Heavy rain warnings in the North Island as of 6am Wednesday. Photo: Supplied / MetService
Central Auckland is bearing the brunt of the rain this morning, MetService says.
Orange heavy rain warnings are in place for Northland, Auckland and Great Barrier Island (until 2pm), Waitomo, Waikato and Taupō (until 6pm), Bay of Plenty (until 11pm) and Tongariro National Park (until 10pm).
MetService meteorologist Samkelo Magwala said all those areas had received a "decent amount" of rain overnight.
It was heaviest in Auckland, particularly in the central city, he said.
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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.
There was a possibility of flooding with that amount of rain, Magwala said.
The band of rain would move eastwards throughout the day, easing before another band was due to ramp up again in the afternoon.
Gisborne was not under a weather warning, but the rain was heading that way later this afternoon, he said.
After Wednesday, high pressure would begin to build, Magwala said, "giving us some more settled weather for a couple of days".
Taumarunui and Taihape north of Ohakune, as well as Taranaki are also under heavy rain watches until Wednesday.
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