Cricket fans and organisers Wings over Wairarapa will be looking nervously at the skies today as bad weather threatens to scuttle two of summer's most anticipated events.
The Black Caps are set to open their ODI series against South Africa in Hamilton today, weather permitting.
But Metservice meteorologist Tom Adams said Hamilton would see occasional showers in the afternoon an evening.
"There's a good chance they'll be heavy and a moderate chance they'll be thundery," he said.
"It won't be too windy and it will, because of this moist air, still be quite warm -- maximum 26C."