Issued Thursday, July 15, 1999 at 5.00am next issue 10.30am

Short Forecast from Weather Workshop valid to midnight tonight.

For Northland, Auckland and Coromandel Peninsula: A mix of fine and cloudy periods at first. A few showers turning to rain over parts of Northland later.

For remaining North Island areas: Mostly fine weather but north of the central plateau high cloud increasing.

South Island west coast: A few light showers in the south of Fiordland. A mix of cloudy and fine spells elsewhere.

Nelson, Marlborough and Canterbury: Cloudy morning and night with areas of fog otherwise fine and frosty.

Otago and Southland: Mostly fine frosty weather inland. Showers about Foveaux Strait spreading to the Otago Peninsula at times.

Chatham Islands: Brief showers.

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