Spring Westerlies

[Ryan Thomas]

Stand up straight and some of those gusts make you lose a little balance...

[Andrew Massie]

Yeah, I got a 70kph gust earlier..

[Myself]

Toughen up, it's gusting 110 km/h here in Wellington

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

There were 10,000 lightning strikes over Fiordland and Westland in the last 12 to 15 hours!

Paul

Yes, Paul, it did look rather 'flash' over there from last night.

JohnGaul
NZTS

[Manukau heads obs]

WNW winds have picked up here overnight , this far north, now ,too

could get windy up here on wednesday by the looks!

[Nev]

Yes, but...

Already today gales have blasted exposed hilly parts of Auckland with gusts in the past hour to 111km/h. (as reported by Weatherwatch at 7:45am)

I don't think so! The only place where that was likely to have occurred was at Manukua Heads - notorious for its channelling effect.

[NZstorm]

could get windy up here on wednesday by the looks!

Tuesdays wind profile looks fairly impressive ahead of the front over the west of the NI. Should bring gales to exposed places.

[Manukau heads obs]

I don't think so! The only place where that was likely to have occurred was at Manukua Heads - notorious for its channelling effect.

yes, the only place getting gales in the auckland area at the moment is the manukau heads (yes, gusting to 54 knots there, averaging 37 knots (as windy as Wellington!)
(yes, funneling/acceleration over the hill top,and a pressure wind against the waitak ranges, occurs with a WNW wind direction)
gusting to 35 knots here at my place
(other areas are just getting strong winds)

and, yes, it looks like now tuesday will be the strongest winds?

[Nev]

Thanks Brian... Yes, Weatherwatch confirmed this after a similar delayed querry, from someone in Howick , was added after I posted the above. Reply...

Yes the winds are certainly in isolated pockets this morning. 110km/h gusts on the Manukau Heads, 50km/h gusts at Auckland Airport, 60 km/h gusts at Whenuapai.

Weather Watch

Sustained winds seem to have been up to around at least 50 km/h in the Waitemata Houbour / Hauraki Gulf today going by 3 hour obs.

[Nev]

Gotta feel sorry for that unlucky young Australian family campervaning in Sth Canterbury on Saturday...

'Another holiday from hell puts wind up family' - Stuff
Sunday, 05 October 2008 - By Lois Watson

...They were travelling about 20km/h when a wind gust tipped the campervan over into a ditch, sending its contents, including the fridge and oven, tumbling. "It was bloody scary," said the mother... "We've been in a cyclone in the Northern Territory and I don't think it was as bad." Neither of her two daughters - aged seven and five - nor her husband were injured but she suffered a head cut when the oven fell on her. "Last time we came to New Zealand it rained 13 of the 15 days. I don't think we'll be in a hurry to come back," she said...

(full story)

Steady light rain here this morn. A warm 15° night - only dropped by 2° from yesterday.

[spwill]

"Last time we came to New Zealand it rained 13 of the 15 days. I don't think we'll be in a hurry to come back,"

Visit NZ from Jan to April.

Looks like rain or showers here for much of the week, a High moving in for next weekend. Was starting to get dry here so the rain is welcome.

[Manukau heads obs]

updated marine warning now has gusts to 55knots
could get to 75 kts (135 kmh) gusts at the Manukau heads

[jamie]

Tuesday looks like it could be a wild one. Metservice have been busy today issuing a heap of warnings. I just hope i can get alot of my essay done so i can go for a drive tomorrow afternoon.