This Weekends Weather Forecast 29th - 30th December 2012

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Saturday
North Island, becoming fine in the east, early drizzle and cloud in the west then fine spells. South Island, rain developing in the west with heavy falls, patchy rain developing in the south later, becoming fine elsewhere.

Sunday
North Island, mostly fine in the east, a period of rain in the west, easing to showers later. South Island, rain in the west with heavy falls, scattered rain over Southland and Otago, showers and southwesterlies spreading into Canterbury later. Fine elsewhere.

Chatham Islands
On Saturday, low cloud and drizzle developing with fresh northerlies. Cloudy with strong northerlies on Sunday. Monday brings a period of rain.

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From Weather Watch:

The weekend sees conditions changeable for parts of the country but the warmest and driest regions should be in the east.
Tomorrow nor' west winds could see the mercury lift into the 30s across the south and over eastern areas of the North Island on Sunday.

This weekend appears to be soggiest over western parts of the Mainland with some heavy falls expected which isn't ideal weather for holidaymakers.
WeatherWatch.co.nz suggests those in the area to keep an eye on the skies and streams and rivers as these could rise rapidly as a result of localised heavy downpours.

Western and northern parts of the North Island are likely to see a wet spell on Sunday and even tomorrow a drizzly patch or some showers could make an appearance in isolated areas.

Temperatures are expected to be coolest across western parts of the South Island and may struggle to top the 20s whereas across the alps it could be quite a different story and shorts and t shirts could be more appropriate.