Wild weather blasted Wellington this afternoon.
Forecaster Chris Noble said that, when the storm hit Wellington, temperatures plummeted from 18.5 degrees Celsius to 8.5 degrees in Kelburn within ten minutes, with a similar drop recorded at Wellington Airport.
At 4.30pm, wind gusts of up to 130kmh were reported in Kelburn, and 120kmh at Wellington Airport.
We were nearly caught out in it, having raced into the car around 3pm to see if we could spot a pod of Orcas that had been spotted on the south coast. Unfortunately, we arrived a little late and the Orcas had moved on (but check out some awesome photos by Timo Reitnauer who was so lucky to see them). We stopped off at The Bach in Island Bay and saw the storm roll in. We got back to the car with seconds to spare before the mighty gusts and hail struck.
Sophie was a bit frightened, but soon appeased when we got home, drew the curtains, got out the popcorn and put on hi-5. We rescued her Phoenix football from the garden, as well as some neighbour’s clothes that had blown over the fence, and tucked up whilst the storm raged on.
It was all over pretty quick, but left a tree down on the driveway – which the girls then enjoyed sawing down!
Check out this YouTube video someone took:
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Phew…what very dramatic pictures and can almost hear the wind raging as the storm approaches…I remember the Bach in Island Bay very well and remember sitting there a few weeks ago in glorious sunshine!!!….certainly a changed picture here.Sorry to hear about the tree but looks as though you had some excellent help sorting it out!! Hopefully the sun will return soon along with calmer weather!!
a bit scary for you i,ll bet.hope you get some more sunshine soon.tell sophie and charli they were very brave.i bet alice never bothered.. good to see dan with a saw in his hand.
shame you didnt see the orcas
pleased your all ok
what helpful girls you have 🙂
It was a blast of a storm that’s for sure. I was driving into Wellington and had to pull over in the car. I couldn’t see where I was going – very scary. Also, I got very wet when I did finally get to town. Fantastic pics that really show the impact of the weather.
All we lacked weather-wise was one of those Oklahoma-style tornado/twister type things to complete the chaos! Thank heavens that didn’t eventuate. Wellington doesn’t get many of these sharp, short, ferocious storms. Not tropical enough. Our storms in Wellywood are generally slower in gathering and longer in lingering. And colder.