\u201cIn some areas, the dams are just so low that this may not put much in them to really make them last that much longer, but it\u2019ll help.\u201d<\/p>\n
MetService had an orange heavy rain warning in place for the region until 5am on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
By that time it expected 90-130mm of rain to have fallen across the region, with peak rates of 10-20mm\/hour in the afternoon and heavier bursts of 25-35mm north of Wairoa.<\/p>\n
As a precaution, Hawke\u2019s Bay Regional Council opened the bund on the lowered crest at the Wairoa River bar on Monday and the N\u016bhaka River mouth on Sunday.<\/p>\n
N\u016bhaka River mouth being opened by Hawke’s Bay Regional Council.<\/p>\n
MetService meteorologist Katie Lyons said the tail end of Monday\u2019s wet weather would start to ease off from Tuesday morning, but it wouldn\u2019t completely clear up.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are still bits of rain or showers about, but nothing particularly heavy, and it is an easing trend sort of going through to the end of Tuesday.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wairoa would have rain, heavy in the morning, she said, before becoming scattered and clearing to fine throughout the day on Tuesday, with a high of 26C and easterlies in the morning, turning northerly through the afternoon.<\/p>\n
Napier and Hastings would have southerlies turning northeasterly in the morning with highs of 28C and 29C.<\/p>\n
Waipukurau would also have early morning heavy falls clearing to fine throughout Tuesday, and easterly winds turning northerly.<\/p>\n
On New Year\u2019s Eve, Lyons said Hawke\u2019s Bay would be sheltered from a northerly flow travelling over the country, but cloud will develop and rain will hit some spots.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t promise clear skies.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, Lyons warned that winds in the region will be the thing to look out for.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe winds are at the strong end of moderate, so that perhaps could influence whether people will let off any fireworks.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hawke\u2019s Bay is currently in a prohibited fire season, and a Fire and Emergency spokesperson said the use of fireworks is prohibited over New Year\u2019s Eve, except planned and controlled public displays, despite the rain.<\/p>\n
\u201cFireworks are well known to start fires in conditions Hawke\u2019s Bay is currently experiencing.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll it takes is one spark for a devastating wildfire to spread.\u201d<\/p>\n
New Year\u2019s Eve in Wairoa would be fine apart from isolated showers with a high of 28C and strong northerlies in the afternoon.<\/p>\n
Napier and Hastings will be fine with northeasterly winds becoming strong for a time in the afternoon and a high of 28C and 29C.<\/p>\n
Waipukurau will be fine apart from some isolated showers with northerly winds becoming strong for a time in the afternoon and a high of 26C.<\/p>\n
Lyons said Hawke\u2019s Bay would continue to be sheltered from the northerly travelling across the country on New Year\u2019s Day, but some cloud and a few rainy spots could spoil it for some, and the strong winds could make life hard for those putting up or taking down tents.<\/p>\n
Jack Riddell is a multimedia journalist with Hawke\u2019s Bay Today and has worked in radio and media in the UK, Germany, and New Zealand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cIn some areas, the dams are just so low that this may not put much in them to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2840,95,1561,6928,12967,125855,1976,34888,2072,125856,8599,117,111,43,139,69,90,17695,6560,381,40653,223,40648,14047,4998,18980,379],"class_list":["post-206136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-across","tag-and","tag-bay","tag-celebrating","tag-farmers","tag-gusty","tag-hawkes","tag-helps","tag-holidaymakers","tag-moaning","tag-moves","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-on","tag-outlook","tag-rain","tag-region","tag-showers","tag-the","tag-warmth","tag-way","tag-weather","tag-winds","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206136","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=206136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}