Current Wellington Weather

[riffer]

Grrrrrr. You're all a pack of poofters...

What's a bit of wind and rain to us hardy motorcyclists?

[Ms Piggy]

Wow! What a ride!

Left at 7.30 this morning - I wanted to go in the light, instead of the usual ride in darkness.

Very very strong winds, and so much rain its not funny.

Got completely soaked, especially when the waves came over on to the motorway.

Gini didn't want me to leave, especially when morning report stated winds were gusting up to 200km/hr on the motorway.

But in the end it was handleable. The wind knocked me around a bit, but a 230kg bike is pretty hard to shift in the wind.

I would say you can still ride Cathy, but be VERY careful on that little bike.

Thanks Simon but it didn't happen in the end b/c a tree has fallen down & blocked the track that I park my bike at the top of , so not only was I late for class I had to borrow money & catch the stinky bus (waited for at least 20mins for it to come!) and then arrive at class & we only ended up staying for about half an hour instead if till 12.

Take a deep breath and......siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh.

[merv]

Working at home today as they say.

[Mongoose]

Bit of perspective here.Boscastle in Cornwall here last night,over 130mm of rain in 2 hours,3 houses totally washed away,loads of cars washed out to sea,15 people un-accounted for but hopefully buggered off quick rather than hurt.Trees up-rooted and washed through the high street,8 rescue helicopters winching people from their roofs,top floor windows e.t.c virtually a whole village trashed and similar,though not so extreme,story further along the coast........now that`s shit weather and this is the height of the Summer holiday season as well.A memeber of the public shot some video footage that looks like that Yank disaster movie doing the rounds now,except this was for real,really awesome seeing all the cars being washed down the street.

Moko, that was well covered on the news on TV here in NZ. Those cars sure floated well

[pete376403]

Hopefully it will be cleared by 4;30 ish but there is a tree down on the mtotorway northbound lane just north of Maungaraki (again - I thought they fixed that problem last time). Lots of cars backed up at 0815. Traffic being diverted thru Petone via Korokoro bridge.
Also big flood on northbound (again) lane of Motorway near BP gas station.
A bit of preventative maintenance to the drain holes under the media barrier would have prevented a lot of this - you can see water coming through maybe one in five holes.

[scumdog]

Shit yeah it's ccold, I've had my fire going since about 17:30, full blast, and it's still cold in my house! And, earlier on, I looked out the window, and there was an odd, saucer shaped object on top of my garage roof! Went out to look, and it was a bloody heavy, water logged, rubber and foam table cover, which had caught wind, and flown from where it lived, to my roof! Luckily it landed safely, if it had hit a window, it would have become a permanent feature of the house!

Now, just gotta get used to the house shaking, and the roar of the wind rushing up through the fireplace chimney

The rimutakas look like an interesting ride, from the nightline footage! Might take it easy next time I'm up there, and keep an eye out for any ice

And I thought you lot lived up there because the climate was 'better'?

I'm sitting in the sun watching the snow clearing from the hills and having an early lunch, I'll go outside and sit at the back door soaking up sun when I've posted this

[Posh Tourer :P]

And I thought you lot lived up there because the climate was 'better'?

I'm sitting in the sun watching the snow clearing from the hills and having an early lunch, I'll go outside and sit at the back door soaking up sun when I've posted this

When you live up here, soaking up sun isnt anything worth posting about.... It's just too common

[James Deuce]

Hopefully it will be cleared by 4;30 ish but there is a tree down on the mtotorway northbound lane just north of Maungaraki (again - I thought they fixed that problem last time). Lots of cars backed up at 0815. Traffic being diverted thru Petone via Korokoro bridge.
Also big flood on northbound (again) lane of Motorway near BP gas station.
A bit of preventative maintenance to the drain holes under the media barrier would have prevented a lot of this - you can see water coming through maybe one in five holes.

There is talk about closing the waterfront section of the Hutt Rd due to flooding.

That will be fun.

[Paul in NZ]

Latest update is...

Storm update 11am – windows go in Basin Reserve

• The Basin Reserve has been closed to the public. About 15 windows in the R A Vance Stand have been blown out – and glass fragments have been blown out into the roadway. It is feared more windows could be blown out. People are advised to stay away from the area.

• Electricity has been cut to many areas of the city as falling trees and branches bring down power lines.

• Takapu Road, a rural road near Tawa, has been closed by flooding, slips and fallen trees.

• Moa Point Road remains closed due to huge seas breaking over the southern end of the Wellington Airport runway.

• The road from Seatoun to Breaker Bay has been closed at the Pass of Branda due to water and debris

• Stewart Duff Drive, on the eastern side of the Airport, is closed because cladding is being blown off a hangar.

• Makara Road and Ohariu Valley Road closed by fallen trees and power lines.

• Council Parks staff have closed off the walking tracks on Tinakori Hill due to the danger caused by many falling trees.

• Panels have blown off two buildings at Queens Wharf on the waterfront, and windows have been blown in at the former Herd Street Post Office Building. People are advised to stay away from the area.

City Council Infrastructure Manager Stavros Michael says damage and disruption around the city and region is significant. “The city has taken a right old battering.”

He says the Council’s Call Centre has handled several hundred calls this morning. “It’s been as busy as it gets.” He says Call Centre staff have dealt with more than 40 reports of fallen trees, 30 reports of power lines down – and scores of other incidents.”

For further details please contact:
Richard MacLean, Council Communications, tel 801 3578 or 0274 453 837

[Mongoose]

Ahhh Paul, reports like that make me so happy to be living in the cold south.
Guess we should not tell all of our climate down here, or the lack of people and maybe we can keep it this way.

[merv]

Just had bacon, egg and cheese toasted sandwiches cooked by moi at home - choice - but went for a cruise around the 'burb earlier and have never seen so many fallen trees, wrecked fences and tiles off rooves before. Plod was blocking one street moaning that water was too deep and he'd already had to pull two dead cars out. So far only damage at home is one of the largest aluminium bars has been rooted on my TV aerial and has fallen off and one paling has blown off a fence. Daughter is keeping me company - she couldn't see any point in going to school.

[Deano]

Anyone wanting to check out the shit we are putting up with in the Hutt, go here

http://www.huttcity.info/about/neigh...ds/webcam.html

[Cajun]

all i have to say is HA HA

[Blakamin]

Just came home for lunch into a headwind and all I could get out of the bike was 100...flat out!
might be able to roll back to work at about 150 tho

[gav]

Geez, you soft northerners, we've still had customers coming in wanting bark and compost for their gardens, its practically snowing and they are out gardening! ahh, god bless them