{"id":5618,"date":"2023-06-16T10:49:47","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T22:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=5618"},"modified":"2023-06-16T10:49:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T22:49:54","slug":"complex-frontal-system-causes-heavy-rain-watches-for-parts-of-north-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=5618","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Complex frontal system&#8217; causes heavy rain watches for parts of North Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"article__header c-story-header\">\n<h1 class=\"c-story-header__headline\">&#8216;Complex frontal system&#8217; causes heavy rain watches for parts of North Island<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__body\">\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-full photo-cntr eight_col \">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rnz-ressh.cloudinary.com\/image\/upload\/s--3dDcuWbG--\/ar_16:10,c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,q_auto,w_1050\/v1686864574\/4L7BWAT_weather_PNG\" alt=\"Weather over New Zealand as of 9am on 16 June, 2023.\" width=\"1050\" height=\"779\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\"><span class=\"caption\">Heavy rain is expected for parts of the North Island on Friday and into Saturday.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Photo:\u00a0MetService<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Heavy rain watches are in place for parts of the North Island, while the South Island experiences temperatures as low as -6.8 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>MetService has issued heavy rain warnings for Northland, Auckland and the Coromandel Peninsula.<\/p>\n<p>Northland&#8217;s watch was due to expire at 10am although meteorologist Ngaire Wotherspoon said the region had had some &#8220;solid stuff&#8221; over it.<\/p>\n<p>Auckland&#8217;s watch was in place until 2pm, including Great Barrier Island, while Coromandel&#8217;s was in place until midday on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>For Auckland, Wotherspoon said some localised downpours were possible with rainfall of between 25 millimetres and 40mm per hour.<\/p>\n<p>A &#8220;complex frontal system&#8221; was coming down over the North Island causing a solid rainband, she said.<\/p>\n<p>The East Coast of the North Island may experience some rain later this afternoon, but more was expected on Saturday, Wotherspoon said.<\/p>\n<p>There were a &#8220;mixture of fronts and lows&#8221; bringing the wet weather.<\/p>\n<p>South Island was looking &#8220;pretty good&#8221; although some patchy rain was expected around Fiordland and Canterbury, for example.<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures had reached -6.8 in Tekapo as of 8am this morning, while Mount Cook airport hit -6.3 and Alexandra airport hit -5.1.<\/p>\n<p>Queenstown hit -1 today, as Coronet Peak opens for the ski season.<\/p>\n<p>Coronet Peak said it was having a &#8220;limited opening&#8221; and Meadows Express and Magic Carpets will open for skiing and riding.<\/p>\n<p>Queenstown had some high cloud handing over it, stopping any dramatic drops in temperature, Wotherspoon said.so<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>SOURCE RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Complex frontal system&#8217; causes heavy rain watches for parts of North Island Heavy rain is expected for parts of the North Island on Friday and into Saturday.\u00a0Photo:\u00a0MetService Heavy rain watches are in place for parts of the North Island, while the South Island experiences temperatures as low as -6.8 degrees. 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