Winds strong enough to cause damage to trees and weak structures and making driving hazardous are being predicted for a handful of mostly North Island regions today.

Weather Warnings via NZ’s Government Forecaster

Auckland

Strong Wind Warning, Areas Affected: Auckland and the Coromandel Peninsula In the 6 hours from 9am Monday, southwesterly gales are expected with severe gale gusts of 110 to 120 km/h likely in exposed places.

Coromandel

Strong Wind Warning, Areas Affected: Auckland and the Coromandel Peninsula In the 6 hours from 9am Monday, southwesterly gales are expected with severe gale gusts of 110 to 120 km/h likely in exposed places.

Wairarapa

Strong Wind Warning, Areas Affected: The Kaikoura Coast, Wellington and the Wairarapa Coast In the 6 to 9 hours starting from 9am Monday along the Kaikoura Coast and midday Monday about Wellington and the Wairarapa Coast, southerly gales are expected with severe gale gusts of 120 km/h likely in exposed places.

Wellington

Strong Wind Warning, Areas Affected: The Kaikoura Coast, Wellington and the Wairarapa Coast In the 6 to 9 hours starting from 9am Monday along the Kaikoura Coast and midday Monday about Wellington and the Wairarapa Coast, southerly gales are expected with severe gale gusts of 120 km/h likely in exposed places.

Marlborough

Strong Wind Warning, Areas Affected: The Kaikoura Coast, Wellington and the Wairarapa Coast In the 6 to 9 hours starting from 9am Monday along the Kaikoura Coast and midday Monday about Wellington and the Wairarapa Coast, southerly gales are expected with severe gale gusts of 120 km/h likely in exposed places.

– Homepage image / File, Windy Wellington Airport, Sam Hall