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Weather: North Island rocked by thunderstorm; cold southerly freezes South Island
Much of the upper North Island have been rocked by thunderstorms overnight, with over 3000 lightning strikes recorded. Kaipara Harbour was hit most, with Auckland also berated by loud bangs throughout the early morning hours on Monday. Residents in Helensville also reported hail. MetService's head of weather news Heather Keats said the loud thunder even gave her moment for pause. "It scared the bejesus out of me," she told Morning Report. "I don't think many people in Auckland would have slept through their alarm this morning, that's for sure. "There's quite a few of those little sparks up over Auckland at the moment. These squally thunderstorms are going to continue to kind of roll over the city like they did last night." Keats said the majority of the lightning strikes was over central Kaipara Harbour, but a few were seen in the Auckland region too. Much of Auckland was hit by rolling thunderstorms this morning. Photo: RNZ / Jeremy Parkinson A couple of storms have bubbled up over the city but will slowly head out offshore and clear in Auckland and the Upper North Island throughout the morning, she said. "It's been a pretty unstable couple of days with one weather system kind of pushing in that westerly flow over the Upper North but we still have that biting southerly coming up from the south that's been responsible for the cold temperatures and the snow," she said. Keats advised morning commuters and parents dropping off their children at school to keep an eye on the rain radar, with strong winds and heavy rain expected until about 9am. Keats said snow that forced the closure of parts of State Highway 8 and State Highway 80 is starting to finally clear. Two sections of State Highway in the Mackenzie Country that were closed overnight Saturday - because of risk from snow and ice - but reopened Sunday morning. The New Zealand Transport Agency said the crews had been busy gritting and treating areas of ice on the roads. Keats said there are still a couple of road snowfall warnings in place for Lewis Pass and Porters Pass until about 9am this morning, "There's been quite a bit of rain that's pushed in over the Canterbury region overnight so Port Hills has had some snow again and today it'll be to about 700 metres but definitely easing as those showers clear out of the South Island today," she said. She said people would have noticed that today is a couple of degrees warmer than Sunday in places like Wellington and Dunedin. "It is starting to feel a little warmer and it will continue to warm back to average today and tomorrow and then even slightly above average for the North Island as we head into the week," she said. The coldest place in New Zealand this morning was Mt Hutt at -7 degrees Celsius, while Manapouri Airport in Te Anau recorded -4 degrees. Keats also said the big wells in Cook Strait will ease, but warned a new weather rain system could hit mid-week. "We've got a new big deep low pressure system out over the Tasman and that's actually starting to influence our weather from today heading into this week and that's going to see the next bout of rain the next large swells and we can expect pretty unsettled kind of week from about Wednesday." Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
NZ Herald
4 hours ago
- NZ Herald
Weather: Aucklanders waking up to thunder after intense rain overnight
MetService said the city can expect rain with squally thunderstorms, easing to showers this morning. Aucklanders will be waking up to inspect their properties after intense thunder this morning and heavy rain overnight. MetService said the city can expect rain with squally thunderstorms, easing to showers this morning. Showers are expected to become few and far between by afternoon. Westerlies, gusting 100 km/h at
RNZ News
a day ago
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State Highway 8 and SH80 reopen after snow closure
The road winding east along SH8 toward Burkes Pass township in the South Island. Photo: Supplied / New Zealand Transport Agency Two sections of State Highway in the Mackenzie Country that were closed overnight - because of risk from snow and ice - have now reopened. State Highway 8 between Twizel and Fairlie and SH80 between Lake Pukaki and Aoraki/Mt Cook were closed on Saturday night as a safety precaution to both motorists and crews working on the roads. The New Zealand Transport Agency said the crews had been busy gritting and treating areas of ice on the roads. The road closures were lifted around 10am on Sunday. However, motorists are still advised to take care when travelling. A road snowfall warning is still in place for Porters Pass (SH73) and the Crown Range Road until Monday morning. MetService said warmer than average conditions over summer and the start of autumn had made this weekend's chilly blast all the more noticeable. Parts of the country awoke to their coldest morning of the year on Sunday with sub zero temperatures across the South Island as well as in Hamilton and parts of Wellington. Christchurch residents also reported the year's first dusting of snow on the Port Hills this morning. MetService Meteorologist Devlin Lynden said Mackenzie Basin dipped to a low of - 8°C while Wanaka and Queenstown recorded lows of - 5°C. He says - further north - the capital's weather station in Porirua recorded a low of - 1.3°C while Hamilton also touched freezing point reaching down to zero degrees. Auckland escaped with a comparatively mild 5°C while Whakatāne and Tauranga hovered at 2°C. Lynden said warmer than average conditions earlier in the year made Sunday morning's chilly blast all the more pronounced. "Through the start of summer and autumn we had lots of these northerly storm cycles - bringing quite a bit of moisture to the likes of Northland," Lynden said. "But with these storm cycles we also get quite warm conditions that's added to the shock value of this polar blast that we're experiencing right now." He said the cold temperatures were expected to linger into this week. "The next few days will still be quite chilly - perhaps a bit warmer than this morning - but as we look into the mid-week there will be some lifting of temperatures into lows of 10°C for some parts of the North Island. "But with that there will also be some rain unfortunately and cloudy conditions later on this week," Lynden said. He said snow forecast to fall as low as 400 metres on the mountain passes above the Canterbury Plains and Banks Peninsula could make driving treacherous in coming days. MetService has Road Snowfall Warnings in place for SH73, Porter's pass and the Crown Range Road into Monday morning. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
