A little rain is unlikely to dampen the spirits of families wanting to enjoy the outdoors to end the school holidays this weekend.
Hawke's Bay has escaped the brunt of a deep low with a series of fronts which has caused flooding, heavy rainfall and snow to parts of the South Island and upper North Island.
MetService meteorologist Larissa Marintchenko said there were a few showers in the ranges overnight last night but today and tomorrow should be pretty fine with high clouds.
This morning some scattered rain is expected to develop and become widespread however it should clear by tomorrow morning, she said.
Northerly winds, which developed overnight, would change to southwesterly and become quite strong about the coast.
A few showers might also develop tomorrow afternoon on the coast but the weather should be fine inland with southwesterly winds dying out.
Early next week, from Monday to Wednesday, looked fine with high clouds and some winds.
A very deep low over the South Island, which was expected to slowly move east late today, had caused torrential rain and flooding in Otago and Canterbury with snow expected, she said.
Much of the North Island is under a large northwest flow producing very heavy downpours with hail and isolated thunderstorms including in Auckland and Gisborne and strong winds in Wellington and Wairarapa.
Hawke's Bay has fortunately been sheltered from this and will miss the bad weather, she said.
Mild temperatures are likely to stay with highs of 14C to 15C today and tomorrow and getting warmer, up to 17C, early next week.
Overnight lows will stay around 4C to 5C due to clear nights.
Hawke's Bay has had some heavy rainfalls with more than 20mm falling on both July 7 and 14 but rainfall has been 99.2mm for the month which is expected for July, she said.