Will it be a soggy egg hunt or a dry one this Easter? That depends whether you're in the North or South Island, according to MetService.
Meteorologist Heather Keats told Breakfast "if you're in the North Island, definitely. If you're in the South Island, not so lucky".
"We do have a large high over us at the moment, which is great news because today's beautiful weather, a couple of clouds around, maybe the odd shower, but nothing significant whatsoever."
She said that large high would "kind of stay put for another day, but it will start to retreat to the North Island".
"Then we've got a couple of new fronts coming up the southwest of the South Island.
"It's that classic behaviour, they move up over Fiordland, they travel up the West Coast. This time there's going to be heavy rain to the west and eastern side of the Alps, and that will likely be our next watches and warnings.
"So Saturday and Sunday, not great for any outside Easter egg hunts, unless you don't mind soggy chocolate,” she laughed.
Keats said for the rest of the country it was "actually not a bad weekend, given the significant weather last week".
There were currently no severe weather watches or warnings in place, a stark difference from last week's lashing of the North Island. which saw the Far North and Whangārei each declare a 7-day state of emergency.
Keats said for these sodden regions, this weekend's forecast was "good news".
"We are kind of watching a little system, just a little one that might have an influence on Northland, but that's not until Monday next week," she said.
"So the further north you are, the better the weather for the weekend."
"Winds relatively light, plenty of sunshine, couple of showers. But those fronts in the South Island are going to bring some heavy rain to sort of central South Island, and then also there'll be showers that'll push up over Wellington for kind of the middle and second-half of the weekend."
"I say, get to the North. The north's the best place to be."
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