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Heavy rain watches are in force for Northland, parts of Auckland and the Coromandel Peninsula. (File photo)
Aucklanders are being urged to brace for 29 hours of heavy rain, with Northland and the Coromandel also in the firing line.
Heavy rain watches are in force for Northland, parts of Auckland and the Coromandel Peninsula.
According to MetService, subtropical air is expected to affect the upper North Island on Sunday into Tuesday, bringing with it a band of heavy rain moving slowly southwards.
Thunderstorms are also possible early on Monday morning.
For those in Northland, north of the Bay of Islands, the heavy rain watch came into effect at 11am on Sunday and is expected to run through until 3am on Monday.
Meanwhile, south of the Bay of Islands and in Auckland north of Orewa there will be 29 hours of heavy rain, with a warning coming into effect at 10pm on Sunday and ending at 3am on Tuesday.
Isolated showers will become wider spread on Sunday evening.
Great Barrier Island, the Hunua Range and the Coromandel Peninsula are also expected to see heavy rain from 1am on Tuesday through to 6pm.
Further south, Wellington has seen a fine Sunday, with a high of 17C and a low of 9C.
Monday is expected to be very similar, with a high of 16C and a low of 8C. Southeasterly winds will turn northeasterly late on Monday evening.
The Garden City will see a mostly cloudy week with patchy drizzle into Sunday evening, before a foggy start to the week on Monday.
Christchurch will see a high of 13C and a low of 7C to kick the week off.
