The weather in the north overnight was spectacular but fortunately not too wet.
MetService said it recorded about 1,200 lighting strikes across the upper North Island, including nearly 350 in Auckland.
But those thunderstorms moved quickly and didn't add at lot to those areas already drenched by heavy rain this week.
And at the southern end of the country, the forecast snow has arrived.
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To see how drivers are affected, Waka Kotahi network operations manager Tresca Forrester spoke to Corin Dann.
