A heavy rain watch is in place for Eastern Bay of Plenty and Taupō.
MetService issued the watch this morning with periods of heavy rain and thunderstorms possible in Taupō between midnight and 6pm Wednesday and in the Eastern Bay of Plenty between 6am and 6pm Wednesday.
A disturbed northwest flow lies over New Zealand ahead of a front forecast to move eastwards across the country during today and Wednesday.
This front is expected to deliver heavy rain to some western areas and also the central North Island across to eastern Bay of Plenty.
