A “decent spell of rain” is forecast for the region on Christmas Day, with muggy and cloudy conditions leading into the big day.
MetService meteorologist Thapi Makgabutlane said the North Island will be under a moist and humid northerly airflow over the weekend, all the way into Boxing Day.
“This brings plenty of warm, albeit cloudy, conditions for the Coromandel, and the Bay of Plenty including Rotorua, accompanied by bits of wet weather at times,” she said.
The weekend would be generally muggy for Coromandel, Tauranga and Rotorua, with some patchy drizzle about, Makgabutlane said.
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