Thunder, lightning rumble through
Thunderbolts and lightning flashed and crashed across the region yesterday afternoon.
A brief downpour of heavy rain accompanied the first rumbles, heard at about 2.30pm.
Napier, though, looks set for better weather today, with fine conditions, high cloud increasing and a brief period of rain and northwesterlies possible for the early evening.
Hastings will boast similar weather, with a high of 26C. MetService says scattered rain could arrive south of Hastings in the afternoon, then pass through elsewhere in the early evening.