Waterproof clothes should be the first items picked from the rack in your wardrobe today if you live in North Otago. A MetService spokesman said a slow-moving front was expected to move on to North Otago for a time, delivering a period of rain. MetService has lifted the heavy rain watch in put in place for North Otago today. Occasional rain is forecast, but the threat of significant heavy falls and rainfall accumulations reaching warning amounts are no longer expected, a MetService spokesman said. "Later on Friday, a low may approach New Zealand from the west, but confidence of severe weather is minimal at this stage."

Source: Otago Daily Times October 03, 2021 15:45 UTC