heavy rain warnings<\/a> are in place for Northland, Auckland and Great Barrier Island (until 2pm), Waitomo, Waikato and Taup\u014d (until 6pm), Bay of Plenty (until 11pm) and Tongariro National Park (until 10pm).<\/p>\nMetService meteorologist Samkelo Magwala said all those areas had received a “decent amount” of rain overnight.<\/p>\n
It was heaviest in Auckland, particularly in the central city, he said.<\/p>\n
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“Some stations in Auckland have recorded about 15.5mm of rain in the period of an hour, some even as high as 21mm of rain,” he said.<\/p>\n
There was a possibility of flooding with that amount of rain, Magwala said.<\/p>\n
The band of rain would move eastwards throughout the day, easing before another band was due to ramp up again in the afternoon.<\/p>\n
Gisborne was not under a weather warning, but the rain was heading that way later this afternoon, he said.<\/p>\n
After Wednesday, high pressure would begin to build, Magwala said, “giving us some more settled weather for a couple of days”.<\/p>\n
Taumarunui and Taihape north of Ohakune, as well as Taranaki are also under heavy rain watches until Wednesday.<\/p>\n
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