ok it has arrived in Rotorua with gusto, i just took the dog for a walk , not at all impressed, now i know what wind chill means .

Oh so they kinda cut off Thames SH25 and all points north if flood risk gets too high ?
https://www.gns.cri.nz/research-projects/kauaeranga-river-flood-protection/

Pity they did not kinda build a mini bridge to elevate highway. 

News is that Points north east of Gisborne are having major flooding 'forestry slash' again.

North Island as a colour Ink Blot Test. 

I am also awake. Wind and rain are loud and my cat is howling in fear.

Rikkitic:

 

I am also awake. Wind and rain are loud and my cat is howling in fear.

 

 

 

This is what i was worried about with mine however he has been ok, not really bugging me to much about going outside so i think he knows its rather sh** out there currently

Still rainy and windy in Auckland. All the tracking sites I can see show it heading towards the South Island, but has it changed direction to travel slightly southwest? Will Wellington and Canterbury get hit now?

Looks like Auckland is getting some respite from the mountains disrupting the wind.

Could get hairy again wind-wise but the worst of the rain is behind us.

quickymart:

 

Still rainy and windy in Auckland. All the tracking sites I can see show it heading towards the South Island, but has it changed direction to travel slightly southwest? Will Wellington and Canterbury get hit now?

 

Not really, Coastal Canterbury will get rain caused by its rotation as per the prediction link below, but not "from" it

https://earth.nullschool.net/#2023/02/15/0600Z/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-180.63,-44.48,883

For us, its just a few days of wet and mildly warm Southerlies, nothing more

GV27:

 

Looks like Auckland is getting some respite from the mountains disrupting the wind.

 

Could get hairy again wind-wise but the worst of the rain is behind us.

 

SW so west of Auckland got whacked overnight. Auckland somewhat sheltered by the western ranges.

The Emergency Management Minister declared a National State of Emergency at about 8:45am today

Beehive press conference at 9:15

PolicyGuy:

 

The Emergency Management Minister declared a National State of Emergency at about 8:45am today

 

Beehive press conference at 9:15

 

 

 

While its not a national issue the emergency people can obtain national resources for help

Lost a chunk of fence and a number of trees on our street are down/broken/uprooted. 

Was a windy night. 

Nothing major thankfully. 

Rikkitic:

 

I am also awake. Wind and rain are loud and my cat is howling in fear.

 

 

 

I barely slept - felt like the house was going to come off its piles, but my dog slept through the whole thing, snoring and farting gleefully.