Northern areas of the North Island are in the firing line for severe thunderstorms this afternoon, with some areas already experiencing weather extremes.
These thunderstorms are expected to be accompanied by hail up to 20mm in diameter and heavy rain with intensities of 15 to 25 mm/h.
A water spout has been spotted in East Auckland’s suburb of Stonefields, while Te Kuiti residents have taken to social media to share pictures of hail and flooding.
In Waitomo north of Te Kuiti, Waikato, the Bay of Plenty, the Coromandel Peninsula, and the south and south-east of Auckland (from roughly Howick to Papakura and south of the Manukau Harbour), there is a moderate probability of thunderstorms turning severe starting in the late afternoon and early evening.
