Local Weather – Saturday 20th April 2013

[JennyLeez]

Report current or recent weather conditions at your location or elsewhere for Saturday 20th April below.
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[TonyC]

Port Robinson, North Canterbury. 8.25am

Overcast with passing showers. Temperature 11.3° after a low of 10.4° with the high expected to be 13-14°.  10mm of rain overnight. Wind is from the east, gusty at times with the max gust during the last hour of 27kmh.

[Hank13]

Ashburton @ 08:35 AM
Overcast and Raining
Currant Temp. 9.9°C
Rain 24.8 mm
Current wind. 9.5 km/h,ENE
Max Gust. 26.6 km/h @ 7:39 AM

[Phil]

Belmont, Lower Hutt

11.6 degrees
93% Humidity
Calm
1.6mm of rain
Barometer on 1015.8
Solar 72

Light rain since early morning, calm and no wind

[einzack]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10878660

Torrential rain in the early hours of today has caused major flooding to Bay of Plenty homes and businesses.

Northern fire communications shift manager Steve Smith said the rain started about 3am and by 6am nearly 75mm had fallen.

"It came down in one bucket load - it was amazing.''

The rain was concentrated on the Mount Maunganui and Papamoa areas and at its peak, flooding was as high as car windows.

Mr Smith said they had received reports of flooded homes, shops, garages and basements.

He said by 7.30am the waters were starting to recede and were starting to flow out through the drains "which were obviously blocked and couldn't handle the flow''.

It would not be known how much damage was caused until the water was totally drained away.

There had been no reports of injuries, Mr Smith said.


Police have also received several calls about cars getting stuck in deep water.

Sergeant Dan Weir said drivers in Mount Maunganui and Papamoa should stay off the roads.

"We're obviously receiving a number of jobs due to flooding and landslides in that area. Currently State Highway 2 Papamoa - there's a large slip that is blocking the northbound lanes.''

He said emergency crews are frantic.

"Several cars have got stuck in surface flooding. We're still responding to most of the calls, there's no one in any immediate danger at the moment.''

Fire Service spokesman Steve Smith said calls began streaming in at 3am this morning.

- additional reporting Newstalk ZB

- APNZ

[JennyLeez]

Wairoa at 10:15
Overcast, Calm and Mild.
The Over Night Temp Low was  12.5 °C
Rainfall of  0.6 mm since midnight.
Rainfall last 24 hours 0.6 mm
Current Temp Outside is  16.8 °C

[Sara]

Overcast and light rain.
Temperature 9.1C
Humidity 78% in shed.
Barometer 1014.3hPs
Wind from NE.

Thoughts are with Bay of Plenty.

[Rex]

Mahia Beach

cloud cover ------ 100%
wind ------ calm
rain -------- nil
temp ------ 18.4 in  / 17.9 out

[avoorpool]

Toronto / Pickering - Canada
Friday, April 19 at 7:30 PM

A Wild, Wild Day.
High Wind Gusts, the First Tornado of the season in SW Ontario, Thunderstorms and the worst floods in more than 10 years in N.Ontario..
Are we talking Spring, yet....??

Currently a cold front drops the temp with around 1.5 to 2 C per hour from + 17 C earlier today to an expected + 1 C low tonight...
Welcome to the "Roller-Coaster" ride..

Current Conditions:
Temp: 8.7 C
Apparent Temp: 5.7 C
Winds: SSW Gusting up to 45 km/h
Sky: Mostly Cloudy
Humidity: 60 %
Baro: 1001 mb (lowest today was 993 mb)
Precipitation: today 1 mm
UV Index: 2.0 Max

Cheers,
Arthur

 

[Suezy]

West Melton

Cold wet and miserable after heavy rain before dawn.

Temp 10.6  11.15am
Wind 12.9 SE
Baro 1018.4 and steady
Rain since midnight 17.0
Rain MTD 40.6mm
 

[ato2]

New Plymouth: 19 degrees, sunny, but a fair  amount of cloud around. No rain for several hours. 22 mm since midnight.

[Deano]

Kaipara at 16:44
Current Conditions: Overcast, heavy showers
Over Night Temp:         14.6°C at 6:34
Rain since Midnight:     19.2mm
Current Temp Outside:    17.3°C
Dew Point:               16.5°C
Wind Speed:              Calm
Wind Direction:         
Max Gust:                22.6km/h
Humidity:                95% Rising
Pressure:                1009.5hPa