Fine weather to last until the weekend

People enjoy a dip at Napier Beach on Monday. Photo / Warren Buckland

Following a crackerjack holiday weekend, Hawke's Bay can expect the sunny days to last until the weekend.

Temperatures on Sunday peaked at 20.6c in Napier and 22.7c in Hastings and MetService meteorologist James Millward said similar temperatures had been forecast for Monday.

"In terms of the weather going forward, Tuesday will be another similar day. We still have the high-pressure system sat over New Zealand, basically dominating the weather for the North Island. So, we are looking at a mainly fine day with a couple of isolated showers around the ranges in the afternoon.

"Again, Wednesday should be similar to Tuesday, with a mostly fine day for you guys in Hawke's Bay. Just some isolated showers in the afternoon and the evening for the ranges again.

"In terms of looking further forward, there is a feature coming on to the South Island to the east with another from coming on to the South Island in the evening and into Wednesday and that should reach the North Island by Thursday.

"So, we might be looking at a few light showers for the east coast of the North Island, including Hawke's Bay about late Thursday and into Friday but really nothing to absorb the high."

However, things could turn slightly worse at the weekend.

"We are tracking a potential low in the Tasman. So, this weekend or early next week we might see some decent rainfall but at this stage that's still a bit far away but it does look like the weather will deteriorate from the really nice spell we have had for the last seven or eight days as that high sat over the country."

MetService's 10-day forecast shows both Napier and Hastings can expect temperatures to remain in the low 20s for most of the week, with daytime highs peaking at 23c to 24c on Thursday.

The southern areas of Hawke's Bay, around Dannevirke, will stay sunny but can expect rain to move in on Thursday as a gusty nor'wester gives way to fresh southerlies.