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Temperatures already this morning are nudging the mid 20s with Timaru on 24 degrees with a nor’ wester.
Oamaru is on 21, Dunedin 20 and Napier and Hastings on 19 degrees.
The wind is picking up in strength with Wellington seeing a northerly peaking at 90kph, Gore has a nor’ wester gusting 80 and Christchurch is 70kph.
Main centres
Auckland 15 deg Westerly gusting 30kph
Hamilton 15 deg Westerly gusting 28 kph
Tauranga 16 deg Westerly gusting 30 kph
Wellington 14 deg Northerly gusting 90 kph
Christchurch 18 deg Nor’ wester gusting 70 kph
Dunedin 20 deg Nor’ wester gusting 50 kph
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SW on 4/11/2009 2:46am
It will be great when our temperatures exceed the same number in windspeed (average type wind speeds though) or mm of rain.
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Zelda Wynn on 4/11/2009 1:00am
20.6C, Gust average 35.9 kph from NW at 2pm
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David New Brighton on 3/11/2009 10:32pm
…we have reached 23 deg, with a mainly light nor’wester; the nor’west arch is presently breaking up giving us weak but pleasant sunshine through a thin veil of Cirrus…blue skies just south of CH ,so can see why Timaru hitting 24deg….8 – D
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