Following a week of sunny skies, and high temperatures, Hawke's Bay is in for a weekend of wild weather.
Luckily however, the inaugural Havelock North Carnival which begins this morning could escape unscathed from the worst of it.
Havelock North Business Association marketing manager Aimee Stewart, said they were hoping for fine weather with no wind.
"This is what we have asked the weather gods for and we have heard there is some potential rain about but we do not think it will happen. We live in Hawke's Bay surely it will be a sunny day," Ms Stewart said.
She said the carnival was bigger and better this year with quality food stalls, buskers and live performances on a centralised stage, a busy kids zone and the introduction of the Piece-Makers market and the Havelock Handmade market to the event.