Weather watch

**sels1** · 24th June 2008, 13:33

Press release just issued by Metservice:
(Put yr thermals on and take care out there!)

Issued at 12:42pm 24-Jun-2008

SQUALLY WESTERLIES

Chilly southerly winds laced with rain, sleet, hail and snow are sweeping across New Zealand. MetService forecasters expect these southerlies to move off tonight, and be replaced by squally westerly winds on Wednesday.

"We are in for several days of squally westerlies," commented MetService Weather Ambassador, Bob McDavitt. "They are expected to bring blustery winds to western parts of the South Island and all the North Island, with gales in exposed places like the Manawatu Gorge, Tararua District and Golden Bay at times.

Winds may reach severe gale force when enhanced by cold fronts moving onto New Zealand on Wednesday afternoon and Friday. These fronts are also likely to be accompanied by brief periods of heavy rain.

Mr. McDavitt added that the combination of windy and sometimes wet weather will occasionally produce hazardous driving conditions. "It's not good for travelling. People who need to travel this week should check the latest weather forecast and warnings, and road conditions."

ENDS

For further information please contact:

Bob McDavitt Weather Ambassador (09)377 4831

**Nasty** · 24th June 2008, 14:01

Cheers Sels. Always nice to have a friendly weathering type person around

**Trudes** · 24th June 2008, 14:46

Just watching the yuk weather moving in from the South over the Wellington Harbour, impressive!!

**marioc** · 24th June 2008, 14:47

oh boy its here alright

**Big Dave** · 24th June 2008, 14:50

It must be raining in Auckland too - the met radar isn't working as usual.

**Mikkel** · 24th June 2008, 14:51

We had some very powerful gusts followed by an intense but short hailstorm complete with thunder and lightning - that was a couple of hours ago. Pretty cool if that thing has made Wellington already.

**mashman** · 24th June 2008, 15:14

Bugga wish i'd seen this earlier... it's just arriving in Porirua... I knew I shoulda gone out at lunch time for a suspension test... FARK!!! Cheers Sels

**sels1** · 24th June 2008, 15:42

Originally Posted by Big Dave

It must be raining in Auckland too - the met radar isn't working as usual.

That site is accessed by helecopter - the techs cant get in to fix it cause of the weather!

**CB ARGH** · 24th June 2008, 15:53

OH MY GOD SNOW IN WEST AUCKLAND...

Well... hail.

Close enough

**RC1** · 24th June 2008, 15:58

Originally Posted by StClingin

OH MY GOD SNOW IN WEST AUCKLAND...

Well... hail.

Close enough

it was reported snow in avondale many moons ago by news and one of my mates also confirmed this when he lived there at the time

**James Deuce** · 24th June 2008, 17:43

Originally Posted by Mikkel

We had some very powerful gusts followed by an intense but short hailstorm complete with thunder and lightning - that was a couple of hours ago. Pretty cool if that thing has made Wellington already.

Been and gone.

**Mikkel** · 24th June 2008, 17:54

Originally Posted by James Deuce

Been and gone.

Yeah, that's pretty much how it was down here. 20 mins of AWESOME weather (when you're sitting in your office looking out the window) and then 'gone with the wind'.

**Mom** · 24th June 2008, 17:57

Ok, so we now have hail in the rain, and wind to blow your house down if you were a little pig and did not use bricks...LOL

Hi to winter! Better be over by Saturday