Spring fever for Wellington
The Dominion Post | Monday, 14 July 2008
It almost felt as if spring was in the air as Wellingtonians basked in weather of up to 17 degrees celsius, grateful Friday night's storm was behind them.
Many Wellingtonians whipped off their shirts and shoes and took to the beach for a spot of unseasonal cricket as others lingered around the bays and sipped coffees in the sun.
Much of New Zealand took a pounding on Friday night, with a trough hitting the West Coast of the South Island early on Friday and moving across the country.
MetService forecaster Ian Miller said 175 millimetres of rain fell in the upper parts of the Tararuas over 12 hours, and Mt Taranaki was doused with 400mm of rain in 24 hours.
The storm was replaced by a ridge over most of New Zealand yesterday, and though the odd shower fell in places, most of the country enjoyed fine and relatively mild weather. Mr Miller said the settled weather should continue in most of the lower North Island till Wednesday.
Then a northeasterly flow would bring more mild weather, with some rain in the north and west of both islands.
But there's also some bad news: "It's not looking so good for next weekend," he said.
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