Wellington is the latest to receive a pummelling, with heavy rain and thunderstorms sweeping through parts of the North Island.
MetService forecaster Aidan Pyselman said Porirua received 13mm of rain between 7pm and 8pm as electrical storms moved through the area. The airport recorded 13.8mm
The suburb of Kelburn also recorded 13mm, showing the downpour was consistent across the city.
From early afternoon, 10,000 lightning strikes had been recorded. Some of those would have been offshore, but many were over land – this was an unusually high number.
The weather was expected to have moved south from the city and out into the Cook Strait by 9pm.
Weather warnings had been in place for parts of Wellington, Manawatū, and Hawke’s Bay, sparked after severe thunderstorms were detected offshore, to the west of the country in the Tasman sea at about 6pm, but by 9pm heavy rain warnings only remained for Gisborne, and a heavy rain watch around Taupo.
There was a rain band over Northern Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne, expected to grow heavy from 9pm, with a warning in place through till Thursday. Areas of Gisborne received 29.5mm in the hour between 5pm and 6pm on Tuesday night.
The Central North Island could expect rain and potentially thunderstorms on Wednesday, and as far north as Auckland might see lightning, thunder and heavy showers, too.
In the South Island, Buller, on the far North-West corner of the island, had a heavy rain watch in place right through until tomorrow afternoon.
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