Tropical cyclone

Some severe weather associated with Cyclone Fili may hit the North Island from Tuesday.

A tropical cyclone is on a direct path to New Zealand, according to a new MetService tracker - and forecasters are predicting severe gales and heavy rain.

Waikato to Wellington, including Bay of Plenty and the central high country: Mainly fine. However, becoming fine in Southland and Clutha this afternoon. "Latest satellite imagery shows mostly fine conditions over NZ today, just some cloud in places, and the odd shower. "Then overnight and into Wednesday the low drops south over the North Island with heavy rain possible in the west and south of the North Island, potentially the upper South Island also." "Flights may also be delayed and cancelled along with Cook Strait ferry services. This storm, while quite fast moving, has the potential to cause disruptions to power and travel across parts of the North Island this week."

Severe gales and storms are expected to hit parts of the country in the coming week – particularly the North Island – as tropical cyclone Fili makes its way ...

Waikato to Wellington, including Bay of Plenty and the central high country: Mainly fine. However, becoming fine in Southland and Clutha this afternoon. "Latest satellite imagery shows mostly fine conditions over NZ today, just some cloud in places, and the odd shower. "Then overnight and into Wednesday the low drops south over the North Island with heavy rain possible in the west and south of the North Island, potentially the upper South Island also." Severe gales and storms are expected to hit parts of the country in the coming week – particularly the North Island – as tropical cyclone Fili makes its way south. Ominous path: Cyclone on direct track to hit New Zealand

Weather Watch anticipates ex-Cyclone Fili is likely to track directly over - or very close to - the North Island, bringing severe wind and rain.

Forecasters say storm is on a path that will likely blast it over the North Island, bringing severe gales to many places and heavy rain to its already ...

MetService said on Monday and Tuesday, a front would move over the South Island from the west, bringing a period of heavy northerly rain to western areas. “There is a lot of juice and a lot of energy to the system. The outlook had high confidence of severe gales and heavy rain for the East Coast and Hawke’s Bay and parts of Bay of Plenty on Wednesday. In its severe weather outlook on Sunday afternoon, the forecaster said it had moderate confidence of severe weather for Northland on Tuesday. A heavy rain watch and a strong wind watch was on Sunday issued by MetService for eastern parts of Northland for 24 hours from noon on Tuesday. Forecasters say an ex-tropical cyclone in the Pacific is on a path that will likely blast it over the North Island, bringing severe gales for almost all the island, and heavy rain to its already flood-ravaged regions.

Forecasters say an ex-tropical cyclone is on a path in the Pacific that will likely blast it over the North Island, bring severe thunderstorms to nearly ...

Ex-Cyclone Fili is likely to track directly over – or very close to – the North Island midway through this coming week, bringing with it severe wind and ...

This storm, while quite fast moving, has the potential to cause disruptions to power and travel across parts of the North Island this week. So if you need to keep up to date with wind gusts, rainfall, barometric pressure and more – for 10 days out – see the HOURLY forecast data at both WeatherWatch.co.nz and RuralWeather.co.nz. Totals are still being locked in and there is no warning in force yet, but latest IBM data exclusive to WeatherWatch.co.nz shows the potential for rainfall exceeding 200mm in some parts of Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne region. WeatherWatch.co.nz uses IBM data, which is the most accurate weather forecast data on earth. Heavy rain is once again forecast to hit the eastern side of the North Island, including similar areas recently hit by severe flooding. For those watching the models closely the GFS (American) model has been slowly sliding to align with the ECMWF (European) model for the past two days.

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It was the largest disaster recovery package yet in the state's history. "The way in which the DRFA is set up, where completion of building works is a requirement for reimbursement payments to be authorised, is a matter we are raising with the federal government," he said. He also indicated he was open to a change in the way money was allocated. WA recovery controller Melissa Pexton said of the thousands of residents whose homes were impacted by the cyclone, most were still waiting for building works to start. "Prior to the cyclone I was able to keep a small band of subcontractors and ourselves busy, but we've probably doubled that. "That's a hard thing to do, but the workload has been huge," Mr Crogan said.

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MetService has warned tropical cyclone Fili may cause coastal floods, severe gales reaching 100km/h and bring heavy rain as it expects to reach New Zealand ...

