[image]Severe gales powerful enough to damage trees and power
lines are forecast to lash the east coast of the South Island
and the lower part of the North Island today.
MetService warned drivers to be careful on the roads with
gales reaching 140kmh in inland Canterbury, 130kmh in eastern
Otago and 120kmh in Marlborough, Wellington and southern
Wairarapa.
It said that drivers of high-sided vehicles and motorcyclists
needed to be especially careful.
The high winds are forecast to ease in Otago by mid morning,
Canterbury by mid afternoon, Marlborough by 6pm and the
southern part of the North Island by 9pm.
The front is also expected to bring intense thundery rain to
Westland this morning reaching Buller by this afternoon with
60mm to 90mm expected in the period from 9am to 1pm today.
The heavy rain is expected to swell the headwaters of
Canterbury's lakes and rivers of south of the Waimakariri
River.
The front should weaken as it moves to the Cook Strait area
this evening but about eight hours of heavy rain bringing up
80mm rain is expected in the Tararua Range as it passes.
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