Issued Friday, July 09, 1999 at 5.00am next issue at 10.30am

Short Forecast from Weather Workshop valid to midnight tonight:

For the north and west of the North Island from Northland to the Kapiti Coast, including Bay of Plenty and the central Plateau: Showers clearing from the south this morning and becoming mainly fine south of Auckland by evening. Frosty inland tonight.

Wellington: Showers clearing this morning and becoming mainly fine.

In the east from Gisborne to Wairarapa: Showers clearing inland this morning and from the coast during the afternoon.

Nelson and the South Island west coast: Mainly fine.

Marlborough and Canterbury: Fine and frosty apart from a few areas of cloud about the coast this morning.

Otago and Southland: Cloudy periods about Foveaux Strait with a few light showers otherwise fine and very frosty.

Chatham Island: Cold showery southwesterlies.

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