A mixed bag of weather is set to hit New Zealand on Monday, with MetService issuing weather watches for parts of the North and South Islands.
MetService said the main rain band, which brought heavy rain to Auckland overnight, is heading eastwards over the Coromandel Peninsula, while the rain in Christchurch has cleared and the sun is coming out.
MetService has issued a heavy rain watch for the Coromandel Peninsula and Bay of Plenty west of Te Puke until 6pm on Monday.
A watch is also in place for east of Kawerau in the Bay of Plenty, which could also see periods of heavy rain from 3pm on Monday to 3am on Tuesday.
MetService is predicting most other places in the North Island to see a few scattered showers on Monday.
The South Island will escape the bad weather on Monday with just a few scattered showers for most places but the outlook for the rest of the week isn't promising.
The West Coast is set to bear the brunt of it with MetService issuing a heavy rain watch for most places, which could bring heavy rain and thunderstorms for the working week.
The weather watches from MetService come after fellow forecaster WeatherWatch warned a Southern Ocean storm may produce the first sea-level snow for New Zealand this year.
"The first proper winter blast of 2022 may be on the way for New Zealand, following weeks of milder than usual weather," the forecaster said.
"A storm is forecast to develop this week in the Southern Ocean and by this coming Friday or Saturday the set-up may allow an Antarctic southerly to bring the first sea-level, or low-level, snow event of the year to New Zealand."
The current forecast has snow appearing in places like Dunedin, Invercargill, Gore and Queenstown next Saturday (June 11), with snow to sea level in Southland and Otago and to low levels in some parts of Canterbury.
