{"id":154596,"date":"2025-11-26T11:52:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T11:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/154596\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T11:52:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T11:52:13","slug":"wind-and-heavy-rain-on-the-way-for-parts-of-south-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/154596\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind and heavy rain on the way for parts of South Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Periods of heavy rain and wind are on the cards for western parts of the South Island, while humid temperatures persist. <\/p>\n<p>MetService said a series of fronts preceded by humid northerlies would move across the South Island into Thursday.  <\/p>\n<p>The forecaster issued orange heavy rain warnings for Tasman west of Takaka, Westland and Canterbury headwaters south of Arthurs Pass, with thunderstorms possible for some areas. <\/p>\n<p>In Westland, it expected &#8220;peak intensities of 25 to 35mm\/h about the ranges, with thunderstorms likely&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Streams and rivers may rise rapidly. Surface flooding, slips, and difficult driving conditions possible,&#8221; MetService said. <\/p>\n<p>A wind warning for Canterbury High Country and a wind watch for Fiordland were also issued as severe gale north-westerlies could gust 120km\/h in exposed places. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Damage to trees, powerlines, and unsecured structures possible. Driving may be difficult, especially for high-sided vehicles and motorcycles.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>It followed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2025\/11\/21\/sunscreen-up-for-warm-weekend-weather-metservice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">warm and sunny weekend<\/a> for most of the country, with temperatures around the mid-to-high 20s for many regions. <\/p>\n<p>Full list of watches and warnings<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/periods-of-heavy-rain-for-the-west-of-the-south-island-are-e-BJRFZTS7KFDLHBFI3XCMV75WZI.jpg\" alt=\"Periods of heavy rain for the west of the South Island are expected. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">Periods of heavy rain for the west of the South Island are expected.  (Source: MetService)<\/p>\n<p>Heavy Rain Warning \u2013 Orange<\/p>\n<p>Tasman west of Takaka \u2013 five hours from 9am to 2pm today. <\/p>\n<p>Westland \u2013 10 hours from 3am to 1pm Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Canterbury headwaters south of Arthurs Pass \u2013 nine hours from 4am to 1pm Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Strong Wind Warning \u2013 Orange<\/p>\n<p>Canterbury High Country and the Plains near the foothills \u2013 11 hours from 6am to 5pm Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Heavy Rain Watch<\/p>\n<p>Buller \u2013 three hours from 9am to midday today.<\/p>\n<p>Richmond and Bryant Ranges including the Rai Valley \u2013 seven hours from 9am to 4pm today.<\/p>\n<p>The Grey District \u2013 eight hours from 7am to 3pm Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Otago headwaters \u2013 eight hours from 2am to 10am Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Fiordland north of Doubtful Sound \u2013 nine hours from 1am to 10am Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Strong Wind Watch<\/p>\n<p>Fiordland \u2013 six hours from 2am to 8am Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Periods of heavy rain and wind are on the cards for western parts of the South Island, while&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154597,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39,3393],"class_list":["post-154596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-weather-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154596","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=154596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}