{"id":130723,"date":"2025-11-12T04:39:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T04:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/130723\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T04:39:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T04:39:13","slug":"sunlive-metservice-issues-orange-rain-warning-for-bop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/130723\/","title":{"rendered":"SunLive &#8211; MetService issues orange rain warning for BOP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heavy rain and strong winds are expected to hit the Bay of Plenty this afternoon and into tonight, with potential for thunderstorms.<\/p>\n<p>An orange warning for heavy rain was issued by MetService this morning.<\/p>\n<p>The Bay of Plenty and Gisborne\/Tairawhiti north of Tokomaru Bay can expect 80 to 100mm of rain, with peak rates of 15 to 25 mm\/h expected from this evening.<\/p>\n<p>Thunderstorms and localised downpours are possible.<\/p>\n<p>The warning is in place from 4pm today until 9am Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>MetService said streams and rivers may rise rapidly with surface flooding, slips, and difficult driving conditions possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClear your drains and gutters to prepare for heavy rain. Avoid low-lying areas and drive cautiously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">While the South Island will enjoy a dry Wednesday, an area of low pressure will bring rain to the upper North Island, particularly in the afternoon and evening.<\/p>\n<p>Areas of heavy rain will be possible for places such as the Far North, Coromandel Peninsula, and Bay of Plenty. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YLjFMxPS98\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/YLjFMxPS98<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 NIWA Weather (@NiwaWeather) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NiwaWeather\/status\/1988132700944028034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A strong wind watch is also in place for Rotorua, Bay of Plenty east of Maket\u016b, Gisborne, and Taup\u014d from midnight tonight until 10am Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Northeast winds may approach severe gale in exposed places.<\/p>\n<p>MetService meteorologist Lewis Ferris said the wet weather was caused by a low-pressure system approaching the country from the north.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s got quite warm, humid air, which is very good potential for heavy rain and also does bring that risk of maybe some downpours or some thunderstorms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, within the band of rain, there\u2019ll be patches of what could be quite intense rain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that this is mainly an issue in the north of the country on Wednesday, with much of the rain moving south on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Rain will clear to fine weather on Thursday morning in the Bay of Plenty with clear skies Friday and Saturday, and a chance of a morning shower.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heavy rain and strong winds are expected to hit the Bay of Plenty this afternoon and into tonight,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-130723","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}