We just had our rainwater tanks topped up after a long dry period.ursinator2.0 - 29-1-2023 at 16:09
The white zone returned back on top of Billy the mountain (and some of his relatives) for two weeks now but refuses to stay down in the Centerville
plains (due to mild temps). Expecting rising temperatures the upcoming week. GrayGhost - 4-2-2023 at 00:57
We've had a very warm week .....
The hell hole that is Auckland has extended their state of emergency for a week and included the Coromandel, where many of the roads have been wiped
out.
The number of uninhabitable homes is up to around 2,000 and counting.
Wellington, the 4th of February, 12:45pm
It's a humid 26.0°C (78.8°F) in on and around downtown cave central…..
Morning and evening low cloud, otherwise partly cloudy.
Chance morning shower north of Wellington City.
Fresh northerlies.
Warmer than usual awaaaaay on out in the Valley.
Sunday's Forecast
Cloud increasing with isolated showers. Rain from evening.
Northerlies, becoming strong from afternoon,
rising to gale in exposed places evening.
We've had another very warm week, nudging the big 30°C (86.0°F) a couple of
times…..
With the fifth cyclone of the summer season due to arrive early on Sunday in the far North,
the hell hole that is Auckland to again extend the state of emergency for another week in preparation of what's forecast…..
Wellington, the 11th of February, 10:30am
It's a nice 20.0°C (68.0°F) in on and around downtown cave central…..
Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle is in the Tasman Sea moving southeast and reached "severe" category 3 status on Friday.
Met Service says the cyclone is now tracking closer to New Zealand than previous projections suggested.
Strong wind, heavy rain and large swells are expected from Sunday and Met Service has issued heavy rain watches
for Northland, Auckland, Coromandel Peninsula, Gisborne and Hawke's Bay.
Strong wind watches have been issued for Northland, parts of Auckland, Coromandel Peninsula and parts of the central North Island.
Met Service meteorologist Mmathapelo Makgabutlane expects the yellow rain watches to be raised to at least orange rain watches later on Saturday.
The National Emergency Management Agency says now is the time to prepare and take action to get your whānau (family)
and your household ready.
Heavy swells of up to 7 metres are also possible next week.
GrayGhost - 18-2-2023 at 01:11
Locally we've had a week of wind and rain, which chilled things down a bit.
We were keeping a close eye on our neighbourhood creeks and streams
as there was a bit of cyclone rain up in the Orongorongo range that feeds them…..
Our valley runs east to west, to the east we have the Orongorongo River
who's goal is to reach the Hutt River (Te Awa Kairangi) to the west, via our
little creeks and streams…..
Wellington, the 18th of February, 1:00pm
It's a pleasant 21.0°C (69.8°F) in on and around downtown cave central…..
A lot of the far North and parts of the East coast were destroyed by cyclone Gabrielle,
many remain cut off without power or phone network, some with out water.
The death toll is now 9, with 4,500 missing or un-contactable.
Fine, then cloud developing this evening. North westerlies,
strong in exposed places.
Monday's Forecast
Showers, turning to rain in the morning, briefly heavy and possibly thundery,
clearing in the afternoon.
North westerlies, gusting 90 km/h (mph) in exposed places,
turning southerly in the afternoon.
