It was certainly a wild day. It started off with the Met Service issuing a severe weather warning for Wellington. North-westerly gales, strong enough to bring down trees and power lines were forecast in Wellington and the Wairarapa. Police also issued a warning to motorists in the lower North Island especially around the Wellington, Kapiti Coast, Wairarapa and over the Rimutuka Hill. Severe winds gusts reached up to 140kmh on the Rimutaka Hill. There were reports of flooding in the Manawata. Due to exceptionally heavy rainfall in the Tararua Ranges, Civil Defence activated their emergency plan concerning the Hutt River and rising river levels. The hills were barely visible with all the rain falling.
Local hills obscured by the rain clouds
By mid afternoon the wind gusts had dropped, and the rain had stopped falling. Robin arrived home safe and sound after driving his truck around in the bad weather. Surprisingly, he reported that once he had reached Kapiti, it was dry and so warm he soon took his rain jacket off. Luckily here in the Hutt Valley, we were relevantly unscathed by the bad weather. Weather – it is certainly changeable, isn’t it!
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