Tue 29 Jul | | | | An active front moves onto the South Island.
1. Rain spread to most places, but stays mostly dry to south. Totals 50 to 100 mm for most of West Coast, esp. inland Midland line west of Arthurs Pass, and for Buller Gorge area. Also, totals 25+ mm within about 20 km east of Arthurs Pass, and for MNL north of about Ward (Marlborough).
2. Northerly wind gusts reach 80+ km/h in places about and north of a line Christchurch to Hokitika, including Midland line. |