In the final week leading up to Christmas Hawke's Bay locals can expect a pre-Christmas medley of weather.
Following on from the past weekend's almost-cloudless weather, nationwide westerlies would start to affect the Bay's weather today, MetService meteorologist Hannah Moes said.
"In general there are westerlies over the country so that tends to mean the east coast is quite sheltered. We're expecting a front to pull up today so people can expect scattered rain for Hawke's Bay," she said.
Ms Moes said tomorrow would see a ridge of high pressure moving over the country and bringing a more settled weather outlook.
With Christmas fast approaching locals have their eye on the weather forecast as many celebrations are outdoor events, weather permitting.