Hawke's Bay may have missed the biggie, but the region didn't walk away empty-handed.

Winds reaching up to 30 knots in the eastern bay in the late morning and afternoon. Cloudy. 90% chance of showers. Please be awareWind and wave forecasts are averages. Wind gusts can be 40 per cent ...

Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. Winds southerly 30 to 45 km/h decreasing to 20 to 30 km/h in the evening then tending southwesterly 20 to 25 km/h in the late evening. Mostly sunny morning.