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Warm temperatures and sunshine are back after cold, stormy conditions that brought rainfall to most of the country and near-record rainfall in Napier.
While some locations are not expected to maintain good weather this past Saturday, the eastern areas appear to be the most favored, with MetService forecasting temperatures in the mid-20s over the weekend.
Before that, Alexandra heads to a sunny yet windy 28 degrees Celsius on Friday, but conditions deteriorate from Saturday and rain is expected on Sunday.
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Napier streets flooded Wednesday.
After the hammering of rain on Tuesday, when it peaked at just 12 ° C, it looks like Napier will have the best weather in the country for the next week.
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MetService is forecasting a sunny 24 ° C on Saturday for the city and aside from a period of rain on Monday afternoon, it is expected to remain dry for the next week.
Christchurch is expected to have mostly good weather for the next two days, with forecast highs of 26 ° C on Friday and 25 ° C on Saturday, after six days of low to medium teenage temperatures. Most of next week is expected to be wet for the South Island’s largest city.
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Vehicles navigate the flooding in Napier as the area is hit by heavy rains.
In general, the eastern areas of the North Island and upper South Island have the best chances of mostly good weather over the next week.
Auckland is also expected to have reasonable weather in late spring, with highs of 20 degrees from Saturday through Wednesday, with a chance of rain on Monday and a chance of rain on Wednesday.
The forecast for Wellington includes plenty of northerly winds, and the city is not expected to hit 20 ° C over the next week, but is expected to remain mostly dry, with only some rain forecast for Monday and Wednesday.
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Napier had its second wettest day on record Tuesday.
Rain over the past week has helped ease dry soils across much of the north and east of the North Island, and in Marlborough and north and central Canterbury.
At least 50mm of rain fell over most of the North Island last week, and 30 to 50mm in the upper half of the South Island, Niwa said.
As a result, the only areas of the country where soils are considered severely drier than normal are a small area in the East Cape and a small coastal area in the Waitaki district.
