TC Wilma affecting N.I. - Jan 28-29

Area51 · Unread post by **Area51** » Sat 29/01/2011 04:36

Wind has backed more southerly here at Auckland Airport now, 190M 15KT, rain all but ceased now, waiting for the southwester to kick in!

Manukau heads obs · Sat 29/01/2011 06:31

awake again, LOL,6:30am
57mm here,just a nice amount, SWer has arrived, increasing

cantygal · Unread post by **cantygal** » Sat 29/01/2011 06:33

Sorry to all the folk up north who endured a rough night.
Nev your comment regarding cyclones wasn't necessary really at the end of the day was it. I always think it's best to be helpful in a positive kind of way when required

Manukau heads obs · Sat 29/01/2011 06:39

I see that the M/S still had it as 978 with a very tight center off the bay of islands as it went past....
northland dodged a bullet as far as wind went! (but obviously not rain)
now that it has gone extra tropical you can see the tight center with the cloud spiraling into that
amazing
East cape might get some of the strong winds (although the now faster forward speed will reduce that on the SE quadrant)
wow, just checking rain totals: 199mm at kerikeri!, and 87mm at Ricky's in auckland!

bmo · Unread post by **bmo** » Sat 29/01/2011 06:43

LATEST: Two people are missing and two others marooned up trees as the remants of Cyclone Wilma battered Northland overnight.--stuff

Hope that they are ok!

Nev · Unread post by **Nev** » Sat 29/01/2011 06:57

Rain eased off here around 4am. Ended up with 178mm from midday yesterday.

Looks like the Coromandel's Castle Rock got about 275mm.

Manukau heads obs · Sat 29/01/2011 06:58

and I see Mangaiwai heads also got to 199mm
amazing belt of rain that moved SE
Coromandel must have copped alot of that too
I wonder what windspeed Great Barrier got as the center passed by?
the center is racing SE now, as the models predicted ( GFS did a great job on this system)

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Sat 29/01/2011 07:05

Wow

amazing reading everyone hope those people up north are ok

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Sat 29/01/2011 07:15

Hasnt been much wind overnight here,nothing other than ordinary though will change with the SW.

iomkiwi · Unread post by **iomkiwi** » Sat 29/01/2011 07:17

I'm back, no significant damage at my place. Got to 199.4mm and doesn't look like there will be any more, sky is blue with only the occasional cloud flying by.
Will grab the cameras and go for a drive soon.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Sat 29/01/2011 07:18

What about the beginning of the day

It is now!

cantygal wrote:Sorry to all the folk up north who endured a rough night.
Nev your comment regarding cyclones wasn't necessary really at the end of the day was it. I always think it's best to be helpful in a positive kind of way when required

bmo · Unread post by **bmo** » Sat 29/01/2011 07:20

No strong winds here and no rain but still very flooded. Can see some flooding in valley downhill. Had 74mm overnight since 3pm yesterday.

Manukau heads obs · Sat 29/01/2011 07:25

have reached 42 knots (77kmh) here in a shower from the WSW
nothing out of the ordinary for here
I doubt we will get gusts to 60 kts as predicted, we should be peaking for windspeed over the next hour going by where the low is, etc
I see that surf reports from the coromandel are not bad yet, 3 to 5 foot waves, i.e 2m swell, not the predicted 4.5m swell....yet...

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Sat 29/01/2011 07:29

I'm glad to think the worst winds may not eventuate. I grieve for those who endured the horrendous rainfall and perhaps wondered what was going to happen next. My thanks to everyone who contributes to this thread,for excellent information and updates.

bmo · Unread post by **bmo** » Sat 29/01/2011 07:37

LATEST: Two people are missing and two others marooned up trees as the remants of Cyclone Wilma battered Northland overnight.The missing people are at Onetangi on Waiheke Island where a house has collapsed down a cliff.--stuff.

Vertigo · Unread post by **Vertigo** » Sat 29/01/2011 07:38

made an animation of the rain radar loop..

Nev · Unread post by **Nev** » Sat 29/01/2011 07:49

cantygal wrote:Nev your comment regarding cyclones wasn't necessary really at the end of the day was it. I always think it's best to be helpful in a positive kind of way when required

Huh, not sure what you mean?

I simply pointed out that Fergus and Drena were ex-TC's, whereas this one was apparently still intact, which means this is most likely the closest an intact TC has ever come to NZ.

Nice animation Vertigo.

Vertigo · Unread post by **Vertigo** » Sat 29/01/2011 07:50

yep nev, dont see the drama in that comment tbh.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Sat 29/01/2011 08:01

SW Rising as typically even would if only 5hpa difference,the SE gales never arrived here infact little wind till SW change as usual.Rain has run off here.

bmo · Unread post by **bmo** » Sat 29/01/2011 08:03

Weather related outages
Date: 29-01-2011 07:38 am
Outages in the following areas were caused by last night's heavy rain.
- Wellsford,Waiteitei, Wayby, Whangapiro - 343 customers
-Te Hana - 560 customers
-Kaipara Flats - 56 customers

Would have expected more people to have lost power in Auckland.

Nev · Unread post by **Nev** » Sat 29/01/2011 08:08

Crikey! Will have to go and have a look...

'Two missing as house falls in storm' - NZ Herald

Two people are missing after a house collapsed at Onetangi, on Waiheke Island, as tropical cyclone Wilma battered the upper North Island overnight.

The house collapsed after being hit by a large slip and is one of more than 200 incidents keeping emergency services in the region busy...

(more...)

bmo · Unread post by **bmo** » Sat 29/01/2011 08:10

Just had my highest wind gust of 20.4knots

photosearch1 · Unread post by **photosearch1** » Sat 29/01/2011 08:10

The herald is saying the people on Waiheke have been found safe and well, thank goodness. The house got hit by a large slip.

Manukau heads obs · Sat 29/01/2011 08:11

nice one Vertigo re animation
shows a cool looking lee wind SW wind change bow echo type rain band moving off the coromandel

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Sat 29/01/2011 08:29

Wow so it looks like thats it........... Got Sunshine atm and hardly any rain compared to what you guys got up north....

Very Quick to leave....

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