Hawke's Bay set for 30C Sunday before potential rain next week

Hawke’s Bay is expected to be the hottest spot in the country this weekend with 30C predicted before a low-pressure system potentially brings rain. 

On Saturday in Wairoa, mainly fine conditions are expected – a high of 21C and a low of 10C – with morning cloud and easterly winds developing but dying out in the evening. 

In Napier, morning cloud is expected to clear, and developing easterlies will die out through the day, with a 21C high and a 12C low. 

Similar conditions are expected in Hastings and Waipukurau, with highs of 22C and 21C and lows of 11C and 10C respectively. 

Dannevirke can expect cloud on Saturday morning and evening with northwesterlies, dying out in the afternoon. 

On Sunday, Wairoa can expect mainly fine conditions with isolated showers from the afternoon, northwesterlies, a high of 28C and a low of 10C. 

MetService meteorologist Paris Marshall said Napier and Hastings were expected to be the hottest urban areas this Sunday, brought on by warm northwesterly winds flowing inland to the coast. 

• Mainly fine conditions were expected in Napier with isolated showers from the afternoon, a high of 29C and a low of 16C. 
• In Hastings, fine conditions with northerlies developing in the morning, a high of 30C and a low of 12C. 
• Mainly fine conditions were expected in Waipukurau with isolated showers from the afternoon, northwesterlies, a high of 26C and a low of 10C. 
• Fine conditions were also expected for Dannevirke, with a high of 21C, a low of 11C and westerlies. 

On Monday, temperatures were expected to jump higher across the region. 

Wairoa will see partly cloudy conditions with isolated showers developing in the morning and northwesterlies. 

A high of 28C and a low of 15C is forecast. 

Napier was expected to hit 30C on Monday, with fine conditions, northwesterly winds and a low of 18C. 

Not to be outdone by its twin city, Hastings was expected to hit 31C on Monday with fine conditions, northwesterlies and a low of 15C. 

In Waipukurau on Monday, a high of 26C was expected with partly cloudy conditions, isolated showers developing from morning, northwesterlies and a low of 14C. 

The start of the week in Dannevirke was expected to be partly cloudy with a chance of showers from the afternoon, westerlies, a high of 23C and a low of 13C. 

Marshall said the settled weather would start moving away on Tuesday, potentially making way for a low-pressure system coming down from the tropics, bringing moist, humid and warm air. 

She said one model was showing Hawke’s Bay being hit with rain from Tuesday onwards, but another was being “a lot more optimistic”. 

“Something to watch that space for.” 

Jack Riddell is a multimedia journalist with Hawke’s Bay Today and has worked in radio and media in the UK, Germany and New Zealand.