After a soggy weekend, especially for the Wairoa region, the rain is set to ease at the beginning of this week, before another southerly change on Friday that will bring more rain.
MetService meteorologist Peter Little said that as of midday yesterday about 11mm had been recorded north of Wairoa overnight on Saturday and Sunday morning, but the rest of Hawke's Bay had fared better with occasional showers passing through throughout the day.
Coming up this week, a ridge of high pressure moving on to the North Island today would see fairly widespread showers, but with conditions set to improve as the week went on, he said.
"There will still be a blanket of cloud, and some cooler southerly winds will come through today. Rain will gradually ease to a few showers, becoming confined about the coast in the evening.
"On Tuesday though the forecast is for light winds and some warmer temperatures rebounding back up to about 17C."