Fine weather of varying degrees is on the cards throughout the country today. "Mainly fine", "mostly fine" - any variation including the word fine is forecast right through the weekend, largely thanks to a big ridge of high pressure over the country. "We are in for several days of fine and settled weather, with lots of sunshine," MetService meteorologist Arno Dyason said. A second front is expected to approach the lower South Island late on Sunday. Periods of rain are expected about western parts of the South Island and lower North Island with these fronts.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 01, 2018 21:33 UTC