Issued Wednesday, July 28, 1999 at 3.30pm next update 6.30pm

Short Forecast from Weather Workshop valid to midnight tomorrow:

From Taranaki to Taupo and Bay of Plenty to Northland: Mostly fine and frosty.

Remaining North Island areas: Cold and showery with further snow about the central plateau, including the desert road. Fine periods increasing tomorrow in the west from Taranaki to Manawatu.

For Nelson, Buller and Westland: Fine and very frosty. Cloudy periods developing later tomorrow about the fiords.

Marlborough and Canterbury: Mainly fine inland. Drizzly showers continuing about the coast.

Otago, also for Southland: Mainly fine and frosty. Some cloudy areas about the coast.

Chatham Islands: Rain for much of the time.

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