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Title: MetService too slow, rival claims
Post by: Te Puke Weather on October 15, 2012, 09:21:43 AM

State company says its first alert on weekend storm was issued last Tuesday.

This large slip blocked the road to Milford Sound in Fiordland. Photo / Supplied
Independent weatherman Philip Duncan has hit out at the country's official forecaster, claiming the MetService was too slow issuing a severe weather warning for Auckland at the weekend.....

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Title: Re: MetService too slow, rival claims
Post by: Weather Display on October 21, 2012, 12:23:55 PM

the warning that was eventualy issued was too late for western waikato/auckland area
but would have given a heads up for eastern coromandel area, that got the period of severe gales a coupld of hours after they went through the western side