoming few and far between as time goes on.
Southwesterlies easing further.

THE OUTLOOK FOR TOMORROW: Over the North Island patchy drizzle
in the east clearing, elsewhere becoming fine. The South island
sees cloud increasing in the west with rain later south of the
glaciers. In most other places a mix of fine and cloudy weather.
At the Chatham's, cloudy with morning drizzle.

(c) Copyright Weather Workshop Limited 1999

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