Although severe weather warnings have been issued for many regions in New Zealand it is unlikely Hawke's Bay will receive the rain it needs.
Yesterday afternoon MetService issued a warning for significant heavy rain for the West Coast and severe northwest gales for eastern parts of central New Zealand.
MetService meteorologist Tom Adams said although the big weather event is "literally on our doorstep" the effects on Hawke's Bay will only be wind.
"Most of the rain will be in the west, there's definitely some heavy rain down the far south. In Hawke's Bay there'll be some rain in the ranges tomorrow morning and a few scattered falls spreading elsewhere but it's not going to fill that many tanks tomorrow."
For both Wairarapa and Wellington MetService warned of expected severe northwest gales gusting 150 or 160km/h in exposed places from late yesterday.