Source: Radio New Zealand
The South Island is being hit by a cold, wet, and windy front. RNZ / Conan Young
The South Island is being hit by a cold, wet, and windy front with MetService warning wind and rain watches may get upgraded.
An orange heavy rain warning is in place for Tasman, northwest of Motueka, until 7pm on Tuesday, with peaks rates of 25 to 40 mm/h likely in localised downpours and thunderstorms also possible.
In Canterbury, rain may fall as snow above 1200 metres from Tuesday afternoon.
A heavy rain watch is in place for parts of Marlborough and Canterbury until 10pm on Tuesday.
MetService said there was a moderate chance it would be upgraded to a warning with a focus on North Canterbury and the Kaikoura District.
Strong wind watches are in place for parts of Marlborough, Westland and Grey districts from early Tuesday morning.
MetService meteorologist Michael Pawley said much of the North Island had been sitting under a soupy mess of humid air as a low pressure system moved across the South Island.
Heat alerts were in place Napier and Hastings on Monday, but further south, Christchurch was expected to drop to 12 degrees for most of Tuesday.
But MetService said more settled weather was on the way for the second half of the week.
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