"Flights may also be delayed and cancelled along with Cook Strait ferry services. This storm, while quite fast moving, has the potential to cause disruptions to power and travel across parts of the North Island this week." "The storm will move in on Tuesday or Wednesday with gales from the easterly quarter, which turn more southerly with a potentially damaging sting in the tail on Wednesday/Thursday as southerly quarter winds kick in from Cook Strait to Auckland and ramp up more as the storm now deepens," WeatherWatch said in an update at 10.15am on Sunday.

MSLP / Rain map – Monday 11th April 3:00pm 2022 – WeatherWatch.co.nz Map shows: Maximum Temperature (°c) in the afternoon of the day shown.

In the evening and overnight rain sinks further southwards with heavy falls for the east coast mainly. Tomorrow is when get heavy rain and strong winds moving in for the North Island. The high pressure system we had for the weekend just been bringing us nice settled weather is starting to get squeezed out to the east by incoming Ex Tropical Cyclone Fili to the north and a cold front coming in from the southwest.

New Zealand's weather services have warned ex-tropical cyclone Fili may cause coastal floods, gales reaching 100km/h and bring heavy rain as it expects to ...

"Flights may also be delayed and cancelled along with Cook Strait ferry services. "The storm will move in on Tuesday or Wednesday with gales from the easterly quarter, which turn more southerly with a potentially damaging sting in the tail on Wednesday/Thursday as southerly quarter winds kick in from Cook Strait to Auckland and ramp up more as the storm now deepens," WeatherWatch said in an update at 10.15am on Sunday. WeatherWatch said ex-tropical cyclone Fili is expected "to swipe the northeastern" North Island before tracking south across the island on Wednesday and blowing out on Thursday.

MetService is closely monitoring Tropical Cyclone Fili, as it makes its way southwards from New Caledonia to Aotearoa.

A strong wind watch is also in place for Northland for 24 hours from 3pm on Tuesday. There is a heavy rain watch in place for eastern parts of Northland for 24 hours from 12pm on Tuesday.

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Coastguard is urging boaties to take a moment to secure their vessels and closely monitor weather conditions as ex-tropical cyclone Fili passes over much of ...

Best rule of thumb is ‘if in doubt, don’t go out’ and to check your vessel is secure before the storm hits," he said. Coastguard is urging boaties to take a moment to secure their vessels and closely monitor weather conditions as ex-tropical cyclone Fili passes over much of the North Island this week. If you're at sea, ensure you have a plan in place in case conditions worsen, including identifying areas you can seek shelter.

Weather warnings are in place for much of the North Island from tomorrow as ex-tropical Cyclone Fili approaches New Zealand - bringing with it heavy rain a.

Wild weather expected to hit tomorrow as ex-tropical Cyclone Fili approaches NZ Wild weather expected to hit tomorrow as ex-tropical Cyclone Fili approaches NZ Strong wind watch warnings are in place for Northland from 3pm over 24 hours and for Bay of Plenty and Rotorua from 9pm for 24 hours.

Heavy rain and strong wind warnings are in place for parts of the North Island.

Strong wind watch warnings are in place for Northland from 3pm over 24 hours and for Bay of Plenty and Rotorua from 9pm for 24 hours. There is also a heavy rain watch for Auckland and Great Barrier Island from 9pm to 9am on Wednesday, as well as for Westland south of Ross from 9pm until noon on Wednesday. Strong wind warnings are also in place for Gisborne, Auckland, Great Barrier Island and the Coromandel Peninsula. Heavy rain warnings are in place for Northland, the Coromandel Peninsula, Bay of Plenty, Rotorua, Gisborne, Hawke's Bay and Fiordland. Weather warnings are in place for much of the North Island from tomorrow as ex-tropical Cyclone Fili approaches New Zealand - bringing with it heavy rain and severe gales up to 140km/h. Just two weeks ago the Tairāwhiti Gisborne region was battered with heavy rain and flooding and tomorrow's weather could see up to 300mm of rainfall in the area over a 27-hour period from 6pm.

Heavy rain, large waves and severe gales from the ex-tropical cyclone are forecast to batter parts of New Zealand from Tuesday.

Meanwhile, a cold front is likely to bring heavy rain to Fiordland and Westland on Monday and Tuesday before moving onto the North Island on Wednesday. "However, it is going to deepen and accelerate towards New Zealand today, and cross eastern North Island during Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing heavy rain and potentially severe gales to areas from Northland to Wairarapa." Heavy rain warnings are in place in several areas, including the Coromandel Peninsula, the Bay of Plenty and Rotorua.