Yesterday, it was revealed this year’s rain stood out drastically among 30 years of rainfall data.Īuckland received 90 per cent of its average annual rainfall in just a few months, running at about three times the 30-year baseline.Ho‘omaika‘i Ho‘omaluhia on 40th Anniversary as a City botanical garden! “We used multiple weather forecasting models, and this far into the future they show many different options for how this weather plays out on Thursday and Friday,” Fernandes said. However, with already saturated ground, any further heavy rain could be problematic, and strong wind is an added complication.Īt this stage, Fernandes said MetService is unclear how much damage the fast-moving weather system will do. “This low is moving quicker than the previous weather systems that brought heavy rain and flooding this year, most recently last week,” Fernandes said. MetService said the bands of rain would be fast-moving, and it expects large waves along exposed coastlines. Strong winds will accompany the low-pressure system and there is a moderate risk of severe northeast gales in some regions of Northland, where a watch is in effect, Auckland, Coromandel, Waikato and Waitomo today.īetween 50mm and 100mm of rain is possible for parts of the island by midnight Friday. “Yet another low will be approaching from the north Tasman Sea with rain and strong wind ramping up over the upper North Island afternoon and evening,” MetService meteorologist Luis Fernandes said. The forecasting agency predicted the weather could be “damaging”. Niwa said the weather is tropically charged and is set to hit Northland first this evening before becoming more widespread across the weekend. It has placed a heavy rain watch on Northland from 3pm today until 3am tomorrow.
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