Wellington - STRONG WIND WARNING (14 March)

[Dodger]

Be careful out there guys.
Should make for an interesting ride home this afternoon.:shit:


STRONG WIND WARNING KAPITI COAST, WELLINGTON : A period of severe northwest gales is expected this afternoon with gusts to 120 kilometre/h. These winds should begin to ease in the evening.

[Grub]

And I have to get home from Kapiti to Whitby! :sick:

This might be the one day i don't go over Paekak Hill. I'm guessing maybe the TCWNR last fling might be postponed?

[FlangMasterJ]

Pansies!:no:

[Nasty]

Due to an accident the motorway out of Wellington is no longer flowing ...

[Grub]

at 10 am Wed 14 March
Paraparaumu Airport AWS
- Temperature: 15 °C
- Wind Speed: 32 km/h
- Wind Direction: NNW
- Rainfall (last hr): 0.0 mm
- Humidity: 69 %
- Pressure: 991 hPa


at 1 pm Wed 14 March
Paraparaumu Airport AWS
- Temperature: 16 °C
- Wind Speed: 56 km/h
- Wind Direction: NNW
- Rainfall (last hr): 8.0 mm
- Humidity: 81 %
- Pressure: 986 hPa

[sunhuntin]

strong up here too....not really looking forward to going out in it! will take the long way over the motorway bridge, but cos thats close to an ocean, the wind will be tricky. but theres less paint lines too.

[Guitana]

Harden up ya Blouses get ya head on ya tank and throttle up!!!!!

[Disco Dan]

geesh.... yeah the wind was interesting in aucks this arvo!

went to mt albert on the mway and just about gone blown out too sea!

....faster you go the less the wind blows ya around ;)

[Colapop]

You're never sure where you're going anyway!

[Drum]

HonYamSuzSaki, the little known god of bikers, has smiled upon us and decided to make it a rather pleasant ride home tonight after all.

I for one shall be offering up a virgin in his honour.

[Steam]

Hooray! Sunny just in time for the evening shift on the boat! Oh I do enjoy a good windy but sunny day on the water. Just like a nice calm cool day on the bike.

[Disco Dan]

I for one shall be offering up a virgin in his honour.

got any spares? :innocent:

[Beemer]

Really wild here, and although I welcome the rain for the water tank, I wasn't so keen on the heavy downpour that happened just as I crossed the road about 1.45pm! The wind was blowing the rain into the shops I was walking in front of, then it started hailing and I was absolutely drenched. I squelched my way around the supermarket before heading home for a hot shower! A guy on a Suzuki pulled into the service station while I was filling the car and I thought "rather you than me, mate!"

[Drum]

Yep, I spoke too soon. I'm retracting my virgin.

[Grub]

Yep, I spoke too soon. I'm retracting my virgin.

Too late. You're welcome to have her back ... but that will be ex-virgin to you

[jetboy]

Auckland also has a Storm Warning now - see Rant and Rave

[ManDownUnder]

got any spares? :innocent:

You volunteering?

[adyone]

left work early today because of the gale warning it was nothing to worry about yet

[James Deuce]

Good grief. 8 weeks of beautiful weather and the first gentle zephyr with a couple of showers and you're all cowering indoors.

[Squeak the Rat]

Is it just me or are the thresholds for the "warnings" getting lower?

It seems that any rain that lasts more than an hour gets a rain warning these days......... And isn't it always this windy?

[Dodger]

I for one shall be offering up a virgin in his honour.

Not sure where you managed to find one in Stokes Valley, but it seemed to work :yes:

[Drum]

Indeed. A storm in a teacup.

[Colapop]

It rained for about 10 minutes around 1 today. I think a civil disobedience order was put in place.

[sunhuntin]

arrived at work safe and sound...wind was fine till i changed direction! i was cowering on the bike, hanging on with everything in me. course, when ya hang onto the tank, the water tends to pool :shutup:
headed past the local primary school, and a huge sheet of rain did its best to drown me. had to pull off cos the sunnies fogged up, the tail lights i was following pulled over and parked, and i couldnt see much more than the front tyre.

stayed dry for the ride home...just bloody windy. rivers high, and now its thunderin and lighternin out there. and the tvs are all out.

[chanceyy]

two trips today & both had hail & rain that bad could not see 25 feet in front of you ... branches & crap hitting the truck .. damn glad i was in that rather than on the bike ...

this was no gentle breeze .. or even a strong wind ... but adding hail thunderstorms to the mix .. crap visibility

[Drew]

I just drove down from Hawera, had the bike up there, but fuck if I was gonna ride in this shit.

All the way to Himitangi I was thinkin, "it's not that bad, shoulda brought the bike." Then I was damn near blown off the road, so I turned the radio up, and sang along thinkin, "fuck I'm glad I'm in a car.":yes:

[Grub]

Good grief. 8 weeks of beautiful weather and the first gentle zephyr with a couple of showers and you're all cowering indoors.

And you were where for tonight's ride Jeeem?

[Drum]

.......and the tvs are all out.

Sweet god no! Think of the little children!

[Steam]

Tonight I pillioned for the first time, it was raining heavily, we were riding a GN250, our combined weight was over 200kgs, and visibility was terrible with smeared visors. But we survived, got to Pwalo's house where I picked up my new bike and rode home again. Hooray!

[Lorax]

Tonight I pillioned for the first time, it was raining heavily, we were riding a GN250, our combined weight was over 200kgs, and visibility was terrible with smeared visors. But we survived, got to Pwalo's house where I picked up my new bike and rode home again. Hooray!

:gob: :gob: :gob: :gob: :gob:

I was the lucky pillion in the mentioned quote above. You rode well big bro. But BLOODY HELL IT'S SCARY sitting on a motorbike as a passenger for the first time since you were 4, especially when it's a dark and stormy night!

:gob: :gob: :gob: :gob: :gob:

[James Deuce]

And you were where for tonight's ride Jeeem?

I don't do group rides.

[Dodger]

I really must do a Wednesday ride. :zzzz:

[Deano]

Good to see the strong wind took all that crap weather with it.

[Pwalo]

Tonight I pillioned for the first time, it was raining heavily, we were riding a GN250, our combined weight was over 200kgs, and visibility was terrible with smeared visors. But we survived, got to Pwalo's house where I picked up my new bike and rode home again. Hooray!

Yep that was one of the funniest things I've seen. Two six foot plus guys on a GN, with a pack rack!

Good to hear you made it home in one piece, it sure was ugly.

I got soaked through in the ten minute 'storm' at lunch. My work shoes are still drying out.

[sunhuntin]

Sweet god no! Think of the little children!

yeh, no kiddin. the one good night of tv a week, and its out till after 11pm. wanted to watch the news last night too....damnit.

currently sunny, but very very windy. what gear of mine that it still wet will be worn to work, and should be dry by the time i get there.