Windy conditions, rain and possible thunderstorms are forecast for the weekend, with a low heading across the country this evening.
Weather forecasters say for much of the weekend - particularly today - rain will fall in many parts of the North Island, including Northland, Auckland, the Waikato and the most
of the western side of the North Island.
Metservice meteorologist Daniel Corbett said those on the west coast could be in for some heavy rain and maybe "a few rumbles of thunder" today.
"We're going to see a band of rain move in, as the low moves in from the Tasman Sea," he said.
"It's just going to touch the doorsteps of the Far North of Northland through [this] morning and you're going to see the rain come in to Auckland around when people are out for their late-morning lunch."
