Weather Workshop: All Districts forecast for NZ

Issued by Weather Workshop on Tuesday, August 10, 1999 at 4.30am
Now the All Districts forecast from Weather Workshop:

The Situation: A high over the country should drift east and lie over the Chatham Islands later today. A front in the Tasman Sea is approaching the South Island with a strengthening northwest flow ahead of it.

And now the forecast to midnight tonight:

NORTHLAND, AUCKLAND and COROMANDEL PENINSULA: Mainly fine but cloud and a few isolated showers possible about the east coast. Northeasterly breezes.

WAIKATO, WAITOMO, TAUMARANUI, TAIHAPE, BAY of PLENTY/ROTORUA and TAUPO: Mainly fine after a frosty start. Light winds.

TARANAKI, WANGANUI and MANAWATU: Mainly fine at first with light winds. Cloud increasing late in the day with northwest winds.

WELLINGTON: Mostly fine but cloud increasing late in the day. Northerlies freshening.

GISBORNE, HAWKES BAY and WAIRARAPA: A few cloudy periods about Gisborne with the odd light shower possible otherwise fine. Northeast breezes.

NELSON: Mainly fine with northerlies developing.

BULLER, WESTLAND and FIORDLAND: Cloud increasing with patchy rain about Fiordland spreading further north later in the day. Northeast winds.

MARLBOROUGH, CANTERBURY and OTAGO: Mainly fine after a frosty start. Light winds inland and northeasterlies about the coast.

SOUTHLAND: Fine at first. High cloud increasing later with a few showers developing about the western ranges late in the day. Northwest winds.

CHATHAM ISLANDS: A mix of cloud and fine breaks with southwest breezes.

THE OUTLOOK FOR TOMORROW: Showers to western areas of the North Island otherwise fine. Rain along the South Island west coast with high cloud elsewhere. At the Chathams, Mostly fine.

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