While it was wet, Marsters did not expect it would be windy.
"We haven't got any warnings out for the wind, we had winds earlier, but they sort of eased off."
Earlier rainfall warnings for the southern part of the country, including Canterbury, Westland, Buller, Nelson, the Bryant and Richmond ranges and Mount Taranaki, have been lifted.
Around the main centres, the worst of the weather had eased in Auckland, but the odd thunderstorm and a few showers were still expected this afternoon and were set to stick around till at least Thursday.
Fog enveloped parts of Auckland this morning after heavy rain last night.
Wellington was predicted to be mainly cloudy today - though the odd shower might hit the Capital. The sun was not expected to make a showing till Wednesday, when MetService predicted Wellingtonians should have a largely fine day albeit a cold one with a high of just 11 degrees.
Similarly Christchurch was forecast to have a few showers over the next few days, with a cool, but dry day expected on Wednesday.
MetService had also issued a road snowfall warning for Lindis Pass.
"Rain is falling as snow above 500 metres on the road. From this morning until about midday, expect a further 2-5cm to accumulate above 700 metres with lesser amounts down to 500 metres."
Yesterday, up to 50 cars were stuck in snow after an unexpected dumping around Mt Cook.
An NZ Transport Agency spokeswoman said about 50 cars were trapped on State Highway 8 between Twizel and Fairlie and on SH80 between Aoraki Mt Cook and Ben Ohau. The majority were caught out on SH8.
The cars were trapped from midday for two to three hours after an unexpected dump of about 15cm of snow in the region.