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Despite a "tempest" having passed, the country remains immersed in a soggy northwest flow which will bring more heavy rain and gales, the MetService has said.
Moderate snowfalls in the High Country later on Thursday would also affect farmers in the deep south, it said.
MetService has issued a severe weather warning for heavy rain in Fiordland, Westland and the headwaters of Otago and Canterbury rivers tomorrow, and for heavy rain over Mt Taranaki, the Tararua Ranges, Nelson and the Marlborough Sounds today and Friday.
Possible severe northwest gales would affect Marlborough Sounds, Wellington and Wairarapa today and Friday.
In Otago and Southland, moderate snowfalls were expected down to 1000m and possibly lower today.
A cooler change across the country is expected at the weekend.
- NZPA
