Hawke's Bay residents are advised to hold onto their hats, with a gusty weekend on the horizon.
Temperatures are set to take a slight dip until the early part of next week - a far cry from the record-breaking temperatures felt on Wednesday.
MetService Meteorologist Karl Loots said a deep low pressure system over the Tasman Sea would make its way over the south of New Zealand in the early hours of tomorrow.
A very strong and disturbed westerly flow will persist over the country through to the middle of next week.
"It will be mainly fine today with high cloud and northwesterlies strengthening towards the evening.