Issued by Weather Workshop on Wednesday, August 18, 1999 at 4.30am

Now the weather around the country today:

WHANGAREI, AUCKLAND and HAMILTON: showers clearing, 14
TAURANGA: becoming fine, 14
ROTORUA and TAUPO showers, 10
NEW PLYMOUTH, WANGANUI and PALMERSTON NORTH: showers clearing, 11
WELLINGTON: showers, 9
GISBORNE, NAPIER, HASTINGS and MASTERTON: showers, 10
NELSON: becoming fine, 12
BLENHEIM: showers clearing, 11
GREYMOUTH: mainly fine, 12
CHRISTCHURCH and TIMARU: becoming fine, 10
DUNEDIN: cloudy periods, 8
QUEENSTOWN: mainly fine, 7
INVERCARGILL: cloudy periods, 10

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