The bad weather is rolling into the new week with rain and showers forecast for most through to Friday, and thunderstorms for some areas. In Auckland showers are expected to turn to heavy rain by this afternoon and northwesterly gales will strengthen, said MetService. In the South Island, areas from Buller to Fiordland are expected to get thunder and heavy downpours this afternoon while scattered showers are forecast for most other areas of the island. Showers and heavy rain is forecast for much of the North Island on Tuesday with possibly heavy and thundery downpours forecast for the west and north areas of the South Island. The weekend’s wild weather bought loud thunder, heavy downpours, a waterspout and over 7000 lighting strikes.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 21, 2022 00:38 UTC