Local Weather Today - Tuesday 21st August 2012

[OhauitiWeather]

A mix of sunny periods and some cloud over the North Island today with southwesterly breezes a little brisk at times. Expect the odd shower moving through mainly in the west of the island, then easing in the evening and any remaining showers clearing at night.

Sunny areas north of Hawkes Bay along the east coast this morning and dry, the odd shower from afternoon as winds tend more southwesterly. A few showers in Wellington for much of the day with brisk southwesterlies, a period of more invigorated showers develops in Wellington in the evening then moves up the east coast during the night.

Sunny on the West Coast and in Nelson with light winds. Mostly sunny about Blenheim with southwesterly breezes. A few showers about the Kaikoura Coast clear during the morning then a chance of some sunny breaks in the afternoon, drizzle later at night however.

Dry mostly in Canterbury with the odd sunny break possible, drizzle develops later in the evening with some light snow above 700m. Sunny areas and some cloud in Southland and Otago, around midday in Southland southerly winds freshen with some drizzle or patchy rain which clears later in the evening. Some snow with that change to 500m, accumulations will only be small in the order of 2 to 3cm. The southerly change moves into Otago late afternoon or evening with similar weather however drizzle or rain clears a little later at night.

16 to 17 degrees north of Auckland today, mid teen temperatures elsewhere. A bit cooler about Wellington, the Wairarapa and the Central North Island however with low double figure high's today. Mid teen temperatures for Nelson and along the West Coast north of Hokitika. 11 to 13 degrees elsewhere in the South Island.

WeatherWatch.co.nz
http://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/content/tuesday%E2%80%99s-national-forecast-6

[Te Puke Weather]

from The Metservice.
Today's high of 17 degrees was recorded in 5 places - Paihia, Russell, Whangarei, Tauranga, Whakatane.

Today's lowest maximum temperature was 9 degrees and was recorded in 1 place - Mount Cook.
 

Town/City   Temp Kaitaia   16° Paihia   17° Russell   17° Dargaville   16° Whangarei   17° Auckland   16° Whitianga   16° Thames   16° Tauranga   17° Whakatane   17° Hamilton   16° Te Kuiti   16° Taumarunui   14° Rotorua   14° Tokoroa   13° Taupo   13° New Plymouth   15° Gisborne   15° Napier   15° Hastings   15° Napier Hastings   15° Dannevirke   11° Masterton   12° Wanganui   14° Palmerston North   13° Levin   13° Paraparaumu   13° Wellington   11° Motueka   15° Nelson   15° Blenheim   15° Kaikoura   12°

Reefton   12° Westport   16° Greymouth   15° Hokitika   15° Milford Sound   11° Christchurch   11° Ashburton   10° Oamaru   12° Timaru   11° Mount Cook   4° Alexandra   10° Queenstown   11° Wanaka   11° Dunedin   11° Gore   10° Invercargill   10° Hanmer Springs   7° Tuatapere   9° Riverton   9° Wyndham   10° Nightcaps   9° Winton   10° Te Anau   9°