Pack away the sunscreen and pop on your gumboots - a period of heavy rain is hitting the Bay.
Metservice has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the Bay of Plenty and Rotorua this evening.
The statement said a period of heavy northerly rain is coming with thunderstorms possible.
"Amounts may approach warning criteria, especially about the ranges of eastern Bay of Plenty and the ranges of Gisborne.
"A front is moving eastwards across the central and upper North Island this afternoon and early evening, bringing periods of heavy rain and a few thunderstorms."