Hawke's Bay has a fine weekend ahead but expect another drenching next week

Clear skies over a hockey game at the Hawke's Bay Regional Sports Park last night. Photo / Paul Taylor

Hawke's Bay is in for a weekend of fine weather but is set to be hit by another drenching next week.

The region was soaked by a low pressure system on Tuesday that caused heavy downpours and wild weather but the rest of the week was clear as it moved away.

MetService meteorologist Lisa Murray said today and tomorrow will continue to be fine with some morning cloud and northwest breezes but by Wednesday the rain is expected to return.

A general westerly flow would be moving to the west over the weekend which would cause bad weather in western parts of the country, missing Hawke's Bay.

"You're protected from the ranges, that's why you are settled over the weekend.

"Northwest breezes will dry things quite a bit and there will be a bit of scattered rain on Monday and Tuesday.

"The bad news is that it looks like much next week there will be more rain."

A low developing from the north is expected to bring some decent rainfall to Hawke's Bay on Wednesday and Thursday.

"There is some uncertainty because it is so far out but at the moment the models show another low."

Temperatures will be getting to about 18C in the weekend with overnight lows of 7C-8C.

Monday is set to be a bit colder with a high of 17C and low of 6C while Tuesday is expected to have a high of 14C and low of 4C.

Wednesday and Thursday would only reach 13C with an overnight low of 4C on Wednesday and 7C on Thursday.

People should prepare for next week's wet weather by staying up to date with the latest information and checking for watches and warnings from MetService.

Also, because there has already been quite a lot of rainfall this week, it would be a good idea to clear gutters and drains, she said.

"Clear away debris that could act as a dam. It doesn't have to be as much rain as last time to have an impact because it's already so wet."

This month has been wet with 99.2mm of rain already being recorded in Napier since June 1. An average June would usually only have 67.4mm recorded, she said.

"It's not the most by any means but it is wetter than usual and we're only halfway through the month."

The wettest June since records began in 1950 was in 1963 when 397.2mm was recorded.