In today's forecast we are expecting a few showers developing this morning with northerlies dying out in the evening.

It's a two-clothing layer day today with a high of 16 and an overnight low of 8 degrees. Humidity is 99 per cent.

High tide is at 9.40am and low tide is at 3.50pm. There's a sea swell of .1m with a sea temperature of 15 degrees. Sunset tonight is at 5.24pm.

If you're going fishing the next best fish bite time is tomorrow morning between 7 and 10am.

In NZ history on this day in 1987 the Maori Language Act came into force, making te reo Māori an official language of New Zealand. In 1992 Lorraine Moller won Olympic bronze. At the age of 37, Lorraine Moller ran the race of her life to place third in the marathon at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992.

In world history on this day in 1740 Thomas Arne's song 'Rule Britannia” was performed for the first time. In 1791 Robert Carter III, a Virginia plantation owner, freed all 500 of his slaves in the largest private emancipation in U.S. history. In 1834 slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire.

In 1893 a machine for making shredded wheat breakfast cereal was patented. In 1914 Germany declared war on Russia. In 1937 the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany became operational.The Nuremberg Trial would later bring high-ranking Nazis to justice. In 1939 synthetic vitamin K was produced for the first time.

In 1946 President Harry S. Truman established the Atomic Energy Commission. In 1954 the Geneva Accords divided Vietnam into two countries at the 17th parallel. In 1960 singer Chubby Checker released 'The Twist,” creating a new dance craze. The song had been released by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters the previous year but got little attention. In 2004 in Asuncion, Paraguay, a fire in the Ycua Bolanos V supermarket complex killed nearly 400 people and injured 500.

Today is the birthday of Roman Emperor Claudius. Born in 10 AD, be once wrote "Say not always what you know, but always know what you say."

Today's weather video was filmed in Johnson's Reserve in Welcome Bay. The reserve has bushwalks, streams and wetland areas; and leads on to Waipuna Park which has sports fields, a playground and a community centre.

To get involved in some of the many activities happening around the Bay, please check out our What's on page.

Have a great day!