Extreme Weather
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@taniwharugby Met Service guy on radio within the last hour was very conservative about it dropping in intensity. said it might drop over the 36 hours but was also just as likely to intensify as it hits NZ.
Does appear to be tracking more over BOP and East Cape but said winds of 90-120 knots can be expected up to 140km from epicentre and rain still in the order of a month's worth in 24 hours within that area. So effectively Northland, Auckland Coromandel BOP, Gisborne Hawkes Bay at risk.
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@taniwharugby said in Extreme Weather:
Brynderwyns ain't gonna be open anytime soon
Whilst not Brynderwins, is looking a fuck load worse today
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@nzzp yeah seems to change path from cruising by the east coast to come right over us...definitely alot of worried people about...supposed to hit NOrfolk tomorrow, hopefully the expected drop to cat 2 by then happens and then keeps weakening...
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Stay safe out there everyone, let's hope this just fizzles out and is a non event
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@No-Quarter said in Extreme Weather:
Stay safe out there everyone, let's hope this just fizzles out and is a non event
That's a very low probability likelihood unfortunately. Looking like it's going to the east of us, but will still be brutal
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@nzzp one of the trackers I am watching has the worst of the rain on the west side of the cyclone too.
Looks like it will become an extratropical cyclone tonight, which means a wider path of weather
Severe Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle 2023 | Zoom Earth
Satellite images, weather maps and tracks of Category 3 Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle 2023, 6 - 12 February. Max wind speed 165km/h.
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looks like Gabrielle likes the look of NZ and is looking to touch down....shes pretty wild here at moment.
Anyone follow Matt Watson on IG, he's got a house right on the coast just north of the BOI entrance I think it is, he is posting some clips and looks pretty wild there too
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Weird how NZ seems to get more cyclones than us these days
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Schools are starting to cancel attendance tomorrow. Good call.
Superb Owl at home this year - not risking public transport in the teeth of a storm unfortunately. Going to be smoking up some moink balls - beef meatballs wrapped in bacon (moo + oink). My smoking area is pretty sheltered thankfully...
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Is quite odd, sky is fairly bright all things considered.
Wind and rain picked up in last hour or 2, we have had no power for 2 hours now, 65mm in last 24 hours, 30mm in last 5 hours.
she is a huge system
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@taniwharugby said in Extreme Weather:
Is quite odd, sky is fairly bright all things considered.
Wind and rain picked up in last hour or 2, we have had no power for 2 hours now, 65mm in last 24 hours, 30mm in last 5 hours.
she is a huge system
We've deployed up North and it is nowhere near as bad here as forecast, thankfully. Looks like it is worse back down south, power out at my place too.
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@Machpants our power came back on, fully expect it to go off again though
We are having big gusts, the odd heavy downpour and then almost calm for a period...I have a maple I planted which is about 6m and it bends pretty well, the neighbours totara that are probably 15-20 barely seem to move at all with the wind.
It aint looking too flash the next 24+ hours, hope she calms down and doesnt cause too much more carnage
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Power back off...northpower advise likely off all night and possibly days.
Far North power outages are similar I believe
