An "average, rainy weekend" might cause some of Rotorua's Bike Festival events to be rescheduled, but forecasters say it doesn't mean the end of summer.
Several of the festival events have already been postponed, while organisers are taking it on an event by event basis for the remaining ones - including the popular Ride the Runway scheduled for tomorrow.A call on whether it goes ahead will be made at midday tomorrow and announced on the Rotorua Bike Festival Facebook page.
MetService meteorologist Tom Adams said after a wet 24 hours to 9am today when 50.6ml of rain fell in Rotorua, more wet weather and potential thunderstorms were expected today and tomorrow.
He said the weekend was likely to remain grey and drizzly with the risk of heavy, thunder falls easing tomorrow afternoon before a "resurgence" Sunday morning.
However Mr Adams said it wasn't the last of summer and people could still look forward to "plenty of prolonged periods of sun".